Psalmi 74
1 Zašto se, Bože, srdiš na nas dugo; dimi se gnjev tvoj na ovce paše tvoje?
Understanding for Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off unto the end: why is thy wrath enkindled against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Opomeni se sabora svojega, koji si stekao od starine, iskupio sebi u našljednu državu, gore Siona, na kojoj si se naselio.
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed from the beginning. The sceptre of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion in which thou hast dwelt.
3 Podigni stope svoje na stare razvaline: sve je razrušio neprijatelj u svetinji.
Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Rièu neprijatelji tvoji na mjestu sabora tvojih, svoje obièaje postavljaju mjesto naših obièaja.
And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,
5 Vidiš, oni su kao onaj koji podiže sjekiru na spletene grane u drveta.
And they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,
6 Sve u njemu što je rezano razbiše sjekirama i bradvama.
They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.
7 Ognjem sažegoše svetinju tvoju; na zemlju obalivši oskvrniše stan imena tvojega.
They have set fire to thy sanctuary: they have defiled the dwelling place of thy name on the earth.
8 Rekoše u srcu svojem: potrimo ih sasvijem. Popališe sva mjesta sabora Božijih na zemlji.
They said in their heart, the whole kindred of them together: Let us abolish all the festival days of God from the land.
9 Obièaja svojih ne vidimo, nema više proroka, i nema u nas ko bi znao dokle æe to trajati.
Our signs we have not seen, there is now no prophet: and he will know us no more.
10 Dokle æe se, Bože, rugati nasilnik? hoæe li dovijeka protivnik prkositi imenu tvojemu?
How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach: is the adversary to provoke thy name for ever?
11 Zašto ustavljaš ruku svoju i desnicu svoju? Pruži iz njedara svojih, i istrijebi ih.
Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
12 Bože, care moj, koji od starine tvoriš spasenje posred zemlje!
But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti si silom svojom raskinuo more, i satro glave vodenim nakazama.
Thou by thy strength didst make the sea firm: thou didst crush the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Ti si razmrskao glavu krokodilu, dao ga onima koji žive u pustinji da ga jedu.
Thou hast broken the heads of the dragon: thou hast given him to be meat for the people of the Ethiopians.
15 Ti si otvorio izvore i potoke, ti si isušio rijeke koje ne presišu.
Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.
16 Tvoj je dan i tvoja je noæ, ti si postavio zvijezde i sunce.
Thine is the day, and thine is the night: thou hast made the morning light and the sun.
17 Ti si utvrdio sve krajeve zemaljske, ljeto i zimu ti si uredio.
Thou hast made all the borders of the earth: the summer and the spring were formed by thee.
18 Opomeni se toga, neprijatelj se ruga Gospodu, i narod bezumni ne mari za ime tvoje.
Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
19 Ne daj zvijerima duše grlice svoje, nemoj zaboraviti stada stradalaca svojih zasvagda.
Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor.
20 Pogledaj na zavjet; jer su sve peæine zemaljske pune stanova bezakonja.
Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
21 Nevoljnik nek se ne vrati sramotan, ništi i ubogi neka hvale ime tvoje.
Let not the humble be turned away with confusion: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.
22 Ustani, Bože, brani stvar svoju, opomeni se kako ti se bezumnik ruga svaki dan!
Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day.
23 Ne zaboravi obijesti neprijatelja svojih, vike, koju jednako dižu protivnici tvoji!
Forget not the voices of thy enemies: the pride of them that hate thee ascendeth continually.
