Psalmi 74

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 In finem, ne corrumpas. Psalmus cantici Asaph.	1 A maskil of Asaph. I Why, God, have you cast us off forever? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Confitebimur tibi, Deus, confitebimur, et invocabimus nomen tuum ; narrabimus mirabilia tua.	2 Remember your flock that you gathered of old, the tribe you redeemed as your very own. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.
3 Cum accepero tempus, ego justitias judicabo.	3 Turn your steps toward the utter ruins, toward the sanctuary devastated by the enemy.
4 Liquefacta est terra et omnes qui habitant in ea : ego confirmavi columnas ejus.	4 Your foes roared triumphantly in your shrine; they set up their own tokens of victory.
5 Dixi iniquis : Nolite inique agere : et delinquentibus : Nolite exaltare cornu :	5 They hacked away like foresters gathering boughs, swinging their axes in a thicket of trees.
6 nolite extollere in altum cornu vestrum ; nolite loqui adversus Deum iniquitatem.	6 They smashed all your engraved work, pounded it with hammer and pick.
7 Quia neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, neque a desertis montibus :	7 They set your sanctuary on fire; the abode of your name they razed and profaned.
8 quoniam Deus judex est. Hunc humiliat, et hunc exaltat :	8 They said in their hearts, "Destroy them all! Burn all the shrines of God in the land!"
9 quia calix in manu Domini vini meri, plenus misto. Et inclinavit ex hoc in hoc ; verumtamen fæx ejus non est exinanita : bibent omnes peccatores terræ.	9 Now we see no signs, we have no prophets, no one who knows how long.
10 Ego autem annuntiabo in sæculum ; cantabo Deo Jacob :	10 How long, O God, shall the enemy jeer? Shall the foe revile your name forever?
11 et omnia cornua peccatorum confringam, et exaltabuntur cornua justi.	11 Why draw back your right hand, why keep it idle beneath your cloak?
	12 Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout the earth.
	13 You stirred up the sea in your might; you smashed the heads of the dragons on the waters.
	14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan, tossed him for food to the sharks.
	15 You opened up springs and torrents, brought dry land out of the primeval waters.
	16 Yours the day and yours the night; you set the moon and sun in place.
	17 You fixed all the limits of the earth; summer and winter you made.
	18 Remember how the enemy has jeered, O LORD, how a foolish people has reviled your name.
	19 Do not surrender to beasts those who praise you; do not forget forever the life of your afflicted.
	20 Look to your covenant, for the land is filled with gloom; the pastures, with violence.
	21 Let not the oppressed turn back in shame; may the poor and needy praise your name.
	22 Arise, God, defend your cause; remember the constant jeers of the fools.
	23 Do not ignore the clamor of your foes, the unceasing uproar of your enemies.