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1Understanding for Asaph. Attend, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.Istruzione, ovvero intelligenza di Asaph. Ascolta, popolo mio, la mia legge: porgi le tue orecchie alle parole della mia bocca.Vnderstanding to Asaph. MY people attend ye to my law: incline your eare vnto the wordes of my mouth.Intellectus Asaph. Attendite, popule meus, legem meam; / inclinate aurem vestram in verba oris mei. 2I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.Aprirò in parabole la mia bocca: dirò cose recondite de' primi tempi.I wil open my mouth in parables: I wil speake propositions from the beginning.Aperiam in parabolis os meum; / loquar propositiones ab initio. 3How great things have we heard and known, and our fathers have told us.Le quali furono da noi udite, e intese, e a noi le narrarono i padri nostri.How great thinges haue we heard and haue knowne them, and our fathers haue told vs.Quanta audivimus, et cognovimus ea, / et patres nostri narraverunt nobis. 4They have not been hidden from their children, in another generation. Declaring the praises of the Lord, and his powers, and his wonders which he hath done.E questi non le tenner ascose a' loro figliuoli, e alla seguente generazione. Narrando le lodi del Signore, e le opere potenti, e le meraviglie fatte da lui.They were not hid from their children, in an other generation. Telling the prayses of our Lord, and his powers, and his meruelous workes which he hath done.Non sunt occultata a filiis eorum in generatione altera, / narrantes laudes Domini et virtutes ejus, / et mirabilia ejus quæ fecit. 5And he set up a testimony in Jacob: and made a law in Israel. How great things he commanded our fathers, that they should make the same known to their children:Nel popolo di Giacobbe egli stabilì i suoi comandamenti, e ad Israele diede la legge: Le quali cose comandò egli a' padri, che facessero sapere a' loro figliuoli,And he raised vp a testimonie in Iacob: and made a law in Israel. How great thinges he commanded our fathers, to make the same knowne to their children:Et suscitavit testimonium in Jacob, / et legem posuit in Israël, / quanta mandavit patribus nostris / nota facere ea filiis suis: 6That another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.affinchè la seguente generazione le sappia. E i figliuoli, che nasceranno, e verranno alla luce le racconteranno a' proprj figliuoli,that an other generation may know. The children that shal be borne, and shal rise vp, and shal tel their children.ut cognoscat generatio altera: / filii qui nascentur et exsurgent, / et narrabunt filiis suis,

7That they may put their hope in God and may not forget the works of God: and may seek his commandments.Affinchè questi in Dio pongano la loro speranza, e non si scordino delle opere di Dio, e custodiscano i suoi comandamenti.That they may put their hope in God, and may not forget the workes of God: and may seeke after his commandmentes.ut ponant in Deo spem suam, / et non obliviscantur operum Dei, / et mandata ejus exquirant: 8That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.Affinchè non siano quali i padri loro, generazione prava, e ribelle: Generazione, che non ebbe cuor retto, e della quale lo spirito non fu fisso in Dio.That they become not as their fathers: a peruerse generation and exasperating. A generation, that hath not directed their hart, their spirit hath not bene faithful towards God.ne fiant, sicut patres eorum, / generatio prava et exasperans; / generatio quæ non direxit cor suum, / et non est creditus cum Deo spiritus ejus. 9The sons of Ephraim who bend and shoot with the bow: they have turned back in the day of battle.I figliuoli di Ephrem periti nel tendere, e scoccare l'arco, nel giorno della battaglia voltaron le spalle.The children of Ephrem bending, and shooting with bow: were turned in the day of battel.Filii Ephrem, intendentes et mittentes arcum, / conversi sunt in die belli. 10They kept not the covenant of God: and in his law they would not walk.Non custodirono l'alleanza di Dio, e non vollero camminare nella sua legge.They kept not the testament of God: and in his law they would not walke.Non custodierunt testamentum Dei, / et in lege ejus noluerunt ambulare. 11And they forgot his benefits, and his wonders that he had shewn them.E si scordarono de' suoi benefizj, e delle cose mirabili, che egli avea lor fatte vedere.And they forgate his benefites, and his meruelous workes, which he shewed them.Et obliti sunt benefactorum ejus, / et mirabilium ejus quæ ostendit eis. 12Wonderful things did he do in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Tanis.Dinanzi a 'padri loro fece egli cose mirabili nella terra d'Egitto, nella campagna di Tanis.Before their fathers he did meruelous thinges in the land of Aegypt, in the filde of Tanis.Coram patribus eorum fecit mirabilia / in terra Ægypti, in campo Taneos. 13He divided the sea and brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a vessel.Divise il mare, e portogli a riva: e chiuse le acque quasi in un otre.He diuided the sea & brought them through: and he made the waters to stand as in a bottle.Interrupit mare, et perduxit eos, / et statuit aquas quasi in utre:

