< Psalmorum 81 >
1 Psalmus Asaph, in finem, pro torcularibus, quinta sabbati. Exultate Deo adiutori nostro: iubilate Deo Iacob.
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2 Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum: psalterium iucundum cum cithara.
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 Buccinate in Neomenia tuba, in insigni die sollemnitatis vestrae:
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 Quia praeceptum in Israel est: et iudicium Deo Iacob.
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 Testimonium in Ioseph posuit illud, cum exiret de Terra Aegypti: linguam, quam non noverat, audivit.
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 Divertit ab oneribus dorsum eius: manus eius in cophino servierunt.
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7 In tribulatione invocasti me, et liberavi te: exaudivi te in abscondito tempestatis: probavi te apud aquam contradictionis.
You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
8 Audi populus meus, et contestabor te: Israel si audieris me,
Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9 non erit in te deus recens, neque adorabis deum alienum.
There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10 Ego enim sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui eduxi te de terra Aegypti: dilata os tuum, et implebo illud.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
11 Et non audivit populus meus vocem meam: et Israel non intendit mihi.
But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12 Et dimisi eos secundum desideria cordis eorum, ibunt in adinventionibus suis.
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13 Si populus meus audisset me: Israel si in viis meis ambulasset:
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14 Pro nihilo forsitan inimicos eorum humiliassem: et super tribulantes eos misissem manum meam.
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15 Inimici Domini mentiti sunt ei: et erit tempus eorum in saecula.
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16 Et cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti: et de petra, melle saturavit eos.
But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”