Psalmi 74
1 Oh Bog, zakaj nas zavračaš za vedno? Zakaj se tvoja jeza kadi proti ovcam tvoje paše?
[A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Spomni se svoje skupnosti, ki si jo odkupil od davnine, palico svoje dediščine, ki si jo odkupil, to goro Sion, kjer prebivaš.
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
3 Dvigni svoja stopala k neprestanim opustošenjem, celó vsemu kar je sovražnik zlobnega storil v svetišču.
Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Tvoji sovražniki rjovijo v sredi tvojih skupnosti, svoje zastave so postavili za znamenja.
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
5 Človek je bil slaven, če je nad debela drevesa dvigoval sekire.
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
6 Toda sedaj so s sekirami in kladivi takoj zlomili rezljano delo le-tega.
Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Ogenj so vrgli v tvoje svetišče, s podrtjem do tal so omadeževali bivališče tvojega imena.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
8 V svojih srcih so rekli: »Skupaj jih uničimo.« V deželi so požgali vse Božje sinagoge.
They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
9 Ne vidimo svojih znamenj. Nobenega preroka ni več niti tukaj med nami ni nobenega, ki ve doklej.
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
10 Oh Bog, doklej bo nasprotnik grajal? Mar bo sovražnik na veke preklinjal tvoje ime?
How long, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11 Zakaj umikaš svojo roko, celó svojo desnico? Iztrgaj jo iz svojega naročja.
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.
12 Kajti Bog je moj Kralj od davnine, ki dela rešitev duš v sredi zemlje.
Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 S svojo močjo si razdelil morje. Razbijaš glave zmajem v vodah.
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14 Razbijaš glave leviatána na koščke in ga daješ, da postane hrana ljudstvu, ki prebiva v divjini.
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
15 Združil si studenec in morje, osušuješ mogočne reke.
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
16 Dan je tvoj, tudi noč je tvoja, pripravil si svetlobo in sonce.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Določil si vse meje zemlje. Naredil si poletje in zimo.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
18 Spomni se, da je sovražnik grajal, oh Gospod in da je nespametno ljudstvo izrekalo bogokletje proti tvojemu imenu.
Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 Oh ne izročaj duše svoje grlice množici zlobnih. Ne pozabi skupnosti svojih ubogih na veke.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
20 Ozri se k zavezi, kajti temni kraji zemlje so polni prebivališč krutosti.
Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21 Oh naj se zatirani ne vrne osramočen. Naj ubog in pomoči potreben hvalita tvoje ime.
Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Vstani, oh Bog, zagovarjaj svojo lastno pravdo. Spomni se, kako te nespameten človek dnevno graja.
Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23 Ne pozabi glasu svojih sovražnikov. Hrup teh, ki vstajajo zoper tebe, se nenehno povečuje.
Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
