Salmos, 10

1. Ao mestre de canto. De Davi. É junto do Senhor que procuro refúgio. Por que dizer-me: “Foge, velozmente, para a montanha, como um pássaro;*

1. Unto the end. A psalm for David.

2. eis que os maus entesam seu arco e ajustam a flecha na corda, para ferir, de noite, os que têm o coração reto.

2. In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a sparrow?

3. Quando os próprios fundamentos se abalam, que pode fazer ainda o justo?”.

3. For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

4. Entretanto, o Senhor habita em seu templo, o Senhor tem seu trono no céu. Sua vista está atenta, seus olhares observam os filhos dos homens.*

4. For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

5. O Senhor sonda o justo como o ímpio, mas aquele que ama a injustiça, ele o aborrece.

5. The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.

6. Sobre os ímpios ele fará cair uma chuva de fogo e de enxofre; um vento abrasador de procela será o seu quinhão.

6. The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.

7. Porque o Senhor é justo, ele ama a justiça; e os homens retos contemplarão a sua face.

7. He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.

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8. For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his countenance hath beheld righteousness.

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9. His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.

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10. In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

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11. For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

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12. Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.

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13. Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.

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14. Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.

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15. Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.

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16. The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.

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17. The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.

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18. To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.