Psalms, 143

1. A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.

1. Psalam. Davidov. Jahve, slušaj moju molitvu, u vjernosti svojoj prikloni uho mojim vapajima, u pravednosti me svojoj usliši!

2. My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.

2. Ne idi na sud sa slugom svojim, jer nitko živ nije pravedan pred tobom!

3. O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?

3. Dušmanin mi dušu progoni, o zemlju pritisnu život moj; u tmine me baci da stanujem kao oni koji su davno umrli.

4. Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.

4. Duh moj veæ zamire u meni, srce mi trne u grudima.

5. O Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

5. Spominjem se dana minulih, mislim o svim djelima tvojim, o djelima ruku tvojih razmišljam.

6. Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.

6. Ruke svoje za tobom pružam, duša moja k'o suha zemlja za tobom žeða.

7. Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.

7. Usliši me brzo, o Jahve, dah moj veæ je na izmaku! Lica svojeg preda mnom ne skrivaj, da ne postanem kao oni koji u grob silaze!

8. Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

8. Objavi mi jutrom dobrotu svoju jer se uzdam u tebe. Put mi kaži kojim æu krenuti jer k tebi dušu uzdižem.

9. To you, O God, I will sing a new song. On the psaltery, with an instrument of ten strings, I will sing psalms to you.

9. Izbavi me, Jahve, od mojih dušmana, tebi ja se utjeèem.

10. He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant sword.

10. Nauèi me da vršim volju tvoju jer ti si Bog moj. Duh tvoj dobri nek' me po ravnu putu vodi!

11. Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of the sons of foreigners. Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

11. Zbog imena svog, Jahve, poživi me, zbog svoje pravednosti dušu mi izvedi iz tjeskobe!

12. Their sons are like new plantings in their youth. Their daughters are dressed up: adorned all around like the idols of a temple.

12. Po svojoj dobroti satri moje dušmane, uništi sve moje tlaèitelje, jer ja sam sluga tvoj!

13. Their cupboards are full: overflowing from one thing into another. Their sheep bear young, brought forth in abundance.

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14. Their cattle are fat. There is no ruined wall or passage, nor anyone crying out in their streets.

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15. They have called the people that has these things: blessed. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

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