Salmi 96
1 Cantate all’Eterno un cantico nuovo, cantate all’Eterno, abitanti di tutta la terra!
Sing to Yahweh a new song! [You people] throughout the earth, sing to Yahweh!
2 Cantate all’Eterno, benedite il suo nome, annunziate di giorno in giorno la sua salvezza!
Sing to Yahweh and praise him [MTY]! Every day proclaim [to others] that he has saved/rescued us.
3 Raccontate la sua gloria fra le nazioni e le sue maraviglie fra tutti i popoli!
Tell about his glory/greatness to all people-groups; tell all people-groups the marvelous [things that he has done].
4 Perché l’Eterno è grande e degno di sovrana lode; egli è tremendo sopra tutti gli dèi.
Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much; he should be revered more than for all the gods,
5 Poiché tutti gli dèi dei popoli son idoli vani, ma l’Eterno ha fatto i cieli.
because all the gods that other people-groups [worship] are [only] idols, but Yahweh [is truly great]; he created the skies!
6 Splendore e maestà stanno dinanzi a lui, forza e bellezza stanno nel suo santuario.
Those who are in his presence honor him and can see that he is a great king. They can see in his temple that he is very powerful and is very beautiful.
7 Date all’Eterno, o famiglie dei popoli, date all’Eterno gloria e forza.
You people in nations all over the earth, praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh for his glorious power [HEN]!
8 Date all’Eterno la gloria dovuta al suo nome, portategli offerte e venite ne’ suoi cortili.
Praise Yahweh like he deserves to be praised, Bring an offering and come to his temple.
9 Prostratevi dinanzi all’Eterno vestiti di sacri ornamenti, tremate dinanzi a lui, o abitanti di tutta la terra!
Bow down before Yahweh [when he appears] in his holy/sacred temple; everyone on the earth should tremble in front of him, because he is majestic and holy.
10 Dite fra le nazioni: l’Eterno regna; il mondo quindi è stabile e non sarà smosso; l’Eterno giudicherà i popoli con rettitudine.
Say to all the people-groups, “Yahweh is the king! He put the world in its place, and nothing will ever be able to move/shake it. He will judge [all] the people-groups fairly.”
11 Si rallegrino i cieli e gioisca la terra; risuoni il mare e quel ch’esso contiene;
[All the beings that are in] [MTY] the heavens should be glad, and all [the people on the] earth should rejoice. The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should roar [to praise Yahweh].
12 festeggi la campagna e tutto quello ch’è in essa; tutti gli alberi delle foreste dian voci di gioia
The fields and everything that grows in them should rejoice. When they do that, [it will be as though] all the trees in the forests will sing joyfully
13 nel cospetto dell’Eterno; poich’egli viene, viene a giudicare la terra. Egli giudicherà il mondo con giustizia, e i popoli secondo la sua fedeltà.
in front of Yahweh. That will happen when he comes to judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth. He will judge all the people fairly/justly, according to [what he knows is] true.
