Psalmi 74
1 Zašto se, Bože, srdiš na nas dugo; dimi se gnjev tvoj na ovce paše tvoje?
[A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
2 Opomeni se sabora svojega, koji si stekao od starine, iskupio sebi u našljednu državu, gore Siona, na kojoj si se naselio.
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 Podigni stope svoje na stare razvaline: sve je razrušio neprijatelj u svetinji.
Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
4 Rièu neprijatelji tvoji na mjestu sabora tvojih, svoje obièaje postavljaju mjesto naših obièaja.
Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
5 Vidiš, oni su kao onaj koji podiže sjekiru na spletene grane u drveta.
They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
6 Sve u njemu što je rezano razbiše sjekirama i bradvama.
Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
7 Ognjem sažegoše svetinju tvoju; na zemlju obalivši oskvrniše stan imena tvojega.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
8 Rekoše u srcu svojem: potrimo ih sasvijem. Popališe sva mjesta sabora Božijih na zemlji.
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 Obièaja svojih ne vidimo, nema više proroka, i nema u nas ko bi znao dokle æe to trajati.
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
10 Dokle æe se, Bože, rugati nasilnik? hoæe li dovijeka protivnik prkositi imenu tvojemu?
How long, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11 Zašto ustavljaš ruku svoju i desnicu svoju? Pruži iz njedara svojih, i istrijebi ih.
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.
12 Bože, care moj, koji od starine tvoriš spasenje posred zemlje!
Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti si silom svojom raskinuo more, i satro glave vodenim nakazama.
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
14 Ti si razmrskao glavu krokodilu, dao ga onima koji žive u pustinji da ga jedu.
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
15 Ti si otvorio izvore i potoke, ti si isušio rijeke koje ne presišu.
You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
16 Tvoj je dan i tvoja je noæ, ti si postavio zvijezde i sunce.
The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
17 Ti si utvrdio sve krajeve zemaljske, ljeto i zimu ti si uredio.
You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
18 Opomeni se toga, neprijatelj se ruga Gospodu, i narod bezumni ne mari za ime tvoje.
Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, YHWH. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19 Ne daj zvijerima duše grlice svoje, nemoj zaboraviti stada stradalaca svojih zasvagda.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
20 Pogledaj na zavjet; jer su sve peæine zemaljske pune stanova bezakonja.
Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21 Nevoljnik nek se ne vrati sramotan, ništi i ubogi neka hvale ime tvoje.
Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Ustani, Bože, brani stvar svoju, opomeni se kako ti se bezumnik ruga svaki dan!
Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23 Ne zaboravi obijesti neprijatelja svojih, vike, koju jednako dižu protivnici tvoji!
Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
