1Ein Weisheitslied Asafs.
Lausche, mein Volk, meiner Weisung!
Neigt euer Ohr den Worten meines Munds!2Ich öffne meinen Mund zu einem Spruch;
ich will Geheimnisse der Vorzeit verkünden. (Ps 49,5; Mt 13,35)3Was wir hörten und erfuhren,
was uns die Väter erzählten, (Ps 22,31; Ps 44,2)4das wollen wir ihren Kindern nicht verbergen,
sondern dem kommenden Geschlecht erzählen:
die ruhmreichen Taten des HERRN und seine Stärke,
die Wunder, die er getan hat.5Er richtete ein Zeugnis auf in Jakob,
Weisung gab er in Israel
und gebot unseren Vätern,
ihre Kinder das alles zu lehren, (Ps 147,19)6damit das kommende Geschlecht davon erfahre, /
die Kinder, die noch geboren werden;
sie sollen aufstehen und es ihren Kindern erzählen,7damit sie ihr Vertrauen auf Gott setzen, /
die Taten Gottes nicht vergessen
und seine Gebote bewahren8und nicht werden wie ihre Väter,
ein Geschlecht voll Trotz und Empörung,
ein Geschlecht, dessen Herz nicht fest war
und dessen Geist nicht treu zu Gott hielt. (5Mo 32,5)9Die Söhne Efraims, Kämpfer mit Pfeil und Bogen,
wandten den Rücken am Tag der Schlacht;10Gottes Bund hielten sie nicht,
sie weigerten sich, seiner Weisung zu folgen.11Sie vergaßen seine Taten,
die Wunder, die er sie sehen ließ.12Vor den Augen ihrer Väter vollbrachte er Wunder
im Land Ägypten, im Gefilde von Zoan. (4Mo 13,22)13Er spaltete das Meer und führte sie hindurch,
er ließ das Wasser feststehen wie einen Damm. (2Mo 14,21)14Er führte sie bei Tag mit der Wolke
und die ganze Nacht mit leuchtendem Feuer. (2Mo 13,21)15Er spaltete Felsen in der Wüste
und gab dem Volk reichlich zu trinken, wie mit Wassern der Urflut. (2Mo 17,6; 4Mo 20,11)16Er ließ Bäche aus dem Gestein entspringen,
ließ Wasser fließen gleich Strömen.17Doch sie sündigten weiter gegen ihn,
sie trotzten in der Wüste dem Höchsten. (Hes 20,13)18In ihrem Herzen versuchten sie Gott:
Sie forderten Nahrung für ihr Verlangen. (2Mo 16,3; Ps 106,14)19Sie redeten gegen Gott; /
sie fragten: Kann uns denn Gott
den Tisch decken in der Wüste?20Zwar hat er an den Felsen geschlagen,
sodass Wasser floss und Bäche strömten.
Kann er auch Brot geben
und Fleisch bereiten seinem Volk?21Das hörte der HERR und ergrimmte; /
Feuer flammte auf gegen Jakob,
Zorn erhob sich gegen Israel, (4Mo 11,1)22weil sie Gott nicht glaubten
und nicht auf seine Hilfe vertrauten.23Da gebot er den Wolken droben
und öffnete die Tore des Himmels. (Mal 3,10)24Er ließ Manna auf sie regnen als Speise,
er gab ihnen Korn vom Himmel. (2Mo 16,4; Joh 6,31)25Jeder aß vom Brot der Starken;
er sandte Nahrung, sie zu sättigen. (Ps 105,40)26Er ließ den Ostwind losbrechen am Himmel,
führte in seiner Macht den Südwind herbei.27Er ließ Fleisch auf sie regnen wie Staub,
gefiederte Vögel wie Sand am Meer.28Er ließ sie mitten ins Lager fallen,
rings um ihre Zelte.29Sie aßen und wurden reichlich gesättigt;
er hatte ihnen gebracht, was sie begehrten.30Noch aber hatten sie ihre Gier nicht gestillt,
noch war die Speise in ihrem Mund, (4Mo 11,33)31da erhob sich gegen sie Gottes Zorn; /
unter ihren Kräftigen schlug er zu
und streckte die jungen Männer Israels nieder.32Doch sie sündigten trotz allem weiter
und glaubten nicht seinen Wundern. (4Mo 14,11)33Darum ließ er ihre Tage schwinden wie einen Hauch
und ihre Jahre in jähem Schrecken. (4Mo 14,22)34Wenn er dreinschlug, fragten sie nach Gott,
kehrten um und suchten ihn. (4Mo 21,7; Jes 26,16)35Sie dachten daran, dass Gott ihr Fels ist
und Gott, der Höchste, ihr Erlöser. (Ps 92,16)36Doch sie täuschten ihn mit ihrem Mund
und belogen ihn mit ihrer Zunge. (Jes 29,13)37Ihr Herz hielt nicht fest zu ihm,
sie hielten seinem Bund nicht die Treue. (Ps 95,10)38Doch er ist barmherzig,
vergab die Schuld und vernichtete nicht.
