Psalmorum 74
1 Intellectus Asaph. Ut quid, Deus, repulisti in finem, iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ?
“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
2 Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hæreditatis tuæ, mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
Remember the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!
3 Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4 Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio solemnitatis tuæ; posuerunt signa sua, signa:
Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5 et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus
They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6 exciderunt januas ejus in idipsum; in securi et ascia dejecerunt eam.
They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
7 Incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum; in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: Quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Signa nostra non vidimus; jam non est propheta; et nos non cognoscet amplius.
We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
10 Usquequo, Deus, improperabit inimicus? irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
12 Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula: operatus est salutem in medio terræ.
Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare; contribulasti capita draconum in aquis.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Tu confregisti capita draconis; dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum.
Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
15 Tu dirupisti fontes et torrentes; tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
16 Tuus est dies, et tua est nox; tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
17 Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ; æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
18 Memor esto hujus: inimicus improperavit Domino, et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
19 Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
20 Respice in testamentum tuum, quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terræ domibus iniquitatum.
Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
21 Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus; pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
22 Exsurge, Deus, judica causam tuam; memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die.
Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
23 Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper.
Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
