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Salmi 73
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Salmi 73
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
La giustizia finale
73 Salmo. Di Asaf.
Quanto è buono Dio con i giusti,
con gli uomini dal cuore puro!
2 Per poco non inciampavano i miei piedi,
per un nulla vacillavano i miei passi,
3 perché ho invidiato i prepotenti,
vedendo la prosperità dei malvagi.
4 Non c'è sofferenza per essi,
sano e pasciuto è il loro corpo.
5 Non conoscono l'affanno dei mortali
e non sono colpiti come gli altri uomini.
6 Dell'orgoglio si fanno una collana
e la violenza è il loro vestito.
7 Esce l'iniquità dal loro grasso,
dal loro cuore traboccano pensieri malvagi.
8 Scherniscono e parlano con malizia,
minacciano dall'alto con prepotenza.
9 Levano la loro bocca fino al cielo
e la loro lingua percorre la terra.
10 Perciò seggono in alto,
non li raggiunge la piena delle acque.
11 Dicono: «Come può saperlo Dio?
C'è forse conoscenza nell'Altissimo?».
12 Ecco, questi sono gli empi:
sempre tranquilli, ammassano ricchezze.
13 Invano dunque ho conservato puro il mio cuore
e ho lavato nell'innocenza le mie mani,
14 poiché sono colpito tutto il giorno,
e la mia pena si rinnova ogni mattina.
15 Se avessi detto: «Parlerò come loro»,
avrei tradito la generazione dei tuoi figli.
16 Riflettevo per comprendere:
ma fu arduo agli occhi miei,
17 finché non entrai nel santuario di Dio
e compresi qual è la loro fine.
18 Ecco, li poni in luoghi scivolosi,
li fai precipitare in rovina.
19 Come sono distrutti in un istante,
sono finiti, periscono di spavento!
20 Come un sogno al risveglio, Signore,
quando sorgi, fai svanire la loro immagine.
21 Quando si agitava il mio cuore
e nell'intimo mi tormentavo,
22 io ero stolto e non capivo,
davanti a te stavo come una bestia.
23 Ma io sono con te sempre:
tu mi hai preso per la mano destra.
24 Mi guiderai con il tuo consiglio
e poi mi accoglierai nella tua gloria.
25 Chi altri avrò per me in cielo?
Fuori di te nulla bramo sulla terra.
26 Vengono meno la mia carne e il mio cuore;
ma la roccia del mio cuore è Dio,
è Dio la mia sorte per sempre.
27 Ecco, perirà chi da te si allontana,
tu distruggi chiunque ti è infedele.
28 Il mio bene è stare vicino a Dio:
nel Signore Dio ho posto il mio rifugio,
per narrare tutte le tue opere
presso le porte della città di Sion.
Psalmen 73
Het Boek
Psalmen 73
Het Boek
73 Een psalm van Asaf.
God is zeker goed voor zijn volk Israël,
Hij is goed voor alle mensen die een zuiver hart bezitten.
2 Wat mijzelf betreft:
bijna had ik het rechte pad verlaten,
bijna was ik uitgegleden.
3 Dat komt doordat ik jaloers was op de trotse mensen,
toen ik zag hoe voorspoedig de ongelovigen leefden.
4 Zij lijken geen problemen te kennen,
ook lichamelijk niet:
zij zien er gezond en weldoorvoed uit.
5 Zij weten niet wat zorgen zijn
en niemand legt hun een strobreed in de weg.
6 Daarom dragen zij hun trots als een halsketting
en pronken zij met geweld alsof het dure kleren zijn.
7 Hun gezicht is pafferig van het vet.
Zij verbeelden zich van alles.
8 Zij steken overal de spot mee
en spreken kwaadaardig
over het onderdrukken van andere mensen.
Hun taal is gezwollen, trots en uit de hoogte.
9 Zij zetten een grote mond op tegen God
en verachten de mensen.
10 Het volk houdt rekening met hen
en zij profiteren ervan.
11 Zij zeggen: ‘God kan niet alles weten.
De Allerhoogste heeft wel iets anders te doen
dan Zich met ons te bemoeien.’
