Psalms 79

1 [A Psalm by Asaph.] God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

Psalam. Asafov. Bože, pogani, evo, provališe u baštinu tvoju, tvoj sveti Hram oskvrnuše, pretvoriše Jeruzalem u ruševine.

2 They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your faithful to the animals of the earth.

Trupla tvojih slugu dadoše za hranu pticama nebeskim, meso tvojih pobožnika zvijerima zemaljskim.

3 Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.

Krv im k'o vodu prolijevahu oko Jeruzalema i ne bijaše nikoga da ih pokopa.

4 We have become objects of contempt to our neighbors, mocked and ridiculed by those who are around us.

Postadosmo sramota susjedima svojim, podsmijeh i ruglo svima oko nas.

5 How long, Jehovah? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealousy burn like fire?

Dokle još, Jahve? Zar ćeš se svagda srditi? Zar će ljubomora tvoja poput ognja gorjeti?

6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you; on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;

Izlij gnjev na pogane koji te ne priznaju i na kraljevstva što ne zazivlju ime tvoje!

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and destroyed his homeland.

Jer izjedoše Jakova i opustošiše boravište njegovo.

8 Do not hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Ne spominji se, protiv nas, grijeha otaca; neka nas pretekne smilovanje tvoje jer smo jadni i nevoljni.

9 Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.

Pomozi nam, Bože, pomoći naša, zbog slave imena svojega, oslobodi nas i otpusti nam grijehe zbog imena svoga!

10 Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, that vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.

Zašto da pogani govore: “TÓa gdje je njihov Bog?” Nek' se na poganima pokaže, pred očima našim, kako osvećuješ prolivenu krv slugu svojih!

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, free those who are sentenced to death.

Nek' do tebe dopru uzdasi sužanja, snagom svoje mišice poštedi predane smrti!

12 Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their lap the insults with which they have insulted you, Jehovah.

A našim susjedima vrati sedmerostruko u krilo pogrdu koju naniješe tebi, o Jahve!

13 So we, your people and sheep of your pasture, will give you thanks forever. We will praise you forever, to all generations.

A mi, tvoj puk i ovce paše tvoje, slavit ćemo te dovijeka, kazivat ćemo od koljena do koljena hvalu tvoju!