A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so , O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
1 intellectus Asaph
Ut quid Deus reppulisti in finem
iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuae tuae
2 memor esto congregationis tuae quam possedisti ab initio
redemisti virgam hereditatis tuae
mons Sion in quo habitasti in eo
3 leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem
quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto
4 et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio sollemnitatis tuae
posuerunt signa sua signa
5 et non cognoverunt
sicut in exitu super summum
quasi in silva lignorum securibus
6 exciderunt ianuas eius in id ipsum
in securi et ascia deiecerunt ÷eam:
7 incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum
in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui
8 dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul
quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra
9 signa nostra non vidimus
iam non est propheta et nos non cognoscet amplius
10 usquequo Deus inproperabit inimicus
inritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem
11 ut quid avertis manum tuam
et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem
12 Deus autem rex noster ante saeculum
operatus est salutes in medio terrae
13 tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare
contribulasti capita draconum in aquis
14 tu confregisti capita draconis
dedisti eum escam populis Aethiopum
15 tu disrupisti fontem et torrentes
※tu siccasti fluvios Aetham:
16 tuus est dies et tua est nox tu fabricatus es auroram et solem
17 tu fecisti omnes terminos terrae
aestatem et ver tu plasmasti ea
18 memor esto huius inimicus inproperavit Dominum
et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum
19 ne tradas bestiis animam confitentem tibi
animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem
20 respice in testamentum tuum
quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terrae domibus iniquitatum
21 ne avertatur humilis factus confusus
pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum
22 exsurge Deus iudica causam tuam
memor esto inproperiorum tuorum
eorum qui ab insipiente sunt tota die
23 ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum
superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper