Salmos 73

1 Hino de Asaf. Por que, Senhor, persistis em nos rejeitar? Por que se inflama vossa ira contra as ovelhas de vosso rebanho?

2 Recordai-vos de vosso povo que elegestes outrora, da tribo que resgatastes para vossa possessão, da montanha de Sião onde fizestes vossa morada.

3 Dirigi vossos passos a estes lugares definitivamente devastados; o inimigo tudo destruiu no santuário.

4 Os adversários rugiam no local de vossas assembleias, como troféus hastearam suas bandeiras.

5 Pareciam homens a vibrar o machado na floresta espessa.

6 Rebentaram os portais do templo com malhos e martelos,

7 atearam fogo ao vosso santuário, profanaram, arrasaram a morada do vosso nome.

8 Disseram em seus corações: "Destruamo-los todos juntos; incendiai todos os lugares santos da terra".

9 Não vemos mais nossos emblemas, já não há nenhum profeta e ninguém entre nós que saiba até quando...

10 Ó Deus, até quando nos insultará o inimigo? O adversário blasfemará vosso nome para sempre?

11 Por que retirais a vossa mão? Por que guardais vossa destra em vosso seio?

12 Entretanto, Deus é meu rei desde os tempos antigos, ele que opera a salvação por toda a terra.

13 Vosso poder abriu o mar, esmagastes nas águas as cabeças de dragões.

14 Quebrastes as cabeças do Leviatã, e as destes como pasto aos monstros do mar.

15 Fizestes jorrar fontes e torrentes, secastes rios caudalosos.

16 Vosso é o dia, a noite vos pertence: vós criastes a lua e o sol,

17 Vós marcastes à terra seus confins, estabelecestes o inverno e o verão.

18 Lembrai-vos: o inimigo vos insultou, Senhor, e um povo insensato ultrajou o vosso nome.

19 Não abandoneis ao abutre a vida de vossa pomba, não esqueçais para sempre a vida de vossos pobres.

20 Olhai para a vossa aliança, porque todos os recantos da terra são antros de violência.

21 Que os oprimidos não voltem confundidos, que o pobre e o indigente possam louvar o vosso nome.

22 Levantai-vos, ó Deus, defendei a vossa causa. Lembrai-vos das blasfêmias que continuamente vos dirige o insensato.

23 Não olvideis os insultos de vossos adversários, e o tumulto crescente dos que se insurgem contra vós.

A Psalm by Asaph.

1 Surely God*73:1 The Hebrew word rendered "God" is "אֱלֹהִ֑ים" (Elohim). is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart.

2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone.

My steps had nearly slipped.

3 For I was envious of the arrogant,

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For there are no struggles in their death,

but their strength is firm.

5 They are free from burdens of men,

neither are they plagued like other men.

6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.

Violence covers them like a garment.

7 Their eyes bulge with fat.

Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

8 They scoff and speak with malice.

In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

9 They have set their mouth in the heavens.

Their tongue walks through the earth.

10 Therefore their people return to them,

and they drink up waters of abundance.

11 They say, "How does God know?

Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

12 Behold, these are the wicked.

Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain,

and washed my hands in innocence,

14 For all day long I have been plagued,

and punished every morning.

15 If I had said, "I will speak thus",

behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

16 When I tried to understand this,

it was too painful for me—

17 until I entered God’s sanctuary,

and considered their latter end.

18 Surely you set them in slippery places.

You throw them down to destruction.

19 How they are suddenly destroyed!

They are completely swept away with terrors.

20 As a dream when one wakes up,

so, Lord,*73:20 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

21 For my soul was grieved.

I was embittered in my heart.

22 I was so senseless and ignorant.

I was a brute beast before you.

23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you.

You have held my right hand.

24 You will guide me with your counsel,

and afterward receive me to glory.

25 Whom do I have in heaven?

There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

26 My flesh and my heart fails,

but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27 For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish.

You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

28 But it is good for me to come close to God.

I have made the Lord Yahweh*73:28 "Yahweh" is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations. my refuge,

that I may tell of all your works.