Psalmi 74
1 Poučna pjesma. Asafova. Zašto si, Bože, posve zabacio, zašto kiptiš gnjevom na ovce paše svoje?
O God, why have thou cast off forever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Sjeti se zajednice koju si davno stekao, plÓemena koje namače kao svoju baštinu i brda Siona gdje si Šator svoj udario!
Remember thy congregation, which thou have gotten of old, which thou have redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance, and mount Zion, at which thou have dwelt.
3 Korakni k ruševinama vječnim - sve je u Svetištu razorio neprijatelj.
Lift up thy feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Protivnici tvoji vikahu posred skupštine tvoje, znakove svoje postaviše k'o pobjedne znakove.
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly. They have set up their ensigns for signs.
5 Bijahu kao oni koji mašu sjekirom po guštari,
They seemed as men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
6 sjekirom i maljem vrata mu razbijali.
And now they break down all the carved work of it with hatchet and hammers.
7 Ognju predadoše Svetište tvoje, do zemlje oskvrnuše Prebivalište tvoga imena.
They have set thy sanctuary on fire. They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
8 Rekoše u srcu: “Istrijebimo ih zajedno; spalite sva svetišta Božja na zemlji!”
They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether. They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 Ne vidimo znakova svojih, proroka više nema, i nitko među nama ne zna dokle ...
We do not see our signs. There is no more any prophet, nor is there among us he who knows how long.
10 Dokle će se još, o Bože, dušmanin rugati? Hoće li protivnik dovijeka prezirati ime tvoje?
How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?
11 Zašto povlačiš ruku, zašto u krilu sakrivaš desnicu svoju?
Why do thou draw back thy hand, even thy right hand? Remove it from the midst of thy bosom.
12 No Bog je moj kralj od davnine, on koji posred zemlje spasava!
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti svojom silom rasječe more, smrska glave nakazama u vodi.
Thou divided the sea by thy strength. Thou break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Ti si Levijatanu glave zdrobio, dao ga za hranu nemanima morskim.
Thou break the heads of leviathan in pieces. Thou gave him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ti si dao da provre izvor i bujica, ti si presušio rijeke nepresušne.
Thou split fountain and flood. Thou dried up mighty rivers.
16 Tvoj je dan i noć je tvoja, ti učvrsti mjesec i sunce;
The day is thine; the night is also thine. Thou have prepared the light and the sun.
17 ti sazda sve granice zemlji, ti stvori ljeto i zimu.
Thou have set all the borders of the earth. Thou have made summer and winter.
18 Spomeni se ovoga: dušmanin ti se rugaše, Jahve, i bezumni narod pogrdi ime tvoje.
Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Jehovah, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.
19 Ne predaj jastrebu život grlice svoje, i život svojih siromaha ne zaboravi zauvijek!
O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast. Forget not the life of thy poor forever.
20 Pogledaj na Savez svoj, jer svi su zakuci zemlje puni tmina i nasilja.
Have respect to the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Ne daj da jadnik otiđe postiđen: neka siromah i ubog hvale ime tvoje!
O let not he who is oppressed return ashamed. Let a poor and needy man praise thy name.
22 Ustani, Bože, zauzmi se za svoju parnicu, spomeni se pogrde koju ti bezumnik svaki dan nanosi.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.
23 Ne zaboravi vike neprijatelja svojih: buka buntovnika još se diže k tebi!
Forget not the voice of thine adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against thee ascends continually.
