Psalmorum 74
1 Psalmus Intellectus Asaph. Ut quid Deus repulisti in finem: iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuae tuae?
[A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Memor esto congregationis tuae, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hereditatis tuae: mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
3 Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te: in medio sollemnitatis tuae. Posuerunt signa sua, signa:
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
5 et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
6 exciderunt ianuas eius in idipsum: in securi, et ascia deiecerunt eam.
Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Incenderunt igni Sanctuarium tuum: in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
8 Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
9 Signa nostra non vidimus, iam non est propheta: et nos non cognoscet amplius.
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
10 Usquequo Deus improperabit inimicus: irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
How long, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11 Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam, de medio sinu tuo in finem?
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.
12 Deus autem rex noster ante saecula: operatus est salutem in medio terrae.
Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare: contribulasti capita draconum in aquis.
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14 Tu confregisti capita draconis: dedisti eum escam populis Aethiopum.
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
15 Tu dirupisti fontes, et torrentes: tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
16 Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Tu fecisti omnes terminos terrae: aestatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
18 Memor esto huius, inimicus improperavit Domino: et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, YHWH. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
20 Respice in testamentum tuum: quia repleti sunt, qui obscurati sunt terrae domibus iniquitatum.
Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21 Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus: pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.
Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Exurge Deus, iudica causam tuam: memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quae ab insipiente sunt tota die.
Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23 Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum, qui te oderunt, ascendit semper.
Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
