Psalmi 17
1 Molitva. Davidova. Počuj, Jahve pravedni, i vapaj mi poslušaj, usliši molitvu iz usta iskrenih!
Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
2 Od tebe nek' mi dođe presuda, tvoje oči vide što je pravo.
Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Istraži mi srce, pohodi noću, ognjem me iskušaj, al' u meni nećeš nać' bezakonja. Ne zgriješiše usta moja
You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 kao što griješe ljudi: po riječima usta tvojih čuvah putove Zakona.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Korak mi čvrsto prionu za tvoje staze, ne zasta mi noga na putima tvojim.
Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6 Zazivam te, Bože, ti ćeš me uslišit': prikloni mi uho i čuj riječi moje.
I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Proslavi na meni dobrotu svoju, ti koji od dušmana izbavljaš one što se utječu desnici tvojoj.
Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.
8 Čuvaj me k'o zjenicu oka, sakrij me u sjenu krila svojih
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings,
9 od zlotvora što na me nasrću. Dušmani me bijesni opkoljuju,
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 bešćutno srce zatvaraju i ustima zbore naduto,
They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11 Koraci njini sad me okružuju, smjeraju da me na zemlju obore;
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 slični lavu dok se, zinuv, na plijen obara i laviću što vreba u potaji.
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Ustani, Jahve, presretni ga i obori, od grešnika mi život mačem spasi,
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword:
14 a rukom od ljudi, Gospodine: od ljudi kojih je dio ovaj život, kojima želudac puniš dobrima; kojih su sinovi siti, a djeci daju što im pretekne.
From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 A ja ću u pravdi gledati lice tvoje, i jednom kad se probudim, sit ću ga se nagledati.
As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness.
