Psalms 73
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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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?
1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
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.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
3Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
4For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
5And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
5They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.
6They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.
7They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
8They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
13Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
13Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,
14Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
14For all day long I have been plagued, and punished every morning.
15Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
15If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
16Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
16When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me—
17Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
17until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.
18Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
19Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
20Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
20As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
21Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
21For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
22Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
22I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
23Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
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24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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25Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
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26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
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28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
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