Oftmals ließ er ab von seinem Zorn
und unterdrückte seinen Groll. (2Mo 32,14; 4Mo 14,20; Jes 48,9; Hos 11,8)39Denn er dachte daran, dass sie Fleisch sind,
nur ein Hauch, der vergeht und nicht wiederkehrt. (Hi 7,7; Ps 103,14)40Wie oft haben sie ihm in der Wüste getrotzt,
ihn gekränkt in der Steppe! (5Mo 9,22)41Immer wieder stellten sie ihn auf die Probe,
sie reizten den Heiligen Israels. (Ps 71,22)42Sie dachten nicht mehr an seine Hand,
an den Tag, als er sie vom Gegner befreite, (Ps 106,21)43als er in Ägypten seine Zeichen tat
und seine Wunder im Gefilde von Zoan. (Ps 78,12; Ps 135,9)44Er verwandelte ihre Flüsse und Bäche in Blut;
sie konnten daraus nicht mehr trinken. (2Mo 7,17)45Er schickte einen Schwarm von Fliegen gegen sie, der fraß sie auf,
ein Heer von Fröschen, das sie vertilgte. (2Mo 8,17)46Ihre Ernte überließ er den Grillen
und Heuschrecken den Ertrag ihrer Mühen. (2Mo 10,4)47Ihre Reben zerschlug er mit Hagel,
ihre Maulbeerbäume mit Körnern aus Eis. (2Mo 9,18)48Ihr Vieh überließ er dem Hagel
und ihre Herden den Seuchen. (2Mo 9,3)49Er schickte gegen sie die Glut seines Zorns, /
Grimm und Wut und Bedrängnis,
Boten des Unheils in Scharen.50Er ließ seinem Zorn freien Lauf; /
er bewahrte sie nicht vor dem Tod
und lieferte ihr Leben der Pest aus. (2Mo 9,8)51Er schlug in Ägypten alle Erstgeburt,
in den Zelten Hams die Erstlinge ihrer Manneskraft. (2Mo 12,29; Ps 105,36; Ps 135,8; Ps 136,10)52Dann führte er sein Volk hinaus wie Schafe,
leitete sie wie eine Herde durch die Wüste. (Ps 77,21)53Er führte sie sicher, sie mussten nichts fürchten,
doch ihre Feinde bedeckte das Meer. (2Mo 14,19)54Er brachte sie in sein heiliges Gebiet,
zum Berg, den seine Rechte erworben hat. (2Mo 15,17; Ps 114,2)55Er vertrieb die Nationen vor ihnen /
und verteilte ihr Land als Erbe
und ließ in ihren Zelten die Stämme Israels wohnen. (Jos 24,8; Ps 44,3)56Doch sie versuchten ihn und trotzten Gott, dem Höchsten;
sie hielten sich nicht an seine Zeugnisse.57Wie ihre Väter fielen sie treulos von ihm ab,
sie wandten sich ab wie ein Bogen, der versagt. (Hos 7,16)58Sie erbitterten ihn mit ihrem Kult auf den Höhen
und reizten seine Eifersucht mit den Bildern ihrer Götter. (5Mo 32,16)59Gott hörte es und er ergrimmte,
ganz und gar verwarf er Israel.60Er gab seine Wohnung auf in Schilo,
das Zelt, das er aufgerichtet hatte unter den Menschen. (1Sam 1,3; Jer 7,12)61Er gab seine Macht in Gefangenschaft,
seine Zierde in die Hand des Feindes. (1Sam 4,11)62Er lieferte sein Volk dem Schwert aus
und war voll Grimm über sein Eigentum.63Die jungen Männer fraß das Feuer;
den jungen Mädchen sang man kein Brautlied. (Jer 7,34)64Die Priester wurden mit dem Schwert erschlagen;
die Witwen konnten die Toten nicht beweinen. (1Sam 4,11; Hi 27,15)65Da erwachte der Herr wie aus dem Schlaf,
wie ein Held, der betäubt war vom Wein.66Er schlug seine Feinde zurück
und übergab sie ewiger Schande. (1Sam 5,6)67Das Zelt Josefs verwarf er,
dem Stamm Efraim entzog er die Erwählung.68Doch den Stamm Juda erwählte er,
den Berg Zion, den er liebt. (2Chr 6,6)69Dort baute er sein hoch ragendes Heiligtum,
so fest wie die Erde, die er für immer gegründet hat. (Ps 48,3)70Und er erwählte David, seinen Knecht;
er holte ihn weg von den Hürden der Schafe, (1Sam 16,11; 2Sam 7,8; Ps 89,21)71von den Muttertieren nahm er ihn fort, /
damit er Jakob weide, sein Volk,
und Israel, sein Erbe.72Und er weidete sie mit lauterem Herzen
und führte sie mit klugen Händen.
