Psalmi 74
1 Poučna pjesma. Asafova. Zašto si, Bože, posve zabacio, zašto kiptiš gnjevom na ovce paše svoje?
“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock 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 didst acquire of old; which thou didst redeem as the tribe of thy inheritance: this mount Zion, whereon thou hast dwelt.
3 Korakni k ruševinama vječnim - sve je u Svetištu razorio neprijatelj.
Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual heaps of ruins: the enemy hath ill-used every thing in the sanctuary.
4 Protivnici tvoji vikahu posred skupštine tvoje, znakove svoje postaviše k'o pobjedne znakove.
Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy places of assembly: they have set up their signs for signs.
5 Bijahu kao oni koji mašu sjekirom po guštari,
[The enemy] is known as one that lifteth up high axes against the thickets of a forest.
6 sjekirom i maljem vrata mu razbijali.
And now they hew in pieces the carved work thereof altogether with hatchets and hammers.
7 Ognju predadoše Svetište tvoje, do zemlje oskvrnuše Prebivalište tvoga imena.
They have set on fire thy sanctuary; to the ground have they profaned the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Rekoše u srcu: “Istrijebimo ih zajedno; spalite sva svetišta Božja na zemlji!”
They have said in their heart, We will oppress them altogether: they have burnt up all the places of assembly of God in the land.
9 Ne vidimo znakova svojih, proroka više nema, i nitko među nama ne zna dokle ...
Our signs do we not see: there is no more any prophet: and there is no one among us that knoweth 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 utter defiance? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Zašto povlačiš ruku, zašto u krilu sakrivaš desnicu svoju?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [draw it] out of thy bosom—exterminate [them];
12 No Bog je moj kralj od davnine, on koji posred zemlje spasava!
Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti svojom silom rasječe more, smrska glave nakazama u vodi.
It was thou that didst divide by thy strength the sea: thou brokest in pieces the heads of the crocodiles on the waters.
14 Ti si Levijatanu glave zdrobio, dao ga za hranu nemanima morskim.
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, and gavest them as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Ti si dao da provre izvor i bujica, ti si presušio rijeke nepresušne.
Thou didst cleave fountain and stream: thou didst dry up ever-flowing rivers.
16 Tvoj je dan i noć je tvoja, ti učvrsti mjesec i sunce;
Thine is the day and thine is the night: it is thou who hast prepared the luminary and the sun.
17 ti sazda sve granice zemlji, ti stvori ljeto i zimu.
It is thou who hast set up all the boundaries of the earth: summer and winter—thou thyself hast formed them.
18 Spomeni se ovoga: dušmanin ti se rugaše, Jahve, i bezumni narod pogrdi ime tvoje.
Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 Ne predaj jastrebu život grlice svoje, i život svojih siromaha ne zaboravi zauvijek!
Oh give not up unto the multitude of enemies the soul of thy turtle-dove: the congregation of thy afflicted do not thou forget for ever.
20 Pogledaj na Savez svoj, jer svi su zakuci zemlje puni tmina i nasilja.
Look unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of habitations of violence.
21 Ne daj da jadnik otiđe postiđen: neka siromah i ubog hvale ime tvoje!
Oh let not the oppressed return confounded: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Ustani, Bože, zauzmi se za svoju parnicu, spomeni se pogrde koju ti bezumnik svaki dan nanosi.
Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember thy defiance from the worthless fool all the day.
23 Ne zaboravi vike neprijatelja svojih: buka buntovnika još se diže k tebi!
Forget not the voice of thy adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
