Salmos, 74

1. Ao mestre de canto. “Não destruas”. Salmo de Asaf. Cântico.*

1. <Maschil of Asaph.> O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

2. Nós vos louvamos, Senhor, nós vos louvamos; glorificamos vosso nome e anunciamos vossas maravilhas.

2. Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3. “No tempo que fixei, julgarei o justo juízo.

3. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

4. Vacile, embora, a terra com todos os seus habitantes, fui eu quem deu firmeza às suas colunas.

4. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.

5. Digo aos arrogantes: Não sejais insolentes; aos ímpios: Não levanteis vossa fronte,

5. [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

6. não ergais contra o Altíssimo a vossa cabeça, deixai de falar a Deus com tanta insolência.

6. But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

7. Não é do oriente, nem do ocidente, nem do deserto, nem das montanhas que vem a salvação.

7. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

8. Mas Deus é o juiz; a um ele abate, a outro exalta.

8. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

9. Há na mão do Senhor uma taça de vinho espumante e aromático. Dela dá de beber e até as fezes hão de esgotá-la; hão de sorvê-la os ímpios todos da terra.”*

9. We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.

10. Eu, porém, exultarei para sempre, salmodiarei o Deus de Jacó.

10. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

11. Abaterei todas as potências dos ímpios, enquanto o poder dos justos será exaltado.

11. Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.

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12. For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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13. Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

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14. Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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15. Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

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16. The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

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17. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

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18. Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

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19. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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20. Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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21. O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

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22. Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

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23. Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.