1A Maskil[1] of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! (Ps 49,1; Ps 50,1; Ps 50,7; Jes 51,4)2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, (4Mo 21,27; Ps 49,4; Mt 13,35)3things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. (Ps 44,1)4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. (2Mo 12,26; 2Mo 13,8; 2Mo 13,14; 5Mo 11,19; Jos 4,6; Hi 15,18; Ps 78,11; Ps 78,32; Joe 1,3)5He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, (Ps 19,7; Ps 81,5; Ps 147,19)6that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, (Ps 78,4; Ps 102,18)7so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; (Ps 77,12; Ps 105,45)8and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. (2Mo 32,9; 2Mo 33,3; 5Mo 9,7; 5Mo 9,24; 5Mo 31,27; 2Kön 17,14; 2Chr 30,7; Hi 11,13; Ps 78,37; Jer 5,23; Hes 20,18)9The Ephraimites, armed with[2] the bow, turned back on the day of battle. (Ps 78,57)10They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. (2Kön 17,15)11They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. (Ps 78,4; Ps 106,13)12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. (4Mo 13,22; Ps 72,18; Ps 78,43; Jes 19,11; Jes 19,13; Hes 30,14)13He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. (2Mo 14,21; 2Mo 15,8; Ps 136,13)14In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. (Ps 105,39)15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. (2Mo 17,6; Ps 78,20; Ps 105,41; Ps 114,8; Jes 48,21)16He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers. (4Mo 20,8; 4Mo 20,10)17Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. (5Mo 9,22; Ps 78,40; Ps 78,56; Jes 63,10)18They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. (5Mo 6,16; Ps 78,41; Ps 78,56; Ps 95,9; Ps 106,14; 1Kor 10,9)19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? (2Mo 16,3; 4Mo 11,4; 4Mo 20,3; 4Mo 21,5; Ps 23,5)20He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” (Ps 78,15)21Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, (4Mo 11,1)22because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power. (Ps 78,8; Ps 78,32; Ps 78,37)23Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, (1Mo 7,11; Mal 3,10)24and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. (2Mo 16,4; Ps 105,40; Joh 6,31)25Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. (Ps 78,29; Ps 103,20)26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; (4Mo 11,31)27he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; (1Mo 13,16; 1Mo 22,17)28he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. (2Mo 16,13; 4Mo 11,31)29And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. (4Mo 11,4; 4Mo 11,19; 4Mo 11,34)30But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, (4Mo 11,33; Hi 20,23)31the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. (Ps 78,63; Jes 10,16)32In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. (4Mo 14,11; Ps 78,22)33So he made their days vanish like[3] a breath,[4] and their years in terror. (4Mo 14,29; 4Mo 14,35; 4Mo 26,64; Ps 39,5)34When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. (Hos 5,15)35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. (2Mo 15,13; 5Mo 32,4; 5Mo 32,15; 5Mo 32,31; Ps 74,2)36But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. (Jes 29,13; Jes 57,11; Hes 33,31)37Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant. (Ps 51,10; Ps 78,8)38Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath. (2Mo 34,6; 4Mo 14,20)39He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again. (1Mo 6,3; Hi 7,7; Hi 10,9; Ps 103,14)40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! (Ps 78,17; Ps 78,56; Ps 106,14; Ps 107,11; Eph 4,30)41They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. (Ps 71,22; Ps 78,18)42They did not remember his power[5] or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, (Ri 8,34)43when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. (2Mo 4,21; 2Mo 7,3; 2Mo 11,9; Ps 78,12; Ps 105,27; Ps 106,22; Apg 7,36)44He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. (2Mo 7,17)45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. (2Mo 8,2; 2Mo 8,21)46He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. (2Mo 10,12)47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. (2Mo 9,23)48He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. (2Mo 