Psalmi 44

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 In finem, pro iis qui commutabuntur. Filiis Core, ad intellectum. Canticum pro dilecto.	1 For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
2 Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum : dico ego opera mea regi. Lingua mea calamus scribæ velociter scribentis.	2 O God, we have heard with our own ears; our ancestors have told us The deeds you did in their days, with your own hand in days of old:
3 Speciosus forma præ filiis hominum, diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis : propterea benedixit te Deus in æternum.	3 You rooted out nations to plant them, crushed peoples to make room for them.
4 Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissime.	4 Not with their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arms bring victory; It was your right hand, your own arm, the light of your face for you favored them.
5 Specie tua et pulchritudine tua intende, prospere procede, et regna, propter veritatem, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam ; et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua.	5 You are my king and my God, who bestows victories on Jacob.
6 Sagittæ tuæ acutæ : populi sub te cadent, in corda inimicorum regis.	6 Through you we batter our foes; through your name, trample our adversaries.
7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sæculum sæculi ; virga directionis virga regni tui.	7 Not in my bow do I trust, nor does my sword bring me victory.
8 Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem ; propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ, præ consortibus tuis.	8 You have brought us victory over our enemies, shamed those who hate us.
9 Myrrha, et gutta, et casia a vestimentis tuis, a domibus eburneis ; ex quibus delectaverunt te	9 In God we have boasted all the day long; your name we will praise forever. Selah
10 filiæ regum in honore tuo. Astitit regina a dextris tuis in vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate.	10 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you do not march out with our armies.
11 Audi, filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam ; et obliviscere populum tuum, et domum patris tui.	11 You make us retreat before the foe; those who hate us plunder us at will.
12 Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum, quoniam ipse est Dominus Deus tuus, et adorabunt eum.	12 You hand us over like sheep to be slaughtered, scatter us among the nations.
13 Et filiæ Tyri in muneribus vultum tuum deprecabuntur ; omnes divites plebis.	13 You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from their sale.
14 Omnis gloria ejus filiæ regis ab intus, in fimbriis aureis,	14 You make us the reproach of our neighbors, the mockery and scorn of those around us.
15 circumamicta varietatibus. Adducentur regi virgines post eam ; proximæ ejus afferentur tibi.	15 You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
16 Afferentur in lætitia et exsultatione ; adducentur in templum regis.	16 All day long my disgrace is before me; shame has covered my face
17 Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii ; constitues eos principes super omnem terram.	17 At the sound of those who taunt and revile, at the sight of the spiteful enemy.
18 Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem : propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi.	18 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, nor been disloyal to your covenant.
	19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from your path.
	20 Yet you have left us crushed, desolate in a place of jackals; you have covered us with darkness.
	21 If we had forgotten the name of our God, stretched out our hands to another god,
	22 Would not God have discovered this, God who knows the secrets of the heart?
	23 For you we are slain all the day long, considered only as sheep to be slaughtered.
	24 Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Rise up! Do not reject us forever!
	25 Why do you hide your face; why forget our pain and misery?
	26 We are bowed down to the ground; our bodies are pressed to the earth.
	27 Rise up, help us! Redeem us as your love demands.