14And he conducted them with a cloud by day: and all the night with a light of fire.E li guidò il giorno per mezzo di una nuvola, e tutta la notte col chiarore del fuoco.And he conducted them in a cloude by day: and al the night by light of fire.et deduxit eos in nube diei, / et tota nocte in illuminatione ignis. 15He struck the rock in the wilderness: and gave them to drink, as out of the great deep.Spaccò nel deserto la rupe, e diede loro delle acque, quasi fossero presso una profonda fiumana.He stroke the rocke in the desert: and gaue them water to drinke as in a great depth.Interrupit petram in eremo, / et adaquavit eos velut in abysso multa. 16He brought forth water out of the rock: and made streams run down as rivers.Imperocché egli le acque fe' uscir dalla pietra, e le acque fe' scorrer a guisa di fiumi.And he broughtforth water out of the rocke: and made waters runne downe as riuers.Et eduxit aquam de petra, / et deduxit tamquam flumina aquas. 17And they added yet more sin against him: they provoked the most High to wrath in the place without water.Ma eglino non rifinirono di peccare contro di lui: ad ira mosser l'Altissimo in quel secco deserto.And they added as yet to sinne vnto him: they prouoked the Highest to wrath in the place without water.Et apposuerunt adhuc peccare ei; / in iram excitaverunt Excelsum in inaquoso. 18And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.E ne' cuori loro tentarono Dio, chiedendo cibo a sostenere le loro vite.And they tempted God in their hartes: so that they asked meats for their liues.Et tentaverunt Deum in cordibus suis, / ut peterent escas animabus suis. 19And they spoke ill of God: they said: Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?E parlaron male di Dio, e dissero: Potrà egli forse Dio imbandirci una mensa in un deserto?And they spake euil of God: they saide: Can God prepare a table in the desert?Et male locuti sunt de Deo; / dixerunt: Numquid poterit Deus parare mensam in deserto ? 20Because he struck the rock, and the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed. Can he also give bread, or provide a table for his people?Perché egli ha battuta la pietra, e ne sono sgorgate acque, e ne sono sboccati torrenti. Potrà egli forse dare anche del pane, o imbandire una mensa al suo popolo?Because he stroke the rocke and waters ranne, & torrentes flowed: Can he also giue bread, or prepare a table for his people?quoniam percussit petram, et fluxerunt aquæ, / et torrentes inundaverunt. / Numquid et panem poterit dare, / aut parare mensam populo suo ? 21Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.Udì adunque il Signore, e differì il soccorso, e un fuoco si accese contro Giacobbe, e montò l'ira contro Israele.Therfore our Lord heard, and made delay: and fire was kindled in Iacob, and wrath ascended vpon Israel.Ideo audivit Dominus et distulit; / et ignis accensus est in Jacob, / et ira ascendit in Israël:

22Because they believed not in God: and trusted not in his salvation.Perché eglino non credettero a Dio, e non isperarono la salute da lui.Because they beleued not in God, nor hoped in his saluation.quia non crediderunt in Deo, / nec speraverunt in salutari ejus. 23And he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of heaven.Or egli fu, che diede ordine alle alte nuvole, e aperse le porte del cielo,And he commanded the cloudes from aboue, and opened the gates of heauen.Et mandavit nubibus desuper, / et januas cæli aperuit. 24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.E piovve ad essi per cibo la manna, e diede loro pane del cielo.And he rayned them Manna to eate, and bread of heauen he gaue to them.Et pluit illis manna ad manducandum, / et panem cæli dedit eis. 25Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provisions in abundance.Mangiò l'uomo il pane degli Angeli: ei mandò loro in abbondanza onde cibarsi.Bread of Angels did man eate: he sent them victuals in abundance.Panem angelorum manducavit homo; / cibaria misit eis in abundantia. 26He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the south-west wind.Rimosse dal cielo l'Austro, e col la sua potenza vi menò l'Affrico.He transported the Southwinde from heauen: and in his powre he brought in the Southwestwinde.Transtulit austrum de cælo, / et induxit in virtute sua africum. 27And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.E fece piovere sopra di essi le carni come la polvere, e come le arene del mare uccelli alati.And he rayned vpon them flesh as dust: and as the sand of the sea fethered fowles.Et pluit super eos sicut pulverem carnes, / et sicut arenam maris volatilia pennata. 28And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their pavilions.E caddero in mezzo ai loro al loggiamenti, intorno a' lor padiglioni.And they fel in the middes of their campe: about their tabernacles.Et ceciderunt in medio castrorum eorum, / circa tabernacula eorum. 29So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire:Ed ei ne mangiarono, e si satollarono oltre il bisogno; ed egli soddisfece a' lor desiderj,And they did eate and were filled excedingly, and their desire he brought to them:Et manducaverunt, et saturati sunt nimis, / et desiderium eorum attulit eis: 30they were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth:ed ebbero tutto quel, che bramavano. Avean tutt'ora in bocca le loro vivande,They were not defrauded of their desire. As yet their meats were in their mouth:non sunt fraudati a desiderio suo. / Adhuc escæ eorum erant in ore ipsorum,

