Salmi 77

BIBBIA TINTORI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 (Istruttivo. Di Asaf). Ascolta o popolo mio la mia legge: porgi il tuo orecchio alle parole della mia bocca.	1 The understanding of Asaph. O my people, attend to my law. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 Aprirò la mia bocca in parabole, dirò cose nascoste dai tempi antichi.	2 I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.
3 Quanto abbiamo udito e imparato, quanto ci narrarono i nostri padri,	3 We have heard and known such great things, as our fathers have described to us.
4 Queste cose non le terremo nascoste ai loro figli: per l'altra generazione racconteremo le lodi del Signore, i suoi prodigi e le maraviglie da lui operate.	4 These things have not been hidden from their sons in any generation: declaring the praises of the Lord, and his virtues, and the wonders that he has done.
5 Egli fece un decreto in Giacobbe, pose una legge in Israele: quanto comandò ai nostri padri di farlo conoscere ai loro figli,	5 And he has received testimony with Jacob, and he has set a law within Israel. Such great things, he has commanded our fathers, so as to make these things known to their sons,
6 Affinchè lo sappia la seguente generazione, e i figli che nasceranno e cresceranno lo raccontino ai loro propri figlioli.	6 so that another generation might know them, and so that the sons, who will be born and who will grow up, shall describe them to their sons.
7 Così essi porranno in Dio la loro speranza, non dimenticheranno le opere di Dio e cercheranno d'osservare i suoi comandamenti.	7 So then, may they put their hope in God, and may they not forget the works of God, and may they seek his commandments.
8 Per non divenire come i loro padri, generazione perversa e irritante, generazione che non eb be retto il cuore, lo spirito della quale non restò fedele a Dio.	8 May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy with God.
9 I figli di Efrem, abili a tender e a scoccar l'arco, voltarono le spalle nel giorno della battaglia.	9 The sons of Ephraim, who bend and shoot the bow, have been turned back in the day of battle.
10 Essi non hanno osservato il patto di Dio, non hanno voluto camminare nella sua legge;	10 They have not kept the covenant of God. And they were not willing to walk in his law.
11 Si son dimenticati dei suoi benefizi, e delle maraviglie di cui li aveva fatti testimoni.	11 And they have been forgetful of his benefits, and of his miracle, which he revealed to them.
12 Al la presenza dei loro padri fece maraviglie nella terra d'Egitto, nella campagna di Tanis.	12 He performed miracles in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.
13 Divise il mare e li fece passare, tenne ferme le acque come in un otre.	13 He broke the sea and he led them through. And he stationed the waters, as if in a vessel.
14 E li guidò, il giorno mediante la nuvola, e per tutta la notte col chiaror del fuoco.	14 And he led them with a cloud by day, and with illumination by fire throughout the night.
15 Spaccò nel deserto la rupe, e li abbeverò come a vasto oceano.	15 He broke through the rock in the wasteland, and he gave them to drink, as if from the great abyss.
16 Fece sgorgare l'acqua dalla pietra, e fece correr le acque a fiumi.	16 He brought forth water from the rock, and he conducted the waters, as if they were rivers.
17 Ma essi continuarono a peccare contro di lui e incitarono a sdegno l'Eccelso nel deserto.	17 And yet, they continued to sin against him. In a waterless place, they provoked the Most High with resentment.
18 Nei loro cuori tentarono Dio, chiedendo del cibo secondo il loro gusto;	18 And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking for food according to their desires.
19 E parlarono male di Dio, dicendo: « Potrà forse Dio imbandirci una mensa nel deserto?	19 And they spoke badly about God. They said, “Would God be able to prepare a table in the desert?
20 E' vero: ha percossa la pietra e ne sono sgorgate le acque, i fiumi hanno inondato; ma potrà darci anche del pane e apparecchiare delle carni al suo popolo? »	20 He struck the rock, and so waters flowed and the torrents flooded, but would even he be able to provide bread, or provide a table, for his people?”
21 Il Signore senti, ma attese: il fuoco si accese contro Giacobbe, l'ira montò contro Israele;	21 Therefore, the Lord heard, and he was dismayed, and a fire was kindled within Jacob, and an anger ascended into Israel.
22 Perchè non ebbero fede in Dio e non sperarono nella salvezza che vien da lui.	22 For they neither put their trust in God, nor did they hope in his salvation.
23 Pur diede gli ordini in alto alle nuvole, e aprì le porte del cielo,	23 And he commanded the clouds from above, and he opened the doors of heaven.
24 E fece piovere su di essi la manna per cibo, e diede loro il pane del cielo.	24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and he gave them the bread of heaven.
25 L'uomo mangiò il pane degli angeli; Ei mandò loro cibo in abbondanza.	25 Man ate the bread of Angels. He sent them provisions in abundance.
26 Fece soffiare dal cielo l'Austro, e colla sua potenza fece levar l'Affrico,	26 He transferred the south wind from heaven, and, in his virtue, he brought in the Southwest wind.
27 E fece piovere su di essi le carni come polvere, e come l'arena del mare gli alati uccelli.	27 And he rained down flesh upon them, as if it were dust, and feathered birds, as if they were the sand of the sea.
28 caddero in mezzo al loro campo, intorno alle loro tende.	28 And they fell down in the midst of their camp, encircling their tabernacles.
29 E ne mangiarono e ne furono oltremodo sazi: accordò loro quanto desideravano;	29 And they ate until they were greatly satisfied, and he brought to them according to their desires.
30 Non furono defraudati nelle loro voglie. Avevano ancora il loro cibo in bocca,	30 They were not cheated out of what they wanted. Their food was still in their mouth,
31 Quando si levò contro di essi la collera di Dio, e fece strage dei più impinguati, e prostrò il fiore d'Israele.	31 and then the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones among them, and he impeded the elect of Israel.
32 Nonostante tutto questo seguitarono a peccare, e non credettero ai suoi miracoli.	32 In all these things, they continued to sin, and they were not trustworthy with his miracles.
33 I loro giorni svanirono come un'ombra, i loro anni precipitarono.	33 And their days faded away into vanity, and their years with haste.
34 Quando li faceva morire lo cercavano, tornavano, con ogni premura andavano a lui.	34 When he slew them, then they sought him. And they returned, and they drew near to him in the early morning.
35 Si ricordavano che Dio è loro aiuto, che l'Altissimo Dio è il loro redentore.	35 And they were mindful that God is their helper and that the Most High God is their redeemer.
36 E lo amarono soltanto a parole, dicendo menzogne colla loro lingua;	36 And they chose him with their mouth, and then they lied to him with their tongue.
37 Il loro cuore non era retto con lui, nè restaron fedeli al suo patto.	37 For their heart was not upright with him, nor have they been living faithfully in his covenant.
38 Ma Egli, misericordioso, proclive a perdonare i peccati, alieno dallo sterminare, molte volte rattenne il suo sdegno, non lasciò divampare tutta la sua ira,	38 Yet he is merciful, and he will pardon their sins. And he will not destroy them. And he has abundantly turned aside his own wrath. And he did not enflame his wrath entirely.
39 Ricordando che son carne, un soffio che dilegua senza ritorno.	39 And he remembered that they are flesh: with a spirit that goes forth and does not return.
40 Quante volte lo irritarono nel deserto, lo incitarono a sdegno nei luoghi senz'acqua!	40 How often did they provoke him in the desert and stir him to wrath in a waterless place?
41 E tornavano a tentare Dio, a provocare il Santo d'Israele.	41 And they turned back and tempted God, and they exasperated the Holy One of Israel.
42 Non si ricordaron più della sua mano, del giorno in cui li liberò dall'oppressore,	42 They did not remember his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of the one troubling them.
43 Quando operò le sue maraviglie in Egitto, e i suoi prodigi nella campagna di Tanis,	43 Thus, he positioned his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
44 E cangiò in sangue i loro fiumi, le loro acque, in modo che non potessero bere.	44 And he turned their rivers into blood, along with their rain showers, so that they could not drink.
45 E mandò contro di loro le mosche, che li mangiarono, e le ranocchie, che li distrussero.	45 He sent among them the common fly, and it devoured them, and the frog, and it scattered them.
46 Diede in preda alla ruggine i loro frutti, e le loro fatiche alle locuste.	46 And he gave up their fruits to mold and their labors to the locust.
47 Distrusse colla grandine le loro viti, e i loro sicomori colla brina.	47 And he slew their vineyards with hail and their mulberry trees with severe frost.
48 Abbandonò alla grandine i loro bestiami, e i loro possessi al fuoco.	48 And he delivered their cattle to the hail and their possessions to fire.
