Psalmi 74
1 Oh Bog, zakaj nas zavračaš za vedno? Zakaj se tvoja jeza kadi proti ovcam tvoje paše?
“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 Spomni se svoje skupnosti, ki si jo odkupil od davnine, palico svoje dediščine, ki si jo odkupil, to goro Sion, kjer prebivaš.
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 Dvigni svoja stopala k neprestanim opustošenjem, celó vsemu kar je sovražnik zlobnega storil v svetišču.
Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4 Tvoji sovražniki rjovijo v sredi tvojih skupnosti, svoje zastave so postavili za znamenja.
Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5 Človek je bil slaven, če je nad debela drevesa dvigoval sekire.
They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6 Toda sedaj so s sekirami in kladivi takoj zlomili rezljano delo le-tega.
They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
7 Ogenj so vrgli v tvoje svetišče, s podrtjem do tal so omadeževali bivališče tvojega imena.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 V svojih srcih so rekli: »Skupaj jih uničimo.« V deželi so požgali vse Božje sinagoge.
They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Ne vidimo svojih znamenj. Nobenega preroka ni več niti tukaj med nami ni nobenega, ki ve doklej.
We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
10 Oh Bog, doklej bo nasprotnik grajal? Mar bo sovražnik na veke preklinjal tvoje ime?
How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Zakaj umikaš svojo roko, celó svojo desnico? Iztrgaj jo iz svojega naročja.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
12 Kajti Bog je moj Kralj od davnine, ki dela rešitev duš v sredi zemlje.
Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 S svojo močjo si razdelil morje. Razbijaš glave zmajem v vodah.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush 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.
Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
15 Združil si studenec in morje, osušuješ mogočne reke.
Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
16 Dan je tvoj, tudi noč je tvoja, pripravil si svetlobo in sonce.
Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
17 Določil si vse meje zemlje. Naredil si poletje in zimo.
Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
18 Spomni se, da je sovražnik grajal, oh Gospod in da je nespametno ljudstvo izrekalo bogokletje proti tvojemu imenu.
O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
19 Oh ne izročaj duše svoje grlice množici zlobnih. Ne pozabi skupnosti svojih ubogih na veke.
Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
20 Ozri se k zavezi, kajti temni kraji zemlje so polni prebivališč krutosti.
Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
21 Oh naj se zatirani ne vrne osramočen. Naj ubog in pomoči potreben hvalita tvoje ime.
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
22 Vstani, oh Bog, zagovarjaj svojo lastno pravdo. Spomni se, kako te nespameten človek dnevno graja.
Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
23 Ne pozabi glasu svojih sovražnikov. Hrup teh, ki vstajajo zoper tebe, se nenehno povečuje.
Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
