Liber Psalmorum, 50
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0. A Psalm of Asaph.
1. PSALMUS. Asaph. Deus deorum, Dominus, locutus est et vocavit terram a solis ortu usque ad occasum.
1. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2. Ex Sion speciosa decore Deus illuxit,
2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
3. Deus noster veniet et non silebit: ignis consumens est in conspectu eius, et in circuitu eius tempestas valida.
3. Our God comes, he does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, round about him a mighty tempest.
4. Advocabit caelum desursum et terram discernere populum suum:
4. He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5. “Congregate mihi sanctos meos, qui disposuerunt testamentum meum in sacrificio”.
5. "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
6. Et annuntiabunt caeli iustitiam eius, quoniam Deus iudex est.
6. The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! [Selah]
7. “Audi, populus meus, et loquar, Israel, et testificabor adversum te: Deus, Deus tuus, ego sum.
7. "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8. Non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te; holocausta enim tua in conspectu meo sunt semper.
8. I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9. Non accipiam de domo tua vitulos neque de gregibus tuis hircos.
9. I will accept no bull from your house, nor he-goat from your folds.
10. Quoniam meae sunt omnes ferae silvarum, iumentorum mille in montibus.
10. For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. Cognovi omnia volatilia caeli; et, quod movetur in agro, meum est.
11. I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.
12. Si esuriero non dicam tibi; meus est enim orbis terrae et plenitudo eius.
12. "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world and all that is in it is mine.
13. Numquid manducabo carnes taurorum aut sanguinem hircorum potabo?
13. Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14. Immola Deo sacrificium laudis et redde Altissimo vota tua;
14. Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;
15. et invoca me in die tribulationis: eruam te, et honorificabis me”.
15. and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
16. Peccatori autem dixit Deus: “Quare tu enarras praecepta mea et assumis testamentum meum in os tuum?
16. But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?
17. Tu vero odisti disciplinam et proiecisti sermones meos retrorsum.
17. For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
18. Si videbas furem, currebas cum eo; et cum adulteris erat portio tua.
18. If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers.
19. Os tuum dimittebas ad malitiam, et lingua tua concinnabat dolos.
19. "You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
20. Sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris et adversus filium matris tuae proferebas opprobrium.
20. You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
21. Haec fecisti, et tacui. Existimasti quod eram tui similis. Arguam te et statuam illa contra faciem tuam.
21. These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
22. Intellegite haec, qui obliviscimini Deum, ne quando rapiam, et non sit qui eripiat.
22. "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I rend, and there be none to deliver!
23. Qui immolabit sacrificium laudis, honorificabit me; et, qui immaculatus est in via, ostendam illi salutare Dei”.
23. He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!"