49 Scatenò sopra di loro il furor della sua indignazione: sdegno, ira, tribolazione, cose mandate per mezzo di angeli cattivi.	49 And he sent the wrath of his indignation among them: indignation and wrath and tribulation, sent forth by evil angels.
50 Die' libero corso alla sua collera, non risparmiò la morte alle loro persone, anche i loro bestiami li avvolse nella morte.	50 He made way for the path of his anger. He did not spare their souls from death. And he enclosed their beasts of burden in death.
51 E colpì tutti i primogeniti nella terra d'Egitto, le primizie d'ogni fatica nelle tende di Cam.	51 And he struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt: the first-fruits of all their labor in the tabernacles of Ham.
52 E portò via come branco di pecore il suo popolo, e come gregge li guidò nel deserto.	52 And he took away his own people like sheep, and he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
53 Li fece uscire pieni di speranza e senza alcun timore, mentre il mare seppelliva i loro nemici.	53 And he led them out in hope, and they did not fear. And the sea covered their enemies.
54 E li fece arrivare alla sua santa montagna, da lui conquistata colla sua destra. Dinanzi a loro cacciò via le nazioni e divise loro a sorte la terra colla corda della distribuzione:	54 And he led them to the mountain of his sanctification: the mountain that his right hand had acquired. And he cast out the Gentiles before their face. And he divided their land by lot to them, with a line of distribution.
55 Nelle dimore di quelle nazioni fece abitare le tribù d'Israele.	55 And he caused the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
56 Ma essi tentarono, irritarono l'Altissimo Dio: non osservarono i suoi comandamenti.	56 Yet they tempted and aggravated God Most High, and they did not keep his testaments.
57 Gli volsero le spalle, non stettero al patto come i loro padri, divennero come arco cattivo.	57 And they turned themselves aside, and they did not serve the covenant. In the same manner as their fathers, they were turned backwards, like a crooked bow.
58 Lo mossero a sdegno coi loro alti luoghi, coi loro simulacri ne provocarono la gelosia.	58 They impelled him to anger on their hills, and they provoked him to rivalry with their graven images.
59 Dio, sentito questo, disprezzò ed umiliò oltremodo Israele.	59 God listened, and he spurned them, and he reduced Israel greatly, almost to nothing.
60 Rigettò il Tabernacolo di Silo, il suo Tabernacolo, dove aveva presa dimora tra gli uomini.	60 And he rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh, his tabernacle where he had dwelt among men.
61 Abbandonò la loro forza alla schiavitù, la loro bellezza alla mano del nemico.	61 And he delivered their virtue into captivity, and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
62 Consegnò il suo popolo alla spada, disprezzo la sua eredità.	62 And he enclosed his people with the sword, and he spurned his inheritance.
63 I loro giovani furon divorati dal fuoco, e le loro vergini non furon piante.	63 Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins were not lamented.
64 Periron di spada i loro sacerdoti, e non ne eran piante le vedove.	64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows did not weep.
65 Ma il Signore si svegliò come da sonno, come prode vinto dal vino.	65 And the Lord was awaked, as if out of sleep, and like a powerful man impaired by wine.
66 E colpì i suoi nemici nel di dietro, li ricoperse d'eterna vergogna.	66 And he struck his enemies on the back. He gave them over to everlasting disgrace.
67 E rigettò la tenda di Giuseppe, e non scelse la tribù di Efraim.	67 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
68 Ma elesse la tribù di Giuda, il monte Sion, da lui amato.	68 But he chose the tribe of Judah: mount Zion, which he loved.
69 Alzò come un sol corno il suo santuario nella terra da lui resa stabile pei secoli.	69 And he built up his sanctuary, like a single-horned beast, in the land that he founded for all ages.
70 Elesse David, suo servo, lo prese di mezzo ai greggi delle pecore, lo tolse dalla cura delle pecore lattanti,	70 And he chose his servant David, and he took him from the flocks of the sheep: he received him from following the ewes with their young,
71 Per farlo pastore del suo servo Giacobbe e d'Israele sua eredità.	71 in order to pasture Jacob his servant and Israel his inheritance.
72 Ed Egli li fe' pascere nell'innocenza del suo cuore, li guidò con abile mano.	72 And he fed them with the innocence of his heart. And he led them with the understanding of his hands.