¹Molitva. Davidova. Počuj, Jahve pravedni, i vapaj mi poslušaj, usliši molitvu iz usta iskrenih!

¹{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

²Od tebe nek' mi dođe presuda, tvoje oči vide što je pravo.

²Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

³Istraži mi srce, pohodi noću, ognjem me iskušaj, al' u meni nećeš nać' bezakonja. Ne zgriješiše usta moja

³Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.

⁴kao što griješe ljudi: po riječima usta tvojih čuvah putove Zakona.

⁴Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].

⁵Korak mi čvrsto prionu za tvoje staze, ne zasta mi noga na putima tvojim.

⁵When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

⁶Zazivam te, Bože, ti ćeš me uslišit': prikloni mi uho i čuj riječi moje.

⁶I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O ùGod. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

⁷Proslavi na meni dobrotu svoju, ti koji od dušmana izbavljaš one što se utječu desnici tvojoj.

⁷Shew wondrously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].

⁸Čuvaj me k'o zjenicu oka, sakrij me u sjenu krila svojih

⁸Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

⁹od zlotvora što na me nasrću. Dušmani me bijesni opkoljuju,

⁹From the wicked that destroy me, my deadly enemies, who compass me about.

¹⁰bešćutno srce zatvaraju i ustima zbore naduto,

¹⁰They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.

¹¹Koraci njini sad me okružuju, smjeraju da me na zemlju obore;

¹¹They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

¹²slični lavu dok se, zinuv, na plijen obara i laviću što vreba u potaji.

¹²He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.

¹³Ustani, Jahve, presretni ga i obori, od grešnika mi život mačem spasi,

¹³Arise, Jehovah, anticipate him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, thy sword;

¹⁴a rukom od ljudi, Gospodine: od ljudi kojih je dio ovaj život, kojima želudac puniš dobrima; kojih su sinovi siti, a djeci daju što im pretekne.

¹⁴From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children.

¹⁵A ja ću u pravdi gledati lice tvoje, i jednom kad se probudim, sit ću ga se nagledati.

¹⁵As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.