31And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.quando l'ira di Dio piombò sopra di essi. E i più grassi ne uccise, e prostrò il fiore d'Israele.And the wrath of God ascended vpon them. And he killed their fat ones, and the chosen of Israel he hindered.et ira Dei ascendit super eos: / et occidit pingues eorum, / et electos Israël impedivit. 32In all these things they sinned still: and they believed not for his wondrous works.Con tutto questo peccarono tutta via, e non prestaron fede alle sue meraviglie.In al these things they sinned as yet: and they beleued not in his meruelous workes.In omnibus his peccaverunt adhuc, / et non crediderunt in mirabilibus ejus. 33And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years in haste.E i giorni loro qual fumo sparirono, e i loro anni con fretta.And their daies failed in vanitie: and their years in hast.Et defecerunt in vanitate dies eorum, / et anni eorum cum festinatione. 34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.Lo cercavano quand'ei gli uccideva, ed a lui si volgevano, e con sollecitudine andavano a lui.When he slew them, they sought him: and they returned, and early they came to him.Cum occideret eos, quærebant eum et revertebantur, / et diluculo veniebant ad eum. 35And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high God their redeemer.E si ricordavano, che Dio è loro aiuto, e l'Altissimo Dio è il lor Redentore.And they remembred that God is their helper: and the high God is their redemer.Et rememorati sunt quia Deus adjutor est eorum, / et Deus excelsus redemptor eorum est. 36And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:E lo amarono a parole, e con la lor lingua dissero a lui cose false:And they loued him with their mouth, and with theirtongue they did lie to him.Et dilexerunt eum in ore suo, / et lingua sua mentiti sunt ei; 37But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.Ma il cuor loro verso di lui non era retto, né furon fedeli alla sua alleanza.But their hart was not right with him: neither were they counted faithful in his testament.cor autem eorum non erat rectum cum eo, / nec fideles habiti sunt in testamento ejus. 38But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.Egli però è misericordioso, e per donava loro i peccati, e non gli sterminava. E l'ira sua molte, e molte volte rattenne, e non diè fuoco a tutto il suo sdegno:But he is merciful, and wil be propicious to their sinnes: and he wil not destroy them. And he abunded to turne away his wrath: and he kindled not al his wrath.Ipse autem est misericors, / et propitius fiet peccatis eorum, / et non disperdet eos. / Et abundavit ut averteret iram suam, / et non accendit omnem iram suam.

