Psalmi 74
1 Poučna pjesma. Asafova. Zašto si, Bože, posve zabacio, zašto kiptiš gnjevom na ovce paše svoje?
An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s. Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?
2 Sjeti se zajednice koju si davno stekao, plÓemena koje namače kao svoju baštinu i brda Siona gdje si Šator svoj udario!
Remember thine own assembly thou didst acquire aforetime, Thou didst redeem the tribe of thine own inheritance, Mount Zion, wherein thou didst take up thy habitation.
3 Korakni k ruševinama vječnim - sve je u Svetištu razorio neprijatelj.
Lift up thy steps unto the places utterly unsafe, All the mischief!—the foe 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 appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens!
5 Bijahu kao oni koji mašu sjekirom po guštari,
One used to be known according as he carried up high—into the thicket of trees—the axes;
6 sjekirom i maljem vrata mu razbijali.
But, now, the doors thereof all together, with axes and hammers, they batter down.
7 Ognju predadoše Svetište tvoje, do zemlje oskvrnuše Prebivalište tvoga imena.
They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.
8 Rekoše u srcu: “Istrijebimo ih zajedno; spalite sva svetišta Božja na zemlji!”
They have said in their heart, Let us suppress 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 ...
Our own signs, have we not seen, —There is no longer a prophet, —Neither is there with us, one who 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, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?
11 Zašto povlačiš ruku, zašto u krilu sakrivaš desnicu svoju?
Wherefore shouldst thou withdraw thy hand—thy right hand? [Bring it] out of the midst of thy bosom! (Selah)
12 No Bog je moj kralj od davnine, on koji posred zemlje spasava!
But, God, hath been my king from aforetime, Working Deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti svojom silom rasječe more, smrska glave nakazama u vodi.
Thou, didst cleave asunder, in thy might, the sea, Thou didst break in pieces the heads of the Crocodiles, [till they floated] on the waters;
14 Ti si Levijatanu glave zdrobio, dao ga za hranu nemanima morskim.
Thou, didst crush the heads of the Sea-Monster, Thou didst give him to be food, for the people of the deserts;
15 Ti si dao da provre izvor i bujica, ti si presušio rijeke nepresušne.
Thou, didst cleave open fountain and torrent, Thou, didst dry up rivers of steady flow:
16 Tvoj je dan i noć je tvoja, ti učvrsti mjesec i sunce;
Thine, is the day, Yea, thine, the night, Thou, didst establish moon and sun;
17 ti sazda sve granice zemlji, ti stvori ljeto i zimu.
Thou, didst set up all the bounds of the earth, As for summer and winter, thou, didst form them!
18 Spomeni se ovoga: dušmanin ti se rugaše, Jahve, i bezumni narod pogrdi ime tvoje.
Remember this, An enemy, hath reproached Yahweh, Yea, an impious people, have reviled thy Name.
19 Ne predaj jastrebu život grlice svoje, i život svojih siromaha ne zaboravi zauvijek!
Do not deliver up, to a wild beast, the life of thy turtle-dove, The living host of thine oppressed ones, do not forget perpetually.
20 Pogledaj na Savez svoj, jer svi su zakuci zemlje puni tmina i nasilja.
Have respect to thy 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!
May the crushed one not again be confounded, As for the oppressed and the needy, let them 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 the reproach of thee, from the impious one, all the day:
23 Ne zaboravi vike neprijatelja svojih: buka buntovnika još se diže k tebi!
Do not forget the voice of thine adversaries, The noise of thine assailants, ascending continually.
