1Salmo di Asaf. Il Potente, Dio, il Signore, ha parlato e ha convocato la terra da oriente a occidente.2Da Sion, perfetta in bellezza, Dio è apparso nel suo fulgore.3Il nostro Dio viene e non se ne starà in silenzio; lo precede un fuoco divorante, intorno a lui infuria la tempesta.4Egli chiama gli alti cieli e la terra per assistere al giudizio del suo popolo:5«Radunatemi», dice, «i miei fedeli che hanno fatto con me un patto mediante il sacrificio».6I cieli proclameranno la sua giustizia, perché Dio stesso sta per giudicare. [Pausa]7«Ascolta, popolo mio, e io parlerò; ascolta, Israele, e io testimonierò contro di te. Io sono Dio, il tuo Dio.8Non ti rimprovero per i tuoi sacrifici; i tuoi olocausti mi stanno sempre davanti.9Non esigo tori dalla tua casa, né capri dai tuoi ovili.10Sono mie infatti tutte le bestie della foresta, mio è il bestiame che sta sui monti a migliaia.11Conosco tutti gli uccelli dei monti e quel che si muove per la campagna è a mia disposizione.12Se avessi fame, non lo direi a te, perché mio è il mondo, con tutto quello che contiene.13Mangio forse carne di tori, o bevo forse sangue di capri?14Come sacrificio offri a Dio il ringraziamento e mantieni le promesse fatte all’Altissimo;15poi invocami nel giorno della sventura; io ti salverò, e tu mi glorificherai».16Ma Dio dice all’empio: «Perché vai elencando le mie leggi e hai sempre sulle labbra il mio patto,17tu che detesti la disciplina e ti getti dietro alle spalle le mie parole?18Se vedi un ladro, ti diletti della sua compagnia e ti fai compagno degli adùlteri.19Abbandoni la tua bocca al male, e la tua lingua trama inganni.20Ti siedi e parli contro tuo fratello, diffami il figlio di tua madre.21Hai fatto queste cose, io ho taciuto, e tu hai pensato che io fossi come te; ma io ti riprenderò e ti metterò tutto davanti agli occhi.22Capite questo, voi che dimenticate Dio, perché io non vi laceri e nessuno vi liberi.23Chi mi offre come sacrificio il ringraziamento, mi glorifica, e a chi regola bene il suo comportamento, io farò vedere la salvezza di Dio».
1Ein Psalm. Von Asaf. Gott[1], Gott, der HERR, hat geredet und die Erde gerufen, vom Aufgang der Sonne bis zu ihrem Niedergang. (1Cr 6,24; Sal 73,1)2Aus Zion, der Schönheit Vollendung, ist Gott hervorgestrahlt. (De 33,2; Sal 48,3; Sal 80,2; Sal 94,1; Lam 2,15)3Unser Gott kommt, und er wird nicht schweigen; Feuer frisst vor ihm her, und rings um ihn stürmt es gewaltig. (Sal 18,9; Sal 96,13; Is 35,4; Da 7,10; Ap 1,7)4Er ruft dem Himmel droben und der Erde zu, um sein Volk zu richten:5»Versammelt mir meine Getreuen, die meinen Bund geschlossen haben beim Opfer!« (Eso 24,3)6Und der Himmel verkündet seine Gerechtigkeit, dass Gott Richter ist, er selbst. // (Gen 18,25; Sal 97,6)7»Höre, mein Volk, und ich will reden, Israel, und ich will dich verwarnen[2]! Ich bin Gott, dein Gott. (Eso 20,2; Sal 81,9)8Nicht wegen deiner Schlachtopfer tadle ich dich, auch deine Brandopfer sind beständig vor mir. (Ger 7,21)9Ich nehme keinen Stier aus deinem Haus, noch Böcke aus deinen Hürden. (Sal 40,7; At 17,25)10Denn mein ist alles Getier des Waldes, das Vieh auf tausend Bergen[3]. (Sal 24,1)11Ich kenne alle Vögel der Berge, und was sich tummelt im Feld, ist mir bekannt.12Wenn mich hungerte, ich würde es dir nicht sagen; denn mein ist die Welt und ihre Fülle. (1Co 10,26)13Sollte ich das Fleisch von Stieren[4] essen und das Blut von Böcken trinken?14Opfere Gott Dank und erfülle dem Höchsten deine Gelübde; (De 23,22; Sal 22,26; Sal 61,9; Sal 69,32; Sal 76,12; Na 2,1; Eb 13,15)15und rufe mich an am Tag der Not; ich will dich retten, und du wirst mich verherrlichen!