Salmi 68
1 Al Capo de’ musici. Di Davide. Salmo. Canto. Lèvisi Iddio, e i suoi nemici saranno dispersi, e quelli che l’odiano fuggiranno dinanzi a lui.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Tu li dissiperai come si dissipa il fumo; come la cera si strugge dinanzi al fuoco, così periranno gli empi dinanzi a Dio.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Ma i giusti si rallegreranno, esulteranno nel cospetto di Dio, e gioiranno con letizia.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Cantate a Dio, salmeggiate al suo nome, preparate la via a colui che cavalca attraverso i deserti; il suo nome è: l’Eterno, ed esultate dinanzi a lui.
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Padre degli orfani e difensore delle vedove è Iddio nella dimora della sua santità;
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Iddio dona al solitario una famiglia, trae fuori i prigionieri e dà loro prosperità; solo i ribelli dimorano in terra arida.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 O Dio, quando tu uscisti davanti al tuo popolo, quando ti avanzasti attraverso il deserto, (Sela)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 la terra tremò; anche i cieli si strussero in pioggia per la presenza di Dio; lo stesso Sinai tremò alla presenza di Dio, dell’Iddio d’Israele.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 O Dio, tu spandesti una pioggia di benefizi sulla tua eredità; quand’essa era sfinita, tu la ristorasti.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 La tua greggia prese dimora nel paese, che tu avevi, o Dio, preparato nella tua bontà pei miseri.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Il Signore dà un ordine: le messaggere di buone novelle sono una grande schiera.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 I re degli eserciti fuggono, fuggono, e la rimasta a casa divide le spoglie.
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 Quando vi siete riposati tra gli ovili, le ali della colomba si son coperte d’argento, e le sue penne hanno preso il giallo dell’oro.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Quando l’Onnipotente disperse i re nel paese, lo Tsalmon si coperse di neve.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 O monte di Dio, o monte di Basan, o monte dalle molte cime, o monte di Basan,
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 perché, o monti dalle molte cime, guardate con invidia al monte che Dio s’è scelto per sua dimora? Sì, l’Eterno vi abiterà in perpetuo.
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 I carri di Dio si contano a miriadi e miriadi, a migliaia di migliaia; il Signore viene dal Sinai nel santuario.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Tu sei salito in alto, hai menato in cattività dei prigioni, hai preso doni dagli uomini, anche dai ribelli, per far quivi la tua dimora, o Eterno Iddio.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Sia benedetto il Signore! Giorno per giorno porta per noi il nostro peso; egli ch’è l’Iddio della nostra salvezza. (Sela)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Iddio è per noi l’Iddio delle liberazioni; e all’Eterno, al Signore, appartiene il preservar dalla morte.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Ma Dio schiaccerà il capo de’ suoi nemici, la testa chiomata di colui che cammina nelle sue colpe.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Il Signore ha detto: Io ti ritrarrò da Basan, ti ritrarrò dalle profondità del mare,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 affinché tu affondi il tuo piè nel sangue, e la lingua de’ tuoi cani abbia la sua parte de’ tuoi nemici.
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 Essi han veduto la tua entrata, o Dio, l’entrata del mio Dio, del mio Re, nel santuario.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Precedevano i cantori, dietro venivano i sonatori, in mezzo alle fanciulle, che battevano i tamburi.
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Benedite Iddio nelle raunanze, benedite il Signore, voi che siete della fonte d’Israele!
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Ecco il piccolo Beniamino, che domina gli altri; i principi di Giuda e la loro schiera, i principi di Zabulon, i principi di Neftali.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Il tuo Dio ha ordinato la tua forza; rafferma, o Dio, ciò che hai operato per noi!
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Nel tuo tempio, ch’è sopra Gerusalemme, i re ti recheranno doni.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Minaccia la bestia de’ canneti, la moltitudine de’ tori coi giovenchi de’ popoli, che si prostrano recando verghe d’argento. Dissipa i popoli che si dilettano in guerre.
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Gran signori verranno dall’Egitto, l’Etiopia s’affretterà a tender le mani verso Dio.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 O regni della terra, cantate a Dio, salmeggiate al Signore, (Sela)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 a colui che cavalca sui cieli dei cieli eterni! Ecco, egli fa risonar la sua voce, la sua voce potente.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Riconoscete la potenza di Dio; la sua maestà è sopra Israele, e la sua potenza è ne’ cieli.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 O Dio, tu sei tremendo dai tuoi santuari! L’Iddio d’Israele è quel che dà forza e potenza al suo popolo. Benedetto sia Iddio!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
