भजनसंग्रह 74
1 हे परमेश्वर, के तपाईंले हामीलाई सधैंको निम्ति त्याग्नु हुन्छ? के तपाईं आफ्ना मानिसहरूसित अझै क्रोधित हुनुहुन्छ?
2 तपाईंले धेरै अघि किन्नु भएका ती मानिसहरूलाई सम्झनु होस्। तपाईंले हामीलाई बचाउँनु भयो। हामी तपाईं कै सम्पत्ति हौ। जहाँ तपाईं बस्नु भयो, त्यो सियोन पर्वतलाई सम्झनु होस्।
3 परमेश्वर, यी अनन्त भग्नावशेषहरूबाट हिंडेर आउनु होस्, पवित्र ठाउँमा जुन शत्रुहरूले नष्ट गरेको तर्फ फर्की आउनु होस्।
4 शत्रुहरू मन्दिरमा आफ्नो विजय नारा लगाएर चिच्याए। तिनीहरूले आफ्ना झण्डा युद्ध जित्यौं भनेर भान गर्न मन्दिरमा गाडे।
5 शत्रुका सैनिकहरू यस्ता देखिन्छन् कि घाँस कट्ने मानिसहरू घाँस काटिरहे जस्तो।
6 हे परमेश्वर, तिनीहरूले आफ्ना बन्चरो र हँसियाहरू चलाउँदै तपाईंको मन्दिरका चौकटहरू काट्दै भत्काउने छन्।
7 ती सिपाहीहरूले तपाईंको पवित्र स्थान जलाए। तिनीहरूले त्यो मन्दिर जुन तपाईंको नाउँको सम्मानमा बनिएको थियो भूँईमा लडाए।
8 शत्रुले हामीलाई पूर्ण रूपले तहस्नहस्रू पार्ने निर्णय गरे, तिनीहरूले देशमा भएको प्रत्येक चिज र परमेश्वरको पवित्र स्थान जलाए।
9 हामीले कुनै पनि हाम्रो चिन्हहरू देख्नसकेनौं। अब त्यहाँ अगमवक्ताहरू छैनन्। के गर्नु पर्ने कसैले जान्दैनन्।
10 हे परमेश्वर, कहिले सम्म शत्रुले हामीलाई खेलौना बनाउने हो? के तपाईं आफ्नो निन्दा गराउन तिनीहरूलाई सधैं दिइरहनुहुन्छ?
11 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले यति कठिन दण्ड हामीलाई किन दिनुहुन्छ? तपाईंले आफ्नो महान-शक्तिले हामीलाई पूर्ण रूपमा नष्ट पार्नु भयो।
12 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईं लामो समयदेखि हाम्रो राजा हुनु भएको छ, तपाईंले यस देशमा धेरै युद्धहरू जिताउनलाई सहयोग गर्नु भएकोछ।
13 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले आफ्नो महान् शक्ति प्रयोग गर्नुभयो, समुद्रलाई दुइ भागमा विभाजन गर्नुभयो।
14 तपाईंले विशाल समुद्रको राक्षसहरूलाई जित्नु भयो, तपाईंले लिब्यातानको शिर टुक्रा-टुक्रा पार्नु भयो, अनि त्यसको शरीर जनावरहरूले खाओस् भनेर फाली दिनुभयो।
15 तपाईंले नदीहरू र झर्नाहरू बग्ने बनाउनु भयो अनि तपाईंले नदीहरू सुकाइ दिनुभयो।
16 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईं एक हुनुहुन्छ जसले दिन र रातलाई नियन्त्रण गर्नु हुन्छ। तपाईंले चन्द्रमा र सूर्य बनाउनु भयो।
17 तपाईंले पृथ्वीमा सबै कुराको सीमा बनाइदिनु भयो। अनि तपाईंले ग्रीष्म ऋतु र शिशिर ऋतु बनाउनु भयो।
18 हे परमेश्वर, यी कुराहरू सम्झनु होस् कसरी तपाईंको निन्दा भयो। ती मूर्खहरूले तपाईंको नाउँलाई हेला गर्छन्!
19 ती जङ्गली जनावरहरूलाई तपाईंको प्रिय ढुकुरलाई लैजान नदिनुहोस्! तपाईंको प्रिय दीन-दुःखी मानिसहरूलाई कहिल्यै नभुल्नुहोस्!
20 हाम्रो करार याद गर्नुहोस्! यस धर्तीको प्रत्येक अंध्यारो जग्गामा हिंसात्मक रूप छ।
21 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंका मानिसहरूलाई र्दुव्यवहार गरियो। प्रति कष्ट दिन तिनीहरूमाथि अझ लज्जित नबनाउनु होस्। दीन-दुःखी, असहाय मानिसहरूले तपाईंको प्रशंसा गर्न सकुन्।
22 हे परमेश्वर, उठ्नुहोस् र लडाइँ गर्नुहोस्! सम्झनुहोस्, ती मूर्खहरूले तपाईंलाई दिएका चेतावनी!
23 तपाईंका शत्रुहरूको चिच्याहटलाई नभुल्नुहोस्, तिनीहरूले घरि-घरि तपाईंको अपमान गरे।
1 Maschil of Asaph.
2 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
3 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
4 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
5 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
6 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
7 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
8 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
9 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
10 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
11 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
13 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
14 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
15 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
16 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
17 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
19 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
21 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
22 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
23 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
0 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,
1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.