Psalmorum 74
1 intellectus Asaph ut quid Deus reppulisti in finem iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuae tuae
A maskil of Asaph. Why, O God, have you spurned us forever? Why smokes your wrath 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 the community you purchased of old to become by redemption the tribe of your heritage, Zion, the mountain you made your home.
3 leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto
Rouse yourself, visit its ruins complete. In the temple the foe has made havoc of all things.
4 et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio sollemnitatis tuae posuerunt signa sua signa
Like lions your enemies roared through your house, replacing our symbols by signs of their own,
5 et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum quasi in silva lignorum securibus
hacking, like woodsmen who lift axes on thickets of trees,
6 exciderunt ianuas eius in id ipsum in securi et ascia deiecerunt eam
smashing with hatchets and hammers all of its carved work together.
7 incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui
They have set your temple on fire, to the very ground they have outraged the place where lives your name.
8 dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra
They have said in their heart, “Let us utterly crush them.” They have burned all the houses of God in the land.
9 signa nostra non vidimus iam non est propheta et nos non cognoscet amplius
No symbol of ours do we see any more: no prophet is there any more, none is with us who knows how long.
10 usquequo Deus inproperabit inimicus inritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem
How long, O God, is the foe to insult? Shall the enemy spurn your name forever?
11 ut quid avertis manum tuam et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem
Why, O Lord, do you hold back your hand, why keep your right hand in the folds of your robe?
12 Deus autem rex noster ante saeculum operatus est salutes in medio terrae
Yet God is our king from the ancient days, in the midst of the earth working deeds of salvation.
13 tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare contribulasti capita draconum in aquis
It was you who did cleave the sea by your might, and shatter the heads of the ocean monsters.
14 tu confregisti capita draconis dedisti eum escam populis Aethiopum
It was you who did crush many-headed Leviathan, and give him as food to the beasts of the wilderness.
15 tu disrupisti fontem et torrentes tu siccasti fluvios Aetham;
It was you who did cleave the fountains and torrents; it was you who did dry the perennial streams.
16 tuus est dies et tua est nox tu fabricatus es auroram et solem
Yours is the day; yours, too, is the night, it was you who did establish the sun and the star.
17 tu fecisti omnes terminos terrae aestatem et ver tu plasmasti ea
It was you who did fix all the borders of earth: summer and winter it’s you who have made them.
18 memor esto huius inimicus inproperavit Dominum et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum
Yet, for all this, the foe has insulted you, Lord, and a nation of fools has reviled your name.
19 ne tradas bestiis animam confitentem tibi animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem
Do not give your dove to the beasts, do not forget your afflicted forever.
20 respice in testamentum tuum quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terrae domibus iniquitatum
Look to the sleek ones – how full they are: the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.
21 ne avertatur humilis factus confusus pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum
O let not the downtrodden turn back ashamed: let the poor and the needy sing praise to your name.
22 exsurge Deus iudica causam tuam memor esto inproperiorum tuorum eorum qui ab insipiente sunt tota die
Arise, God, and defend your cause: remember how fools all the day insult you.
23 ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper
Do not forget the uproar of your enemies, the din of your foes that ascends evermore.
