1Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
1Davidov. Optuži, Jahve, tužitelje moje i napadni one koji mene napadaju!
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
2Stavi oklop, uzmi štit svoj i ustani meni u pomoć!
3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
3Zavitlaj kopljem i presretni progonitelje moje, reci mojoj duši: "Ja sam tvoje spasenje."
4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
4Nek' se smetu i postide koji život moj traže, nek' uzmaknu i nek' se posrame koji mi propast snuju!
5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
5Nek' budu k'o pljeva na vjetru kad ih Anđeo Jahvin potjera!
6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
6Mračni i skliski bili im putovi kad ih Anđeo Jahvin bude gonio!
7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
7Bez razloga napeše mi mrežu, bez razloga grob duši mojoj iskopaše.
8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
8Propast će ih stići iznenada, u mrežu koju napeše sami će se uhvatiti, past će u jamu što je iskopaše!
9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
9A moja će duše klicati u Jahvi, radovat će se u spasenju njegovu.
10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
10Sve će kosti moje govoriti: Tko je, Jahve, poput tebe koji ubogog spasavaš od silnika, jadnika i siromaha od pljačkaša?
11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
11Ustadoše svjedoci opaki: pitaju me za ono što ne znam.
12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
12Vraćaju mi zlo za dobro, duša moja zapada u osamu.
13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
13U bolesti njihovoj nosio sam kostrijet, dušu svoju postom morio, i molitva mi se u krilo vraćala.
14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
14Kao za prijateljem, za bratom - obilažah tužan; od žalosti se pogurih kao onaj što za majkom žali.
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
15A sada kad posrnuh ja, oni se raduju, skupiše se protiv mene da udare iznenada, i bez prestanka oni me razdiru.
16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
16Ruglom na ruglo iskušavaju me i zubima škripaju na mene.
17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
17O Jahve, dokle ćeš gledati? Istrgni mi dušu nasrtajima njihovim, otmi lavovima jedino dobro moje!
18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
18Zahvalit ću ti u velikom zboru, slavit ću te među pukom brojnim.
19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
19Nek' se ne raduju nada mnom dušmani nepravedni, nek' ne namiguju očima oni koji me nizašto mrze!
20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
20Jer oni ne misle o miru, već spletke snuju protiv mirnih u zemlji.
21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
21Razvaljuju svoja usta na me i govore: "Ha, ha, vidjesmo očima svojim!"
22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
22Ti sve vidiš, o Jahve! Nemoj šutjeti! Gospode, od mene se ne udaljuj!
23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
23Preni se, ustani da me obraniš, Bože moj, Gospode, vodi parnicu moju!
24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
24Po svojoj me pravdi sudi, Jahve, Bože moj, nek' se ne raduju nada mnom!
25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
25Nek' ne misle u srcu: "Ispunila nam se želja!" Nek' ne reknu: "Progutali smo ga!"
26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
26Nek' se postide i posrame svi zajedno koji se nesreći mojoj raduju! Nek' se odjenu stidom i sramotom oni koji se podižu na me!
27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
27Nek' radosno kliču kojima je pravo moje na srcu i nek' svagda govore: "Velik je Jahve! Milo mu je spasenje sluge njegova!"
28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
28A moj će jezik kazivati pravdu tvoju i hvalu tebi navijeke.