¹Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

¹{Psalm Davidov.} Bojuj se, GOSPOD, zoper nje, ki se bojujejo z menoj, vojskuj se ž njimi, ki se vojskujejo z menoj.

²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

²Zgrabi ščit veliki in mali in vstani meni v pomoč.

³Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

³In potegni sulico in zapri pot njim, ki me preganjajo; reci duši moji: Jaz sem rešenje tvoje.

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.

⁴Sramujejo se naj in v sramoto pridejo, kateri iščejo duše moje, umekniti se morajo in rdečica naj jih oblije, kateri mi nameravajo hudo.

⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

⁵Bodo naj kakor pleve pred vetrom, in angel GOSPODOV naj jih podi.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

⁶Temna bodi njih pot in polzka, in angel GOSPODOV naj jih preganja.

⁷For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

⁷Ker brez vzroka so mi skrito nastavili mrežo svojo, brez vzroka jamo izkopali duši moji.

⁸Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

⁸Poguba naj pride nanj iznenada, in naj ga ujame mreža njegova, ki jo je skril, v pogubo naj pade vanjo.

⁹And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

⁹In duša moja se bo radovala v GOSPODU, veselila se v rešenju njegovem.

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?

¹⁰Vse kosti moje bodo govorile: GOSPOD, kdo je tebi enak? Siromaka otimlješ iz rok močnejšega od njega, siromaka in ubožca iz rok njega, ki ga pleni.

¹¹False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

¹¹Priče vstajajo krivične, česar si nisem v svesti, me izprašujejo.

¹²They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

¹²Hudo mi vračajo za dobro; zapuščena je duša moja.

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.

¹³In vendar sem jaz, ko so bili bolni, oblečen v raševino, s postom pokoril dušo svojo, in molitev moja se je vračala v nedrije moje.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹⁴Vedel sem se, kakor bi mi bil prijatelj ali brat, kakor žalujoč po materi, sem hodil sključen v žalni obleki.

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:

¹⁵Oni pa so se radovali moje hromote in se zbirali, zbirali so se zoper mene, druhal hudobna, in nisem tega vedel, psovali so me in niso nehali;

¹⁶With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁶kakor brezbožni zabavljivci pri pojedinah so s svojimi zobmi režali name.

¹⁷Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁷Gospod, doklej boš gledal? Reši dušo mojo njih pogube, mladih levov edino mojo.

¹⁸I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

¹⁸Slavil te bom v velikem zboru, med ljudstvom obilim bom te hvalil.

¹⁹Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

¹⁹Naj se ne radujejo nad menoj, ki so mi neprijatelji iz krivih vzrokov; kateri me sovražijo brez vzroka, naj ne mežikajo z očesom.

²⁰For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

²⁰Miru namreč ne govore, temuč zoper mirne v deželi izmišljajo zvijačne stvari.

²¹Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²¹In proti meni široko režé, govoreč: Prav, prav, oko naše vidi!

²²This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

²²Vidiš to, GOSPOD, ne molči torej; Gospod, ne bivaj daleč od mene.

²³Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

²³Zbúdi se in vstani na sodbo mojo, Bog moj in Gospod moj, na pravdo mojo.

²⁴Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

²⁴Sodi me po pravičnosti svoji, GOSPOD, Bog moj, in naj se ne veselé nad mano.

²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁵Naj ne govoré v srcu svojem: Aha, tako smo želeli! ne govoré naj: Pogoltnili 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.

²⁶Osramočeni naj bodo in zardé vsi skupaj, ki se vesele nesreče moje; s sramoto naj se zagrnejo in nečastjo, kateri se povzdigujejo proti meni.

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.

²⁷A prepevajo naj in se radujejo, kateri se veselé pravičnosti moje, in govoré naj vedno: Poveličevan bodi GOSPOD, ki se veseli miru svojega hlapca.In jezik moj bo oznanjal pravičnost tvojo, ves dan hvalo tvojo.

²⁸And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

²⁸In jezik moj bo oznanjal pravičnost tvojo, ves dan hvalo tvojo.