39And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and returneth not.E ricordossi ch'ei sono carne: un soffio, che passa, e non ritorna.And he remembred that they are flesh: spirit going, and not returning.Et recordatus est quia caro sunt, / spiritus vadens et non rediens. 40How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?Quante volte lo esacerbarono nel deserto? Lo provocarono ad ira in quegli aridi luoghi?How often haue they exasperated him in the desert: prouoked him to wrath in the place without water.Quoties exacerbaverunt eum in deserto; / in iram concitaverunt eum in inaquoso ? 41And they turned back and tempted God: and grieved the holy one of Israel.Ed ei tornavano a tentare Dio, ed esacerbarono il Santo d'Israele.And they returned, and tempted God: and the holie one of Israel they exasperaed.Et conversi sunt, et tentaverunt Deum, / et sanctum Israël exacerbaverunt. 42They remembered not his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of him that afflicted them:Non tenner memoria di quel, ch'ei fece in quel di, in cui li riscattò dalle mani dell'oppressore:They did not remember his hand: in the day that he redemed them from the hand of the afflicter.Non sunt recordati manus ejus, / die qua redemit eos de manu tribulantis: 43How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.E come egli fe' vedere i suoi segni nell'Egitto, e i suoi prodigj nella campagna di Tanis.As he put his signes in Aegypt, and his wonders in the filde of Tanis.sicut posuit in Ægypto signa sua, / et prodigia sua in campo Taneos; 44And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that they might not drink.E mutò in sangue i loro fiumi, e le loro acque, affinchè non avesser da bere.And he turned their riuers into bloude, & their showers that they might not drinke.et convertit in sanguinem flumina eorum, / et imbres eorum, ne biberent. 45He sent amongst them divers sorts of flies, which devoured them: and frogs which destroyed them.Mandò loro delle mosche che li mangiavano, e delle ranocchie, che li disertavano.He sent vpon them a swarme of flies, and it eate them: and the frogge, and it destroyed them.Misit in eos cœnomyiam, et comedit eos, / et ranam, et disperdidit eos; 46And he gave up their fruits to the blast, and their labours to the locust.E i loro frutti diè in preda alla ruggine, e le loro fatiche alle locuste.And he gaue their fruites to the blast, and their labors to the locuste.et dedit ærugini fructus eorum, / et labores eorum locustæ;

47And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.E uccise colla grandine le loro viti, e i loro mori colla brinata.And he killed their vineyeardes with haile: and their mulberie trees with horefrost.et occidit in grandine vineas eorum, / et moros eorum in pruina; 48And he gave up their cattle to the hail, and their stock to the fire.E alla grandine diede in preda i loro giumenti, e al fuoco le lor possessioni.And he deliuered their beast to haile: and their possession to fire.et tradidit grandini jumenta eorum, / et possessionem eorum igni; 49And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels.Mandò sopra di loro l'ira, e l'indegnazione sua, l'indegnazione, e l'ira, e la tribolazione mandate per mezzo de' cattivi angeli.He sent vpon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation, & wrath, and tribulation: immissions by euil angels.misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, / indignationem, et iram, et tribulationem, / immissiones per angelos malos. 50He made a way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death.Larga strada apri all'ira sua, non risparmiò loro la morte, e nella stessa morte involse i loro giumenti.He made a way to the path of his wrath, he spared not their liues from death: and their cattel he shut vp in death.Viam fecit semitæ iræ suæ: / non pepercit a morte animabus eorum, / et jumenta eorum in morte conclusit: 51And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.E percosse tutti i primogeniti nel territorio dell'Egitto, le primizie delle loro fatiche nei padiglioni di Cham.And he stroke al the first borne in the land of Aegypt: the first fruites of al their labors in the tabernacles of Cham.et percussit omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti; / primitias omnis laboris eorum in tabernaculis Cham: 52And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.E ne trasse il suo popolo come pecore, e come una greggia li guidò nel deserto.And he tooke away his people as sheepe: and led them as a flock in the desert.et abstulit sicut oves populum suum, / et perduxit eos tamquam gregem in deserto: 53And he brought them out in hope and they feared not: and the sea overwhelmed their enemies.E fuor li condusse speranzosi, e non ebber di che temere: e il mare seppellì i loro nemici.And he brought them forth in hope, and they feared not: and the sea couered their enemies.et deduxit eos in spe, et non timuerunt, / et inimicos eorum operuit mare.

54And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: the mountain which his right hand had purchased. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.E li condusse al monte di santificazione, monte, cui egli col braccio suo acquistò. E dalla faccia loro discacciò le nazioni, e distribuì loro a sorte la terra misurata con le corde.And he brought them into the mount of his sanctification, the mount, which his right hand purchased. And he cast out the gentiles from their face: and by lot he diuided the land of them in a corde of distribution:Et induxit eos in montem sanctificationis suæ, / montem quem acquisivit dextera ejus; / et ejecit a facie eorum gentes, / et sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis; 55And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.E i tabernacoli di quelle nazioni diede in abitazione alle tribù d'Israele.And he made the tribes of Israel to dwel in their tabernacles.et habitare fecit in tabernaculis eorum tribus Israël. 56Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.Ma eglino tentarono, ed esacerbarono l'altissimo Iddio, e non custodirono i suoi comandamenti.And they tempted, and exasperated God the highest, and they kept not his testimonies.Et tentaverunt, et exacerbaverunt Deum excelsum, / et testimonia ejus non custodierunt. 57And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.E volsero a lui le spalle, e non osservarono il patto: si mutarono in arco fallace come già i padri loro.And they turned away themselues, & kept not the couenant: euen as their fathers, they were turned as a crooked bow.Et averterunt se, et non servaverunt pactum: / quemadmodum patres eorum, conversi sunt in arcum pravum. 58They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.Lui mossero ad ira sui loro colli, e con gli idoli scolpiti da loro provocaron lo zelo di lui.They incensed him to wrath in their hilles: and in their grauens they prouoked him to emulation.In iram concitaverunt eum in collibus suis, / et in sculptilibus suis ad æmulationem eum provocaverunt. 59God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.Udigli Iddio, e disprezzò, e umiliò altamente Israele.God heard, and contemned: and he brought Israel to nothing excedingly.Audivit Deus, et sprevit, / et ad nihilum redegit valde Israël.

