Salmos, 107

1. Cântico. Salmo. De Davide. (ver nota)

1. Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, his faithful love lasts for ever.

2. O meu coração, ó Deus, está firme, o meu coração está firme; vou cantar e entoar salmos.

2. So let them say whom Yahweh redeemed, whom he redeemed from the power of their enemies,

3. Desperta, ó minha alma, despertai saltério e citara! Eu despertarei a aurora.

3. bringing them back from foreign lands, from east and west, north and south.

4. Louvar-te-ei no meio dos povos, Senhor, entoar-te-ei salmos entre as nações,

4. They were wandering in the desert, in the wastelands, could find no way to an inhabited city;

5. porque a tua misericórdia é (tão) grande (que chega) até ao céu, e a tua fidelidade até às nuvens.

5. they were hungry and thirsty, their life was ebbing away.

6. Mostra-te excelso, ó Deus, sobre os céus, brilhe sobre a terra a tua glória.

6. They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,

7. Para que sejam livres os teus dilectos, socorre-nos com a tua direita e ouve-nos.

7. he set them on the road, straight to an inhabited city.

8. Deus falou no seu santuário: "Exultarei e repartirei (à minha vontade) Siquém, e medirei o vale de Sucot;

8. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

9. minha é a terra de Galaad, minha a terra de Manassés; Efraim é o elmo da minha cabeça, Judá o meu ceptro;

9. He has fed the hungry to their hearts' content, filled the starving with good things.

10. Moab é bacia para me lavar; poisarei o meu calçado sobre Edom, triunfarei da Filisteia."

10. Sojourners in gloom and shadow dark as death, fettered in misery and chains,

11. Quem me conduzirá à cidade fortificada? Quem me conduzirá até Edom?

11. for defying the orders of Yahweh, for scorning the plan of the Most High-

12. Porventura não és tu, ó Deus, que nos repeliste, que já não sais, ó Deus, à frente dos nossos exércitos?

12. he subdued their spirit by hard labour; if they fell there was no one to help.

13. Dá-nos auxilio contra o inimigo, porque é vão o socorro do homem.

13. They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,

14. Em Deus faremos proezas, e ele calcará os nossos inimigos.

14. he brought them out from gloom and shadow dark as death, and shattered their chains.

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15. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

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16. He broke open gates of bronze and smashed iron bars.

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17. Fools for their rebellious ways, wretched because of their sins,

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18. finding all food repugnant, brought close to the gates of death-

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19. they cried out to Yahweh in their distress; he rescued them from their plight,

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20. he sent out his word and cured them, and rescued their life from the abyss.

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21. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

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22. Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and recount with shouts of joy what he has done!

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23. Voyagers on the sea in ships, plying their trade on the great ocean,

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24. have seen the works of Yahweh, his wonders in the deep.

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25. By his word he raised a storm-wind, lashing up towering waves.

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26. Up to the sky then down to the depths! Their stomachs were turned to water;

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27. they staggered and reeled like drunkards, and all their skill went under.

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28. They cried out to Yahweh in their distress, he rescued them from their plight,

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29. he reduced the storm to a calm, and all the waters subsided,

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30. and he brought them, overjoyed at the stillness, to the port where they were bound.

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31. Let them thank Yahweh for his faithful love, for his wonders for the children of Adam!

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32. Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of elders.

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33. He has turned rivers into desert, bubbling springs into arid ground,

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34. fertile country into salt-flats, because the people living there were evil.

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35. But he has turned desert into stretches of water, arid ground into bubbling springs,

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36. and has given the hungry a home, where they have built themselves a city.

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37. There they sow fields and plant vines, and reap a harvest of their produce.

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38. He blesses them and their numbers increase, he keeps their cattle at full strength.

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39. Their numbers had fallen, they had grown weak, under pressure of disaster and hardship;

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40. he covered princes in contempt, left them to wander in trackless wastes.

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41. But the needy he raises from their misery, makes their families as numerous as sheep.

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42. At the sight the honest rejoice, and the wicked have nothing to say.

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43. Who is wise? Such a one should take this to heart, and come to understand Yahweh's faithful love.