9,19)49He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. (2Mo 12,13; 2Mo 12,23; 2Sam 24,16)50He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.51He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. (2Mo 12,29; Ps 105,23; Ps 105,27; Ps 105,36; Ps 106,22; Ps 135,8; Ps 136,10)52Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (Ps 77,20)53He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. (2Mo 14,13; 2Mo 14,19; 2Mo 14,27; 2Mo 15,10)54And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. (2Mo 15,17; Ps 68,16; Ps 74,2; Jes 11,9; Jes 57,13)55He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. (Jos 23,4; Ps 44,2; Ps 135,12; Ps 136,21; Apg 13,19)56Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, (Ri 2,11; Ps 78,18; Ps 78,40)57but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow. (Ps 78,9; Hos 7,16)58For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols. (3Mo 26,30; 4Mo 25,11; 5Mo 7,5; 5Mo 7,25; 5Mo 12,2; 5Mo 12,3; 5Mo 31,29; 5Mo 32,16; 5Mo 32,21; Ri 2,12; 1Kön 11,7; 1Kön 12,31; Hes 20,28)59When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. (5Mo 3,26; Ps 78,62; Ps 106,40)60He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind, (Jos 18,1; 1Sam 4,11; Jer 7,12; Jer 7,14; Jer 26,6)61and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. (1Sam 4,21; Ps 63,2; Ps 96,6; Ps 132,8)62He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage. (1Sam 4,10; Ps 78,59)63Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song. (Ps 79,5; Ps 89,46; Jer 7,34)64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation. (1Sam 4,11; Hi 27,15)65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. (Ps 35,23; Ps 73,20)66And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. (Ps 40,14)67He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, (Ps 80,1; Ps 81,5)68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. (Ps 87,2)69He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; (1Sam 16,12)71from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. (1Sam 10,1; 2Sam 5,2; 2Sam 7,8; Ps 28,9)72With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand. (1Kön 9,4; Ps 77,20; Ps 101,2)
Psalm 78
Nuova Riveduta 2006
von Società Biblica di Ginevra
Fedeltà di Dio nella storia d’Israele
1Cantico di Asaf. Ascolta, popolo mio, il mio insegnamento; porgete orecchio alle parole della mia bocca!2Io aprirò la mia bocca per esprimere parabole, esporrò i misteri dei tempi antichi.3Quel che abbiamo udito e conosciuto, e che i nostri padri ci hanno raccontato,4non lo nasconderemo ai loro figli; diremo alla generazione futura le lodi del Signore, la sua potenza e le meraviglie che egli ha operate.5Egli stabilì una testimonianza in Giacobbe, istituì una legge in Israele e ordinò ai nostri padri di farle conoscere ai loro figli,6perché fossero note alla generazione futura, ai figli che sarebbero nati. Questi le avrebbero così raccontate ai loro figli,7perché ponessero in Dio la loro speranza e non dimenticassero le opere di Dio, ma osservassero i suoi comandamenti.8Tutto ciò per non essere come i loro padri, una generazione ostinata e ribelle, una generazione dal cuore incostante, il cui spirito non fu fedele a Dio.9I figli di Efraim, gente di guerra, buoni arcieri, voltarono le spalle il dì della battaglia.10Non osservarono il patto di Dio e rifiutarono di camminare secondo la sua legge;11dimenticarono le sue opere e i prodigi che egli aveva mostrati loro.12Egli aveva compiuto meraviglie in presenza dei loro padri, nel paese d’Egitto, nelle campagne di Soan[1].13Divise il mare, li fece passare e fermò le acque come in un mucchio.14Di giorno li guidò con una nuvola, e tutta la notte con un fuoco fiammeggiante.15Spaccò le rocce nel deserto e li dissetò abbondantemente, come da sorgenti d’acque profonde.16Fece scaturire ruscelli dalla rupe, fece sgorgare acque come fiumi.17Ma essi continuarono a peccare contro di lui, a ribellarsi contro l’Altissimo, nel deserto.18Tentarono Dio in cuor loro, chiedendo cibo secondo le proprie voglie.19Parlarono contro Dio, dicendo: «Potrebbe Dio imbandirci una mensa nel deserto?20Ecco, egli percosse la roccia e ne sgorgarono acque, ne strariparono torrenti; potrebbe darci anche del pane e provvedere di carne il suo popolo?»21Perciò il Signore, quando l’udì, si adirò aspramente e un fuoco