¹LAMED Zašto, Jahve, stojiš daleko, zašto se skrivaš u dane tjeskobe?

¹Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

²Obijesni bezbožnik jadnika goni, u zamke ga hvata koje mu postavi.

²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

³Bezbožnik se pohlepom hvali, NUN lakomac psuje i Jahvu prezire.

³For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

⁴Bezbožnik zbori u obijesti svojoj: "Ne, istrage nema! TÓa ni Boga nema!" I u tome sva mu je misao.

⁴The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

⁵Puti su mu svagda uspješni, na sudove tvoje on i ne misli, sve protivnike svoje prezire.

⁵His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; [as for] all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁶U srcu veli: "Neću posrnuti! Ni u kojem koljenu neću biti nesretan."

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

⁷PE Usta mu puna kletve, lukavstva i prijevare, pod jezikom njegovim muka i nesreća.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁸U zasjedi čuči pokraj ograda, potajno ubija nevina, AJIN očima siromaha vreba.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

⁹U zaklonu sjedi k'o lav u pećini, vreba da opljačka jadnika i da ga povuče u mrežu.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

¹⁰Pritajen čuči na zemlji, od nasilja mu siromasi padaju.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

¹¹U srcu svome veli: "ZÓaboravi Gospod, odvrati lice i nikoga ne vidi!"

¹¹He saith in his heart, ùGod hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see [it].

¹²KOF Ustani, Gospode Bože, podigni ruku, ne zaboravi siromaha.

¹²Arise, Jehovah; O ùGod, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

¹³Zašto da bezbožnik prezire Boga, zašto da kaže u srcu: "Neće kazniti!"

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

¹⁴REŠ Jer ti vidiš, gledaš jad i nevolju, u ruci je mjeriš. Siromah se tebi predaje, ubogu ti si pomoć!

¹⁴Thou hast seen [it], for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵ŠIN Pakosnu grešniku satri mišicu, kazni mu pakost da je više ne bude!

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

¹⁶Jahve je kralj u vijeke vjekova, iz zemlje njegove nestat će pogana.

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

¹⁷TAU Počuj, o Jahve, čežnju siromašnih, okrijepi im srce, uho prikloni:

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

¹⁸da zaštitiš pravo ubogih i tlačenih, da straha više ne zadaje čovjek zemljanÄi.

¹⁸To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.