Psalmi 74
1 Oh Bog, zakaj nas zavračaš za vedno? Zakaj se tvoja jeza kadi proti ovcam tvoje paše?
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thy anger smoke against the sheep 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 thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
3 Dvigni svoja stopala k neprestanim opustošenjem, celó vsemu kar je sovražnik zlobnega storil v svetišču.
Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Tvoji sovražniki rjovijo v sredi tvojih skupnosti, svoje zastave so postavili za znamenja.
Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
5 Človek je bil slaven, če je nad debela drevesa dvigoval sekire.
[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 Toda sedaj so s sekirami in kladivi takoj zlomili rezljano delo le-tega.
But now they break down the carved work of it at once 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 defiled [by casting down] the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
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 together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 Ne vidimo svojih znamenj. Nobenega preroka ni več niti tukaj med nami ni nobenega, ki ve doklej.
We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Oh Bog, doklej bo nasprotnik grajal? Mar bo sovražnik na veke preklinjal tvoje ime?
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? 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? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
12 Kajti Bog je moj Kralj od davnine, ki dela rešitev duš v sredi zemlje.
For God [is] my 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 strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Razbijaš glave leviatána na koščke in ga daješ, da postane hrana ljudstvu, ki prebiva v divjini.
Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, [and] didst give him [to be] food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Združil si studenec in morje, osušuješ mogočne reke.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
16 Dan je tvoj, tudi noč je tvoja, pripravil si svetlobo in sonce.
The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Določil si vse meje zemlje. Naredil si poletje in zimo.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast 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, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 Oh ne izročaj duše svoje grlice množici zlobnih. Ne pozabi skupnosti svojih ubogih na veke.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Ozri se k zavezi, kajti temni kraji zemlje so polni prebivališč krutosti.
Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 Oh naj se zatirani ne vrne osramočen. Naj ubog in pomoči potreben hvalita tvoje ime.
O let not the oppressed return 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, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Ne pozabi glasu svojih sovražnikov. Hrup teh, ki vstajajo zoper tebe, se nenehno povečuje.
Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.
