Salmos, 81

1. Salmo de Asaf. Levanta-se Deus na assembleia divina, entre os deuses profere o seu julgamento.*

1. <To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.> Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2. “Até quando julgareis iniquamente, favorecendo a causa dos ímpios?

2. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3. Defendei o oprimido e o órfão, fazei justiça ao humilde e ao pobre,

3. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4. livrai o oprimido e o necessitado, tirai-o das garras dos ímpios.”

4. For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.

5. Eles não querem saber nem compreender, andam nas trevas, vacilam os fundamentos da terra.

5. This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.

6. Eu disse: “Sois deuses, sois todos filhos do Altíssimo.*

6. I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7. Contudo, morrereis como simples homens e, como qualquer príncipe, caireis”.

7. Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

8. Levantai-vos, Senhor, para julgar a terra, porque são vossas todas as nações.*

8. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

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9. There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

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10. I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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11. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

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12. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

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13. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!

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14. I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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15. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

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16. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.