Psalmi 74
1 Poučna pjesma. Asafova. Zašto si, Bože, posve zabacio, zašto kiptiš gnjevom na ovce paše svoje?
“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine 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 the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!
3 Korakni k ruševinama vječnim - sve je u Svetištu razorio neprijatelj.
Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4 Protivnici tvoji vikahu posred skupštine tvoje, znakove svoje postaviše k'o pobjedne znakove.
Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5 Bijahu kao oni koji mašu sjekirom po guštari,
They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6 sjekirom i maljem vrata mu razbijali.
They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
7 Ognju predadoše Svetište tvoje, do zemlje oskvrnuše Prebivalište tvoga imena.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Rekoše u srcu: “Istrijebimo ih zajedno; spalite sva svetišta Božja na zemlji!”
They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Ne vidimo znakova svojih, proroka više nema, i nitko među nama ne zna dokle ...
We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
10 Dokle će se još, o Bože, dušmanin rugati? Hoće li protivnik dovijeka prezirati ime tvoje?
How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Zašto povlačiš ruku, zašto u krilu sakrivaš desnicu svoju?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
12 No Bog je moj kralj od davnine, on koji posred zemlje spasava!
Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti svojom silom rasječe more, smrska glave nakazama u vodi.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Ti si Levijatanu glave zdrobio, dao ga za hranu nemanima morskim.
Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
15 Ti si dao da provre izvor i bujica, ti si presušio rijeke nepresušne.
Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
16 Tvoj je dan i noć je tvoja, ti učvrsti mjesec i sunce;
Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
17 ti sazda sve granice zemlji, ti stvori ljeto i zimu.
Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
18 Spomeni se ovoga: dušmanin ti se rugaše, Jahve, i bezumni narod pogrdi ime tvoje.
O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
19 Ne predaj jastrebu život grlice svoje, i život svojih siromaha ne zaboravi zauvijek!
Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
20 Pogledaj na Savez svoj, jer svi su zakuci zemlje puni tmina i nasilja.
Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
21 Ne daj da jadnik otiđe postiđen: neka siromah i ubog hvale ime tvoje!
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! 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! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
23 Ne zaboravi vike neprijatelja svojih: buka buntovnika još se diže k tebi!
Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
