Liber Psalmorum, 73
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0. A Psalm of Asaph.
1. PSALMUS. Asaph. Quam bonus rectis est Deus, Deus his, qui mundo sunt corde!
1. Truly God is good to the upright, to those who are pure in heart.
2. Mei autem paene moti sunt pedes, paene effusi sunt gressus mei,
2. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped.
3. quia zelavi super gloriantes, pacem peccatorum videns.
3. For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4. Quia non sunt eis impedimenta, sanus et pinguis est venter eorum.
4. For they have no pangs; their bodies are sound and sleek.
5. In labore mortalium non sunt et cum hominibus non flagellantur.
5. They are not in trouble as other men are; they are not stricken like other men.
6. Ideo quasi torques est eis superbia, et tamquam indumentum operuit eos violentia.
6. Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.
7. Prodit quasi ex adipe iniquitas eorum, erumpunt cogitationes cordis.
7. Their eyes swell out with fatness, their hearts overflow with follies.
8. Subsannaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam, iniquitatem ab excelso locuti sunt.
8. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
9. Posuerunt in caelo os suum, et lingua eorum transivit in terra.
9. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
10. Ideo in alto sedent, et aquae plenae non pervenient ad eos.
10. Therefore the people turn and praise them; and find no fault in them.
11. Et dixerunt: “Quomodo scit Deus, et si est scientia in Excelso?”.
11. And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
12. Ecce ipsi peccatores et abundantes in saeculo multiplicaverunt divitias.
12. Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.
13. Et dixi: “Ergo sine causa mundavi cor meum et lavi in innocentia manus meas;
13. All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
14. et fui flagellatus tota die, et castigatio mea in matutinis”.
14. For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning.
15. Si dixissem: “Loquar ut illi”, ecce generationem filiorum tuorum prodidissem.
15. If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have been untrue to the generation of thy children.
16. Et cogitabam, ut cognoscerem hoc; labor erat in oculis meis,
16. But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,
17. donec intravi in sanctuarium Dei et intellexi novissima eorum.
17. until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I perceived their end.
18. Verumtamen in lubrico posuisti eos, deiecisti eos in ruinas.
18. Truly thou dost set them in slippery places; thou dost make them fall to ruin.
19. Quomodo facti sunt in desolationem! Subito defecerunt, perierunt prae horrore.
19. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
20. Velut somnium evigilantis, Domine, surgens imaginem ipsorum contemnes.
20. They are like a dream when one awakes, on awaking you despise their phantoms.
21. Quia exacerbatum est cor meum, et renes mei compuncti sunt;
21. When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,
22. et ego insipiens factus sum et nescivi: ut iumentum factus sum apud te.
22. I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee.
23. Ego autem semper tecum; tenuisti manum dexteram meam.
23. Nevertheless I am continually with thee; thou dost hold my right hand.
24. In consilio tuo deduces me et postea cum gloria suscipies me.
24. Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory.
25. Quis enim mihi est in caelo? Et tecum nihil volui super terram.
25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26. Defecit caro mea et cor meum; Deus cordis mei, et pars mea Deus in aeternum.
26. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
27. Quia ecce, qui elongant se a te, peribunt; perdidisti omnes, qui fornicantur abs te.
27. For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee.
28. Mihi autem adhaerere Deo bonum est, ponere in Domino Deo spem meam, ut annuntiem omnes operationes tuas in portis filiae Sion.
28. But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.
