Psalmorum 74
1 intellectus Asaph ut quid Deus reppulisti in finem iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuae tuae
“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
2 memor esto congregationis tuae quam possedisti ab initio redemisti virgam hereditatis tuae mons Sion in quo habitasti in eo
Remember thy congregation, which thou didst acquire of old; which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance: this mount Zion, whereon thou hast dwelt.
3 leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins: the enemy hath ill-used every thing in the sanctuary.
4 et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio sollemnitatis tuae posuerunt signa sua signa
Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly: they have set up their signs for signs.
5 et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum quasi in silva lignorum securibus
[The enemy] is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.
6 exciderunt ianuas eius in id ipsum in securi et ascia deiecerunt eam
And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
7 incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui
They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra
They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.
9 signa nostra non vidimus iam non est propheta et nos non cognoscet amplius
Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth how long.
10 usquequo Deus inproperabit inimicus inritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem
How long, O God, shall the adversary utter defiance? 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, and thy right hand? [draw it] out of thy bosom—exterminate [them];
12 Deus autem rex noster ante saeculum operatus est salutes in medio terrae
Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare contribulasti capita draconum in aquis
It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.
14 tu confregisti capita draconis dedisti eum escam populis Aethiopum
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 tu disrupisti fontem et torrentes tu siccasti fluvios Aetham;
Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
16 tuus est dies et tua est nox tu fabricatus es auroram et solem
Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.
17 tu fecisti omnes terminos terrae aestatem et ver tu plasmasti ea
It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth: summer and winter—thou thyself hast formed them.
18 memor esto huius inimicus inproperavit Dominum et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum
Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 ne tradas bestiis animam confitentem tibi animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem
Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle-dove: the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever.
20 respice in testamentum tuum quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terrae domibus iniquitatum
Look unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations of violence.
21 ne avertatur humilis factus confusus pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum
Oh let not the oppressed return confounded: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 exsurge Deus iudica causam tuam memor esto inproperiorum tuorum eorum qui ab insipiente sunt tota die
Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.
23 ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper
Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
