1 Canto. Salmo. Dei figli di Core. Al maestro del coro. Sull’aria di «Macalàt leannòt». Maskil. Di Eman, l’Ezraita.
| 1 The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite. |
2 Signore, Dio della mia salvezza,davanti a te grido giorno e notte.
| 2 I will sing the mercies of the Lord in eternity. I will announce your truth with my mouth, from generation to generation. |
3 Giunga fino a te la mia preghiera,tendi l’orecchio alla mia supplica.
| 3 For you have said: Mercy will be built in the heavens, unto eternity. Your truth will be prepared there. |
4 Io sono sazio di sventure,la mia vita è sull’orlo degli inferi.
| 4 I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant: |
5 Sono annoverato fra quelli che scendono nella fossa,sono come un uomo ormai senza forze.
| 5 I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation. |
6 Sono libero, ma tra i morti,come gli uccisi stesi nel sepolcro,dei quali non conservi più il ricordo,recisi dalla tua mano.
| 6 The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints. |
7 Mi hai gettato nella fossa più profonda,negli abissi tenebrosi.
| 7 For who among the clouds is equal to the Lord? Who among the sons of God is like God? |
8 Pesa su di me il tuo furoree mi opprimi con tutti i tuoi flutti.
| 8 God is glorified by the counsel of the saints. He is great and terrible above all those who are around him. |
9 Hai allontanato da me i miei compagni,mi hai reso per loro un orrore.Sono prigioniero senza scampo,
| 9 O Lord, God of hosts, who is like you? You are powerful, Lord, and your truth is all around you. |
10 si consumano i miei occhi nel patire.Tutto il giorno ti chiamo, Signore,verso di te protendo le mie mani.
| 10 You rule over the power of the sea, and you even mitigate the movement of its waves. |
11 Compi forse prodigi per i morti?O si alzano le ombre a darti lode?
| 11 You have humbled the arrogant one, like one who has been wounded. You have scattered your enemies with the arm of your strength. |
12 Si narra forse la tua bontà nel sepolcro,la tua fedeltà nel regno della morte?
| 12 Yours are the heavens, and yours is the earth. You founded the whole world in all its fullness. |
13 Si conoscono forse nelle tenebre i tuoi prodigi,la tua giustizia nella terra dell’oblio?
| 13 You created the north and the sea. Tabor and Hermon will exult in your name. |
14 Ma io, Signore, a te grido aiutoe al mattino viene incontro a te la mia preghiera.
| 14 Your arm acts with power. Let your hand be strengthened, and let your right hand be exalted. |
15 Perché, Signore, mi respingi?Perché mi nascondi il tuo volto?
| 15 Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face. |
16 Sin dall’infanzia sono povero e vicino alla morte,sfinito sotto il peso dei tuoi terrori.
| 16 Blessed is the people that knows jubilation. They will walk in the light of your countenance, O Lord, |
17 Sopra di me è passata la tua collera,i tuoi spaventi mi hanno annientato,
| 17 and they will exult in your name all day long, and they will be exalted in your justice. |
18 mi circondano come acqua tutto il giorno,tutti insieme mi avvolgono.
| 18 For you are the glory of their virtue, and in your goodness, our horn will be exalted. |
| 19 Hai allontanato da me amici e conoscenti,mi fanno compagnia soltanto le tenebre. | 19 For our assumption is of the Lord, and it is of our king, the holy one of Israel. |
| 20 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy ones, and you said: I have stationed help with the powerful one, and I have exalted the elect one from my people. |
| 21 I have found my servant David. I have anointed him with my holy oil. |
| 22 For my hand will assist him, and my arm will fortify him. |
| 23 The enemy will have no advantage over him, nor will the son of iniquity be positioned to harm him. |
| 24 And I will cut down his enemies before his face. And those who hate him, I will turn to flight. |
| 25 And my truth and my mercy will be with him. And his horn will be exalted in my name. |
| 26 And I will place his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers. |
| 27 He will invoke me: “You are my father, my God, and the support of my salvation.” |
| 28 And I will make him the first-born, preeminent before the kings of the earth. |
| 29 I will preserve my mercy for him eternally, and my covenant for him faithfully. |
| 30 And I will set his offspring from generation to generation, and his throne like the days of heaven. |
| 31 But if his sons abandon my law, and if they do not walk in my judgments, |
| 32 if they profane my justices, and if they do not keep my commandments: |
| 33 I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with a beating. |
| 34 But I will not scatter my mercy from him, and I will not do harm to my truth. |
| 35 And I will not profane my covenant, and I will not make void that which proceeds from my lips. |
| 36 I have sworn by my holiness one time: I will not lie to David, |
| 37 his offspring will remain for eternity. And his throne will be like the sun in my sight, |
| 38 and, like the moon, it is perfected in eternity, and it is a faithful witness in heaven. |
| 39 Yet, truly, you have rejected and despised, you have pushed away, my Christ. |
| 40 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant. You have profaned his sanctuary on earth. |
| 41 You have destroyed all his fences. You have made his territory dreadful. |
| 42 All who pass by the way have plundered him. He has become a disgrace to his neighbors. |
| 43 You have exalted the right hand of those who oppress him. You have brought joy to all his enemies. |
| 44 You have diverted the help of his sword, and you have not assisted him in battle. |
| 45 You have torn him away from cleansing, and you have smashed his throne down to the ground. |
| 46 You have reduced the days of his time. You have flooded him with confusion. |
| 47 How long, O Lord? Will you turn away unto the end? Will your wrath flare up like a fire? |
| 48 Remember what my substance is. For could you really have appointed all the sons of men in vain? |
| 49 Who is the man that will live, and yet not see death? Who will rescue his own soul from the hand of the underworld? |
| 50 O Lord, where are your mercies of antiquity, just as you swore to David in your truth? |
| 51 Be mindful, O Lord, of the disgrace of your servants (which I have sustained in my sinews) among many nations. |
| 52 With these, your enemies have reproached you, O Lord; with these, they have reproached the commutation of your Christ. |
| 53 Blessed is the Lord for all eternity. Amen. Amen. |