Salmi 81

BIBBIA MARTINI	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Salmo di Asaph. Iddio sta nell'adunanza degli dei: e in mezzo a loro degli stessi dei fa giudizio.	1 [For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Of Asaph] Sing for joy to God our strength, shout in triumph tothe God of Jacob.
2 E fino a quando farete voi giudizj ingiusti, e avrete rispetti umani in grazia de' peccatori?	2 Strike up the music, beat the tambourine, play the melodious harp and the lyre;
3 Rendete giustizia al povero, e al pupillo: fate ragione al piccolo, e al povero.	3 blow the trumpet for the new month, for the ful moon, for our feast day!
4 Difendete il povero: e strappate il mendico dalle mani del peccatore.	4 For Israel has this statute, a decision of the God of Jacob,
5 Sono dell'ignoranza, e privi del bene dell'intelletto, camminano nelle tenebre: sono scosso le fondamenta della terra.	5 a decree he imposed on Joseph, when he went to war against Egypt. I heard a voice unknown to me,
6 Io ho detto: Voi siete dii, e figliuoli tutti dell'Altissimo.	6 'I freed his shoulder from the burden, his hands were able to lay aside the labourer's basket.
7 Ma voi, come uomini morete, cadrete come l'uno dei principi.	7 You cried out in your distress, so I rescued you. 'Hidden in the storm, I answered you, I tested you atthe waters of Meribah.Pause
8 Levati su, o Dio, giudica tu la terra: imperocché tu avrai per tua eredità tutte le genti.	8 Listen, my people, while I give you warning; Israel, if only you would listen to me!
	9 'You shal have no strange gods, shall worship no alien god.
	10 I, Yahweh, am your God, who brought you here from Egypt, you have only to open your mouth forme to fil it.
	11 'My people would not listen to me, Israel would have none of me.
	12 So I left them to their stubborn selves, to fol ow their own devices.
	13 'If only my people would listen to me, if only Israel would walk in my ways,
	14 at one stroke I would subdue their enemies, turn my hand against their opponents.
	15 'Those who hate Yahweh would woo his favour, though their doom was sealed for ever,
	16 while I would feed him on pure wheat, would give you your fil of honey from the rock.'