Psalms 56

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

Zborovođi. Prema napjevu “Golubica nijema u daljini”. Davidov. Miktam. Kad su ga u Gatu uhitili Filistejci. Smiluj mi se, moj Bože, jer me dušmanin hoće zgaziti, napadač me moj neprestano tlači.

2 My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,

Dušmani moji nasrću na me povazdan, mnogo ih je koji se na me obaraju. Svevišnji,

3 [In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

kad me strah spopadne, u te ću se uzdati.

4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.

Božje obećanje slavim, u Boga ja se uzdam i neću se bojati: što mi može učiniti smrtnik?

5 All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,

Od jutra do večeri obružuju me, svi naumi njihovi meni su na zlo.

6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

Sastaju se i vrebaju, paze mi na korake, o glavi mi rade.

7 They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

Plati im prema bezakonju, u gnjevu, o Bože, obori pogane!

8 You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

Ti izbroji dane mog progonstva, sabrao si suze moje u mijehu svom. Nije li sve zapisano u knjizi tvojoj?

9 Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

Moji će dušmani uzmaknuti čim te zazovem. Ovo sigurno znam: Bog je za mene!

10 In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.

Božje obećanje slavim,

11 In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

u Jahvu se uzdam i neću se bojati: što mi može učiniti čovjek?

12 On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.

Vežu me zavjeti koje učinih tebi, o Bože: prinijet ću ti žrtve zahvalne

13 For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!

jer si mi dušu od smrti spasio. Ti si očuvao noge moje od pada, da pred Bogom hodim u svjetlosti živih.