« (Sal 4,2; Sal 34,5; Sal 77,3; Sal 86,5; Sal 120,1; Mat 8,25; Lu 18,43; Giac 5,13)16Zu dem Gottlosen aber spricht Gott: »Was hast du meine Ordnungen herzusagen und nimmst meinen Bund in deinen Mund?17Du hast ja die Zucht[5] gehasst und meine Worte hinter dich geworfen. (Prov 1,29; Prov 15,10)18Sahst du einen Dieb, so befreundetest[6] du dich mit ihm, und mit Ehebrechern hattest du Gemeinschaft. (Ro 1,32)19Deinen Mund schicktest du los zum Bösen, und deine Zunge spannte Betrug[7] davor. (Sal 10,7; Sal 52,4)20Du saßest da, redetest gegen deinen Bruder, gegen den Sohn deiner Mutter stießest du Schmähung aus. (Le 19,16)21Das hast du getan, und ich schwieg; du dachtest, ich sei ganz wie du. Ich werde dich zurechtweisen und es dir vor Augen stellen. (Ec 12,14; Is 57,11)22Merkt doch dies, die ihr Gott vergesst, damit ich nicht zerreiße, und keiner kann retten! (De 32,39; Sal 9,18)23Wer Dank opfert, verherrlicht mich[8] und bahnt einen Weg[9]; ihn werde ich das Heil Gottes[10] sehen lassen.« (Sal 34,5; Sal 91,16; Sal 120,1; Lu 18,43; Eb 13,15)
1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. (Gios 22,22; Sal 113,3)2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. (De 33,2; Sal 80,1; Sal 94,1; Lam 2,15)3Our God comes; he does not keep silence;[1] before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. (Eso 19,16; Le 10,2; Nu 16,35; Sal 21,9; Sal 97,3; Da 7,10)4He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: (De 4,26; De 31,28; De 32,1; Is 1,2; Mi 6,1; Mi 6,2)5“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” (Gen 15,9; Eso 24,7; Eso 24,8)6The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah (Sal 58,11; Sal 75,7; Sal 89,5; Sal 97,6; Ap 16,5; Ap 16,7; Ap 19,2)7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. (Eso 20,2; Sal 49,1; Sal 81,8)8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. (Sal 40,6)9I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.11I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. (Mat 10,29)12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. (Sal 24,1)13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[2] and perform your vows to the Most High, (Nu 30,2; De 23,21; Giob 22,27; Sal 22,25; Sal 27,6; Sal 50,23; Sal 61,8; Sal 65,1; Sal 69,30; Sal 76,11; Sal 107,22; Sal 116,14; Sal 116,18; Ec 5,4; Ec 5,5; Os 14,2; Ro 12,1; Eb 13,15)15and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” (Sal 22,23; Sal 50,23; Sal 81,7; Sal 91,15; Sal 107,6; Zac 13,9)16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. (1Re 14,9; Ne 9,26; Ro 2,21; Ro 2,22)18If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. (Ro 1,32; 1Ti 5,22)19“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. (Sal 52,2)20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.21These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I[3] was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. (2Re 19,4; Giob 13,18; Giob 23,4; Sal 90,8; Ec 8,11; Is 57,11)22“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! (Sal 7,2; Sal 9,17)23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” (Sal 50,14; Sal 91,16; Ga 6,16)
Salmo 50
King James Version
1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother' son.21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.