Psalm 74 #catechesis/bible/psalm
[!abstract] A prayer of the Church under grievous persecutions.
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GR συνέσεως τῷ Ασαφ ἵνα τί ἀπώσω ὁ θεός εἰς τέλος ὠργίσθη ὁ θυμός σου ἐπὶ πρόβατα νομῆς σου
LA Ut quid, Deus, repulisti in finem, iratus est furor tuus super oves pascuæ tuæ?
EN O God, why have you cast us off unto the end: why is your wrath enkindled against the sheep of your pasture?
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GR μνήσθητι τῆς συναγωγῆς σου ἧς ἐκτήσω ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς ἐλυτρώσω ῥάβδον κληρονομίας σου ὄρος Σιων τοῦτο ὃ κατεσκήνωσας ἐν αὐτῷ
LA Memor esto congregationis tuæ, quam possedisti ab initio. Redemisti virgam hæreditatis tuæ, mons Sion, in quo habitasti in eo.
EN Remember your congregation, which you have possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of your inheritance which you have redeemed: mount Sion in which you have dwelt.
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GR ἔπαρον τὰς χεῖράς σου ἐπὶ τὰς ὑπερηφανίας αὐτῶν εἰς τέλος ὅσα ἐπονηρεύσατο ὁ ἐχθρὸς ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις σου
LA Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
EN Lift up your hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.
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GR καὶ ἐνεκαυχήσαντο οἱ μισοῦντές σε ἐν μέσῳ τῆς ἑορτῆς σου ἔθεντο τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν σημεῖα καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν
LA Et gloriati sunt qui oderunt te in medio solemnitatis tuæ; posuerunt signa sua, signa:
EN And they that hate you have made their boasts, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
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GR ὡς εἰς τὴν εἴσοδον ὑπεράνω
LA et non cognoverunt sicut in exitu super summum. Quasi in silva lignorum securibus
EN and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
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GR ὡς ἐν δρυμῷ ξύλων ἀξίναις ἐξέκοψαν τὰς θύρας αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐν πελέκει καὶ λαξευτηρίῳ κατέρραξαν αὐτήν
LA exciderunt januas ejus in idipsum; in securi et ascia dejecerunt eam.
EN they have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
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GR ἐνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρὶ τὸ ἁγιαστήριόν σου εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐβεβήλωσαν τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ ὀνόματός σου
LA Incenderunt igni sanctuarium tuum; in terra polluerunt tabernaculum nominis tui.
EN They have set fire to your sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of your name on the earth.
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GR εἶπαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν ἡ συγγένεια αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό δεῦτε καὶ κατακαύσωμεν πάσας τὰς ἑορτὰς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς
LA Dixerunt in corde suo cognatio eorum simul: Quiescere faciamus omnes dies festos Dei a terra.
EN They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
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GR τὰ σημεῖα ἡμῶν οὐκ εἴδομεν οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι προφήτης καὶ ἡμᾶς οὐ γνώσεται ἔτι
LA Signa nostra non vidimus; jam non est propheta; et nos non cognoscet amplius.
EN Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
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GR ἕως πότε ὁ θεός ὀνειδιεῖ ὁ ἐχθρός παροξυνεῖ ὁ ὑπεναντίος τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τέλος
LA Usquequo, Deus, improperabit inimicus? irritat adversarius nomen tuum in finem?
EN How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke your name for ever?
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GR ἵνα τί ἀποστρέφεις τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ τὴν δεξιάν σου ἐκ μέσου τοῦ κόλπου σου εἰς τέλος
LA Ut quid avertis manum tuam, et dexteram tuam de medio sinu tuo in finem?
EN Why do you turn away your hand: and your right hand out of the midst of your bosom for ever?
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GR ὁ δὲ θεὸς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν πρὸ αἰῶνος εἰργάσατο σωτηρίαν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς
LA Deus autem rex noster ante sæcula: operatus est salutem in medio terræ.
EN But God is our king before ages: he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
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GR σὺ ἐκραταίωσας ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου τὴν θάλασσαν σὺ συνέτριψας τὰς κεφαλὰς τῶν δρακόντων ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕδατος
LA Tu confirmasti in virtute tua mare; contribulasti capita draconum in aquis.
