Psalms 73
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
1Intellectus Asaph. [Ut quid, Deus, repulisti in finem, iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ?
2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
2Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hæreditatis tuæ, mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
3Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
3Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto !
4And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
4Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio solemnitatis tuæ; posuerunt signa sua, signa:
5And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
5et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus
6They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
6exciderunt januas ejus in idipsum; in securi et ascia dejecerunt eam.
7They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
7Incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum; in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.
8They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
8Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: Quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
9Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
9Signa nostra non vidimus; jam non est propheta; et nos non cognoscet amplius.
10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
10Usquequo, Deus, improperabit inimicus? irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
11Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
11Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem?
12But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
12Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula: operatus est salutem in medio terræ.
13Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
13Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare; contribulasti capita draconum in aquis.
14Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
14Tu confregisti capita draconis; dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum.
15Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
15Tu dirupisti fontes et torrentes; tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
16Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
16Tuus est dies, et tua est nox; tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
17Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
17Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ; æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
18Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
18Memor esto hujus: inimicus improperavit Domino, et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
19Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
19Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
20Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
20Respice in testamentum tuum, quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terræ domibus iniquitatum.
21Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
21Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus; pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.
22Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
22Exsurge, Deus, judica causam tuam; memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die.
23Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
23Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper.]
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