Salmos 44— comparação

1Nós ouvimos com os nossos ouvidos, ó Deus;

2Você expulsou as nações com a sua mão,

3Pois eles não tomaram posse da terra pela sua própria espada,

4Ó Deus, você é o meu Rei.

5Por meio de você, derrubaremos os nossos adversários.

6Pois eu não confiarei no meu arco,

7Mas você nos salvou dos nossos adversários,

8Em Deus nós nos gloriamos o dia todo.

9Mas agora você nos rejeitou e nos trouxe desonra,

10Você nos faz recuar diante do adversário.

11Você nos fez como ovelhas para servir de alimento,

12Você vende o seu povo por nada,

13Você nos faz motivo de vergonha para os nossos vizinhos,

14Você nos faz um provérbio entre as nações,

15O dia todo a minha desonra está diante de mim,

16diante da zombaria daquele que afronta e injuria,

17Tudo isso veio sobre nós,

18O nosso coração não voltou atrás,

19embora você nos tenha esmagado no covil dos chacais,

20Se tivéssemos esquecido o nome do nosso Deus,

21Deus não descobriria isso?

22Sim, por sua causa somos mortos o dia todo.

23Desperte!

24Por que você esconde o seu rosto,

25Pois a nossa alma está abatida até o pó.

26Levante-se para nos ajudar.

1We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

2You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

3For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

4God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!

5Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.

6For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.

7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

8In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. s Selah. s*

9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.

10You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.

11You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

12You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

14You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

16at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

17All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

18Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

19though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

21won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

23Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

25For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

26Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.