Psalmi 74
1 Zašto se, Bože, srdiš na nas dugo; dimi se gnjev tvoj na ovce paše tvoje?
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 Opomeni se sabora svojega, koji si stekao od starine, iskupio sebi u našljednu državu, gore Siona, na kojoj si se naselio.
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 Podigni stope svoje na stare razvaline: sve je razrušio neprijatelj u svetinji.
Lift up thy steps unto the places utterly unsafe, All the mischief!—the foe in the sanctuary!
4 Rièu neprijatelji tvoji na mjestu sabora tvojih, svoje obièaje postavljaju mjesto naših obièaja.
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens!
5 Vidiš, oni su kao onaj koji podiže sjekiru na spletene grane u drveta.
One used to be known according as he carried up high—into the thicket of trees—the axes;
6 Sve u njemu što je rezano razbiše sjekirama i bradvama.
But, now, the doors thereof all together, with axes and hammers, they batter down.
7 Ognjem sažegoše svetinju tvoju; na zemlju obalivši oskvrniše stan imena tvojega.
They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.
8 Rekoše u srcu svojem: potrimo ih sasvijem. Popališe sva mjesta sabora Božijih 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 Obièaja svojih ne vidimo, nema više proroka, i nema u nas ko bi znao dokle æe to trajati.
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 æe se, Bože, rugati nasilnik? hoæe li dovijeka protivnik prkositi imenu tvojemu?
How long, O God, shall the adversary, reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?
11 Zašto ustavljaš ruku svoju i desnicu svoju? Pruži iz njedara svojih, i istrijebi ih.
Wherefore shouldst thou withdraw thy hand—thy right hand? [Bring it] out of the midst of thy bosom! (Selah)
12 Bože, care moj, koji od starine tvoriš spasenje posred zemlje!
But, God, hath been my king from aforetime, Working Deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti si silom svojom raskinuo more, i satro glave vodenim nakazama.
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 razmrskao glavu krokodilu, dao ga onima koji žive u pustinji da ga jedu.
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 otvorio izvore i potoke, ti si isušio rijeke koje ne presišu.
Thou, didst cleave open fountain and torrent, Thou, didst dry up rivers of steady flow:
16 Tvoj je dan i tvoja je noæ, ti si postavio zvijezde i sunce.
Thine, is the day, Yea, thine, the night, Thou, didst establish moon and sun;
17 Ti si utvrdio sve krajeve zemaljske, ljeto i zimu ti si uredio.
Thou, didst set up all the bounds of the earth, As for summer and winter, thou, didst form them!
18 Opomeni se toga, neprijatelj se ruga Gospodu, i narod bezumni ne mari za ime tvoje.
Remember this, An enemy, hath reproached Yahweh, Yea, an impious people, have reviled thy Name.
19 Ne daj zvijerima duše grlice svoje, nemoj zaboraviti stada stradalaca svojih zasvagda.
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 zavjet; jer su sve peæine zemaljske pune stanova bezakonja.
Have respect to thy covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Nevoljnik nek se ne vrati sramotan, ništi i ubogi neka 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, brani stvar svoju, opomeni se kako ti se bezumnik ruga svaki dan!
Arise! O God, plead thine own cause, Remember the reproach of thee, from the impious one, all the day:
23 Ne zaboravi obijesti neprijatelja svojih, vike, koju jednako dižu protivnici tvoji!
Do not forget the voice of thine adversaries, The noise of thine assailants, ascending continually.
