Salmi 30
1 Salmo. Cantico per la dedicazione della Casa. Di Davide. Io t’esalto, o Eterno, perché m’hai tratto in alto, e non hai permesso che i miei nemici si rallegrassero di me.
Yahweh, I praise you because you rescued me. You did not allow [me to die], [with the result that] my enemies could gloat/rejoice.
2 O Eterno, Dio mio, io ho gridato a te, e tu m’hai sanato.
Yahweh, my God, I called out for you to help [me when I was ill], and you healed me.
3 O Eterno, tu hai fatto risalir l’anima mia dal soggiorno de’ morti, tu m’hai ridato la vita perch’io non scendessi nella fossa. (Sheol h7585)
You saved/restored me when I was dying [MTY]. I was nearly dead, but you caused me to get well again. (Sheol h7585)
4 Salmeggiate all’Eterno, voi suoi fedeli, e celebrate la memoria della sua santità.
All you who belong to Yahweh, sing praise to him! Think about what [God], the holy one, has done, and thank him!
5 Poiché l’ira sua è sol per un momento, ma la sua benevolenza e per tutta una vita. La sera alberga da noi il pianto; ma la mattina viene il giubilo.
When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP], but he is good [to us] all of our life. We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful.
6 Quanto a me, nella mia prosperità, dicevo: Non sarò mai smosso.
As for me, when I had no troubles, I said [to myself], “No one will defeat me!”
7 O Eterno, per il tuo favore, avevi reso forte il mio monte; tu nascondesti la tua faccia, ed io fui smarrito.
Yahweh, because you were good to me, at first you caused me to be safe [as though I was inside] [MET] a mountain. But then [I became ill, and I thought that] you had turned away from me, and I became afraid.
8 Io ho gridato a te, o Eterno; ho supplicato l’Eterno, dicendo:
[Then] I called out to you, and I pleaded for you [to help me].
9 Che profitto avrai dal mio sangue s’io scendo nella fossa? Forse che la polvere ti celebrerà? predicherà essa la tua verità?
[I said], “Yahweh, (what will you gain if I die?/ you won’t gain anything if I die) [MTY]. (In what way will it benefit you?/it won’t benefit you at all) if I go to the place where the dead people are [RHQ]. Dead people are certainly not able to praise you [RHQ], and they are not able to tell others that you are trustworthy [RHQ]!
10 Ascolta, o Eterno, ed abbi pietà di me; o Eterno, sii tu il mio aiuto!
Yahweh, listen to me, and be merciful to me! Yahweh, help me!”
11 Tu hai mutato il mio duolo in danza; hai sciolto il mio cilicio a m’hai cinto d’allegrezza,
But [now you have healed me], and you have caused me to change from being sad to dancing [joyfully]. You have taken away the clothes that showed that I was very sad and you have given me clothes that showed that I was [very] joyful.
12 affinché l’anima mia salmeggi a te e non si taccia. O Eterno, Dio mio, io ti celebrerò in perpetuo.
So I will not be silent; I will sing out [loudly] to praise you. Yahweh, you are my God, and I will thank you forever.
