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Lunedi, 29 aprile 2024 - Santa Caterina da Siena ( Letture di oggi)

Psalmi 137

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VULGATANEW JERUSALEM
1 Ipsi David. Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo,
quoniam audisti verba oris mei.
In conspectu angelorum psallam tibi ;
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion.
2 adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum,
et confitebor nomini tuo :
super misericordia tua et veritate tua ;
quoniam magnificasti super omne, nomen sanctum tuum.
2 On the poplars there we had hung up our harps.
3 In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me ;
multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem.
3 For there our gaolers had asked us to sing them a song, our captors to make merry, 'Sing us one ofthe songs of Zion.'
4 Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnes reges terræ,
quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui.
4 How could we sing a song of Yahweh on alien soil?
5 Et cantent in viis Domini,
quoniam magna est gloria Domini ;
5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand wither!
6 quoniam excelsus Dominus, et humilia respicit,
et alta a longe cognoscit.
6 May my tongue remain stuck to my palate if I do not keep you in mind, if I do not count Jerusalem thegreatest of my joys.
7 Si ambulavero in medio tribulationis, vivificabis me ;
et super iram inimicorum meorum extendisti manum tuam,
et salvum me fecit dextera tua.
7 Remember, Yahweh, to the Edomites' cost, the day of Jerusalem, how they said, 'Down with it! Raseit to the ground!'
8 Dominus retribuet pro me.
Domine, misericordia tua in sæculum ;
opera manuum tuarum ne despicias.		8 Daughter of Babel, doomed to destruction, a blessing on anyone who treats you as you treated us,
9 a blessing on anyone who seizes your babies and shatters them against a rock!