si accese contro Giacobbe; l’ira sua si infuriò contro Israele,22perché non avevano creduto in Dio, né avevano avuto fiducia nella sua salvezza.23Eppure egli comandò alle nuvole dall’alto, aprì le porte del cielo,24fece piovere su di essi la manna per nutrimento e diede loro il frumento del cielo.25Essi mangiarono il pane dei potenti; egli mandò loro cibo a sazietà.26Scatenò in cielo il vento orientale, e con la sua potenza fece alzare il vento del mezzogiorno;27fece piovere su di loro carne come polvere, uccelli alati, numerosi come sabbia del mare;28li fece cadere in mezzo al loro accampamento, intorno alle loro tende.29Così essi mangiarono, furono saziati e Dio mandò loro quel che avevano desiderato.30Non era ancora stata soddisfatta la loro ingordigia, avevano ancora il cibo in bocca,31quando l’ira di Dio si scatenò contro di loro, uccise i più vigorosi e abbatté i giovani d’Israele.32Con tutto ciò peccarono ancora, non prestando fede ai suoi prodigi.33Perciò egli consumò i loro giorni in un niente e i loro anni con un terrore improvviso.34Quando li faceva perire, essi lo cercavano e ritornavano desiderosi di ritrovare Dio;35e si ricordavano che Dio era la loro rocca, che il Dio altissimo era il loro liberatore.36Essi però lo adulavano con la bocca e gli mentivano con la lingua.37Il loro cuore non era sincero con lui e non erano fedeli al suo patto.38Ma egli, che è pietoso, perdona l’iniquità e non distrugge il peccatore. Più volte trattenne la sua ira e non lasciò divampare tutto il suo sdegno,39ricordando che essi erano carne, un soffio che va e non ritorna.40Quante volte si ribellarono a lui nel deserto e lo rattristarono in quella solitudine!41Ma ricominciarono a tentare Dio e a provocare il Santo d’Israele.42Non si ricordarono più della sua mano, del giorno in cui egli li liberò dal nemico,43quando operò i suoi miracoli in Egitto e i suoi prodigi nelle campagne di Soan.44Egli mutò i loro fiumi e i loro ruscelli in sangue, perché non vi potessero più bere.45Mandò contro di loro mosche velenose a divorarli e rane a molestarli.46Diede il loro raccolto ai bruchi e il frutto della loro fatica alle cavallette.47Distrusse le loro vigne con la grandine e i loro sicomori con i grossi chicchi d’essa.48Abbandonò il loro bestiame alla grandine e le loro greggi ai fulmini.49Scatenò su di loro il furore del suo sdegno, ira, indignazione e tribolazione, una moltitudine di messaggeri di sventure.50Diede sfogo alla sua ira; non preservò dalla morte la loro anima, ma abbandonò la loro vita alla peste.51Percosse tutti i primogeniti d’Egitto, le primizie del vigore nelle tende di Cam[2];52ma fece partire il suo popolo come un gregge e lo guidò attraverso il deserto come una mandria.53Li condusse sicuri e senza timore, mentre il mare inghiottiva i loro nemici.54Li fece arrivare alla sua terra santa, al monte che la sua destra aveva conquistato.55Scacciò le nazioni davanti a loro, assegnò loro a sorte il territorio come eredità e fece abitare le tribù d’Israele nelle tende di quelli.56Ma essi tentarono il Dio altissimo, si ribellarono e non osservarono i suoi statuti.57Si sviarono e furono sleali come i loro padri; si rivoltarono come un arco fallace;58lo provocarono a ira con i loro alti luoghi, lo resero geloso con i loro idoli.59Dio udì, si adirò, ed ebbe per Israele grande avversione,60abbandonò il tabernacolo di Silo, la tenda in cui aveva abitato fra gli uomini;61lasciò condurre la sua forza in schiavitù e lasciò cadere la sua gloria in mano al nemico.62Abbandonò il suo popolo alla spada e si adirò contro la sua eredità.63Il fuoco consumò i loro giovani e le loro vergini non ebbero canto nuziale.64I loro sacerdoti caddero di spada e le loro vedove non fecero lamento.65Poi il Signore si risvegliò come dal sonno, simile a un prode che grida eccitato dal vino.66Colpì i suoi nemici alle spalle, li coprì di eterna vergogna.67Ripudiò la tenda di Giuseppe e non scelse la tribù di Efraim;68ma elesse la tribù di Giuda, il monte Sion che egli amava.69Costruì il suo tempio, simile a luoghi altissimi, come la terra che egli ha fondata per sempre.70Scelse Davide, suo servo, lo prese dagli ovili;71lo portò via alle pecore che allattavano, per pascere Giacobbe, suo popolo, e Israele, sua eredità.72Ed egli si curò di loro con un cuore integro e li guidò con mano sapiente.