12 Kijk, zo leven nu de ongelovigen.
Zonder zorgen worden zij alleen maar rijker en rijker.
13 Voor niets heb ik zuiver geleefd,
mij ver gehouden van onrecht.
14 De hele dag word ik gekweld,
elke morgen voel ik mijn straf.
15 Als ik echter net zo had gehandeld en gesproken,
hoorde ik niet meer bij U.
16 Ik heb mij het hoofd gebroken hoe dit mogelijk was.
In mijn ogen was het onbegrijpelijk en onaanvaardbaar.
17 Maar uiteindelijk ging ik Gods huis binnen
en zag hoe het met de ongelovigen afliep.
18 Werkelijk, U laat hen op gladde wegen lopen en uitglijden.
U laat hen ten slotte ineenstorten en een ruïne worden.
19 In een oogwenk veranderen zij
en bekijkt ieder hen met afgrijzen.
Dan zijn ze weg, omgekomen door rampen.
20 Zoals een droom na het ontwaken niet echt blijkt te zijn,
zo ontkent U, Here, hun bestaan
als U erbij wordt betrokken.
21 Toen bitterheid in mijn hart opkwam
en ik opstandig en geprikkeld was,
22 reageerde ik als een dwaas zonder inzicht.
Ik gedroeg mij onredelijk tegenover U.
23 Toch zal ik altijd bij U blijven,
U houdt mij stevig vast.
24 Door uw raadgevingen zal ik mij laten leiden
en wanneer ik eenmaal sterf,
mag ik in uw heerlijkheid bij U komen.
25 Wie of wat heb ik, buiten U, nog nodig?
Als ik U heb, heb ik verder niets nodig
en verlang ik niets meer.
Noch op aarde, noch in de hemel.
26 Al zou ik geestelijk en lichamelijk bezwijken,
mijn hart vertrouwt op God,
Hij is mijn rots.
Voor eeuwig houdt Hij mij vast.
27 Het is duidelijk: wie niet met U leven,
gaan hun ondergang tegemoet.
U vernietigt ieder die U verlaat en andere goden dient.
28 En ik? Ik ben gelukkig als ik dicht bij God ben.
De Almachtige Here is mijn toevluchtsoord.
Ik wil iedereen over uw werk vertellen.
Psalm 73
New International Version
Psalm 73
New International Version
BOOK III
Psalms 73–89
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
1 Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.(A)
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;(B)
I had nearly lost my foothold.(C)
3 For I envied(D) the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.(E)
4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong.[a]
5 They are free(F) from common human burdens;
they are not plagued by human ills.
6 Therefore pride(G) is their necklace;(H)
they clothe themselves with violence.(I)
7 From their callous hearts(J) comes iniquity[b];
their evil imaginations have no limits.
8 They scoff, and speak with malice;(K)
with arrogance(L) they threaten oppression.(M)
9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.
10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance.[c]
11 They say, “How would God know?
Does the Most High know anything?”
13 Surely in vain(P) I have kept my heart pure
and have washed my hands in innocence.(Q)
14 All day long I have been afflicted,(R)
and every morning brings new punishments.
15 If I had spoken out like that,
I would have betrayed your children.
16 When I tried to understand(S) all this,
it troubled me deeply
17 till I entered the sanctuary(T) of God;
then I understood their final destiny.(U)
18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(V)
you cast them down to ruin.(W)
19 How suddenly(X) are they destroyed,
completely swept away(Y) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(Z) when one awakes;(AA)
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.(AB)
21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,
22 I was senseless(AC) and ignorant;
I was a brute beast(AD) before you.
23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.(AE)
24 You guide(AF) me with your counsel,(AG)
and afterward you will take me into glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(AH)
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(AI)
26 My flesh and my heart(AJ) may fail,(AK)
but God is the strength(AL) of my heart
and my portion(AM) forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 73:4 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text struggles at their death; / their bodies are healthy
- Psalm 73:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew Their eyes bulge with fat
- Psalm 73:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
Psalm 73
King James Version
Psalm 73
King James Version
73 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.
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