60And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.E rigettò il tabernacolo di Silo, il suo tabernacolo dove fe' sua dimora tra gli uomini.And he reiected the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle, where he dwelt among men.Et repulit tabernaculum Silo, / tabernaculum suum, ubi habitavit in hominibus. 61And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.E la loro fortezza diede alla schiavitù, e la loro gloria nelle mani de' nemici.And he deliuered their force into captiuitie: and their beautie into the hands of the enemie.Et tradidit in captivitatem virtutem eorum, / et pulchritudinem eorum in manus inimici. 62And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance.E chiuse il popol suo tralle spade, e disprezzò la sua propria eredità.And he shut vp his people in the sword: and he dispised his inheritance.Et conclusit in gladio populum suum, / et hæreditatem suam sprevit. 63Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented.La loro gioventù fu divorata dal fuoco, e le loro vergini non furon piante.Fyre deuoured their young men and their virgins were not lamented.Juvenes eorum comedit ignis, / et virgines eorum non sunt lamentatæ. 64Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.I loro sacerdoti periron di spada, e non si piangevano le loro vedove.Their Priestes fel by the sworde: and their widowes were not wept for.Sacerdotes eorum in gladio ceciderunt, / et viduæ eorum non plorabantur. 65And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.Ma il Signore si risvegliò come un che dormiva, come un uom valoroso dopo aver bevuto assai bene del vino.And our Lord was raised vp as one that sleepeth: • as a mightie man hauing surfited of wine.Et excitatus est tamquam dormiens Dominus, / tamquam potens crapulatus a vino. 66And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: he put them to an everlasting reproach.E percosse i suoi nemici alle spalle, e di sempiterna ignominia li ricoperse.And he stroke his enimies on the hinder partes: an euerlasting reproch he gaue to them.Et percussit inimicos suos in posteriora; / opprobrium sempiternum dedit illis. 67And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:E rigettò il tabernacolo di Giuseppe, e non elesse la tribù di Ephraim.And he reiected the tabernacle of Ioseph: and the tribe of Ephraim he chose not.Et repulit tabernaculum Joseph, / et tribum Ephraim non elegit: 68But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.Ma elesse la tribù di Giuda, il monte di Sion, cui egli amò.But he chose the tribe of Iuda, mount Sion which he loued.sed elegit tribum Juda, / montem Sion, quem dilexit.

69And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.Ed edificò come il corno del Monoceronte il suo santuario sopra la terra fondata da lui pe' secoli.And he built his sanctuarie as of vnicornes in the land, which he hath founded for euer.Et ædificavit sicut unicornium sanctificium suum, / in terra quam fundavit in sæcula. 70And he chose his servant David, and took him from the flocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,Ed elesse Davidde suo servo, ed alla greggia delle pecorelle lo prese, dalla cura delle gravide pecorelle lo tolse,And he chose Dauid his seruant, and tooke him from the flockes of sheepe: from after the ewes with yong he tooke him.Et elegit David, servum suum, / et sustulit eum de gregibus ovium; / de post fœtantes accepit eum: 71To feed Jacob his servant and Israel his inheritance.Per pascere Giacobbe suo servo, e Israele suo retaggio.To feede Iacob his seruant, and Israel his inheritance.pascere Jacob servum suum, / et Israël hæreditatem suam. 72And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: and conducted them by the skilfulness of his hands.Ed ei gli ha pasciuti secondo l'innocenza del suo cuore, e secondo la perizia delle sue mani gli ha condotti.And he fedde them in the innocencie of his hart: and in the vnderstandings of his hands he conducted them.Et pavit eos in innocentia cordis sui, / et in intellectibus manuum suarum deduxit eos.