EN You by your strength made the sea firm: you crushed the heads of the dragons in the waters.
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[!note]- The sea firm…
By making the waters of the Red Sea stand like firm walls, whilst Israel passed through: and destroying the Egyptians called here dragons from their cruelty, in the same waters, with their king: casting up their bodies on the shore to be stripped by the Ethiopians inhabiting in those days the coast of Arabia. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR σὺ συνέθλασας τὰς κεφαλὰς τοῦ δράκοντος ἔδωκας αὐτὸν βρῶμα λαοῖς τοῖς Αἰθίοψιν
LA Tu confregisti capita draconis; dedisti eum escam populis Æthiopum.
EN You have broken the heads of the dragon: you have given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
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GR σὺ διέρρηξας πηγὰς καὶ χειμάρρους σὺ ἐξήρανας ποταμοὺς Ηθαμ
LA Tu dirupisti fontes et torrentes; tu siccasti fluvios Ethan.
EN You have broken up the fountains and the torrents: you have dried up the Ethan rivers.
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[!note]- Ethan rivers…
That is, rivers which run with strong streams. This was verified in Jordan (Joshua 3) and in Arnon (Numbers 21:14). Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR σή ἐστιν ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ νύξ σὺ κατηρτίσω φαῦσιν καὶ ἥλιον
LA Tuus est dies, et tua est nox; tu fabricatus es auroram et solem.
EN Yours is the day, and yours is the night: you have made the morning light and the sun.
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GR σὺ ἐποίησας πάντα τὰ ὅρια τῆς γῆς θέρος καὶ ἔαρ σὺ ἔπλασας αὐτά
LA Tu fecisti omnes terminos terræ; æstatem et ver tu plasmasti ea.
EN You have made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by you.
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GR μνήσθητι ταύτης ἐχθρὸς ὠνείδισεν τὸν κύριον καὶ λαὸς ἄφρων παρώξυνεν τὸ ὄνομά σου
LA Memor esto hujus: inimicus improperavit Domino, et populus insipiens incitavit nomen tuum.
EN Remember this, the enemy has reproached the Lord: and a foolish people has provoked your name.
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GR μὴ παραδῷς τοῖς θηρίοις ψυχὴν ἐξομολογουμένην σοι τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν πενήτων σου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ εἰς τέλος
LA Ne tradas bestiis animas confitentes tibi, et animas pauperum tuorum ne obliviscaris in finem.
EN Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to you: and forget not to the end the souls of your poor.
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GR ἐπίβλεψον εἰς τὴν διαθήκην σου ὅτι ἐπληρώθησαν οἱ ἐσκοτισμένοι τῆς γῆς οἴκων ἀνομιῶν
LA Respice in testamentum tuum, quia repleti sunt qui obscurati sunt terræ domibus iniquitatum.
EN Have regard to your covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
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[!note]- The obscure of the earth…
Mean and ignoble wretches have been filled, that is, enriched, with houses of iniquity, that is, with our estates and possessions, which they have unjustly acquired. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR μὴ ἀποστραφήτω τεταπεινωμένος κατῃσχυμμένος πτωχὸς καὶ πένης αἰνέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομά σου
LA Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus; pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.
EN Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise your name.
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GR ἀνάστα ὁ θεός δίκασον τὴν δίκην σου μνήσθητι τῶν ὀνειδισμῶν σου τῶν ὑπὸ ἄφρονος ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν
LA Exsurge, Deus, judica causam tuam; memor esto improperiorum tuorum, eorum quæ ab insipiente sunt tota die.
EN Arise, O God, judge your own cause: remember your reproaches with which the foolish man has reproached you all the day.
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GR μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ τῆς φωνῆς τῶν ἱκετῶν σου ἡ ὑπερηφανία τῶν μισούντων σε ἀνέβη διὰ παντὸς πρὸς σέ
LA Ne obliviscaris voces inimicorum tuorum: superbia eorum qui te oderunt ascendit semper.
EN Forget not the voices of your enemies: the pride of them that hate you ascends continually.
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[!note]- Their ensigns, etc…
They have fixed their colours for signs and trophies, both on the gates, and on the highest top of the temple: and they knew not, that is, they regarded not the sanctity of the place. This psalm manifestly foretells the time of the Machabees, and the profanation of the temple by Antiochus. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
