Psalmi 74
1 Asafa pamācība. Ak Dievs, kāpēc Tu mūs mūžīgi atstūmis, un Tava dusmība kūp pār Tavas ganības avīm?
“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 Piemini Savu draudzi, ko Tu mantojis no veciem laikiem, un Sev par mantību atpestījis, Ciānas kalnu, uz kā Tu dzīvo.
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 Cel Savas kājas uz to mūžīgo postījumu; ienaidnieks visu ir samaitājis svētā vietā.
Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4 Tavi pretinieki rūc Tavā namā, savas zīmes tie likuši par zīmēm.
Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5 Tie izrādās, tā kā biezā mežā cirtēji cirvjus cilā.
They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6 Un nu tie viņas izgreznojumu visnotaļ sadauza ar cirvjiem un veseriem.
They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
7 Tie Tavā svētā vietā met uguni, līdz zemei tie sagāna Tava vārda mājas vietu.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Tie saka savā sirdī: izpostīsim tos(namus) pavisam; visus Dieva lūgšanas namus tai zemē tie ir sadedzinājuši.
They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Savas zīmes mēs neredzam: neviena pravieša vairs nav, nedz kāda cita pie mums, kas zinātu, cik ilgi tā būs.
We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
10 Cik ilgi, ak Dievs, pretinieks nievās, un ienaidnieks zaimos Tavu vārdu mūžam?
How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Kāpēc Tu atrauj Savu roku, ak, Savu labo roku? Izvelc to no Savas azotes un dari galu.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
12 Taču Dievs ir mans ķēniņš no iesākuma, kas pasniedz visu palīgu zemes virsū.
Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Tu caur Savu spēku jūru esi pāršķīris, Tu esi salauzījis pūķu galvas ūdenī.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Tu esi satriecis levijatana galvas, Tu to esi devis par barību tai tautai tuksnesī.
Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
15 Tu esi izšķēlis avotus un upes, Tu esi izkaltējis varenas upes.
Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
16 Tiem pieder diena un nakts, Tu esi radījis gaismu un sauli.
Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
17 Tu zemei esi licis visas robežas, vasaru un ziemu Tu esi darījis.
Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
18 Piemini to, ka ienaidnieks To Kungu nievā, un ģeķu ļaudis zaimo Tavu vārdu.
O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
19 Nenodod zvēram Savas ūbeles dvēseli, Savu bēdīgo pulku neaizmirsti mūžam.
Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
20 Piemini to derību, jo zemes alas ir palikušas par slepkavu bedrēm.
Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
21 Lai nospiestais neaiziet ar kaunu, lai bēdīgie un nabagi slavē Tavu vārdu.
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
22 Celies, Dievs, iztiesā Savas tiesas, piemini tās nievāšanas, kas Tev notiek no tiem ģeķiem ik dienas.
Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
23 Neaizmirsti Savu pretinieku kliegšanu; to troksni, kas vienmēr pret Tevi no Taviem ienaidniekiem.
Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
