¹Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.

¹Davidov. Optuži, Jahve, tužitelje moje i napadni one koji mene napadaju!

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

²Stavi oklop, uzmi štit svoj i ustani meni u pomoć!

³Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

³Zavitlaj kopljem i presretni progonitelje moje, reci mojoj duši: "Ja sam tvoje spasenje."

⁴Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

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, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.

⁵Nek' budu k'o pljeva na vjetru kad ih Anđeo Jahvin potjera!

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh’s angel pursuing them.

⁶Mračni i skliski bili im putovi kad ih Anđeo Jahvin bude gonio!

⁷For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

⁷Bez razloga napeše mi mrežu, bez razloga grob duši mojoj iskopaše.

⁸Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

⁸Propast će ih stići iznenada, u mrežu koju napeše sami će se uhvatiti, past će u jamu što je iskopaše!

⁹My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation.

⁹A moja će duše klicati u Jahvi, radovat će se u spasenju njegovu.

¹⁰All my bones shall say, “Yahweh, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”

¹⁰Sve će kosti moje govoriti: Tko je, Jahve, poput tebe koji ubogog spasavaš od silnika, jadnika i siromaha od pljačkaša?

¹¹Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.

¹¹Ustadoše svjedoci opaki: pitaju me za ono što ne znam.

¹²They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving 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 afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

¹³U bolesti njihovoj nosio sam kostrijet, dušu svoju postom morio, i molitva mi se u krilo vraćala.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

¹⁴Kao za prijateljem, za bratom - obilažah tužan; od žalosti se pogurih kao onaj što za majkom žali.

¹⁵But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

¹⁵A sada kad posrnuh ja, oni se raduju, skupiše se protiv mene da udare iznenada, i bez prestanka oni me razdiru.

¹⁶Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.

¹⁶Ruglom na ruglo iskušavaju me i zubima škripaju na mene.

¹⁷Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

¹⁷O Jahve, dokle ćeš gledati? Istrgni mi dušu nasrtajima njihovim, otmi lavovima jedino dobro moje!

¹⁸I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

¹⁸Zahvalit ću ti u velikom zboru, slavit ću te među pukom brojnim.

¹⁹Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.

¹⁹Nek' se ne raduju nada mnom dušmani nepravedni, nek' ne namiguju očima oni koji me nizašto mrze!

²⁰For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

²⁰Jer oni ne misle o miru, već spletke snuju protiv mirnih u zemlji.

²¹Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”

²¹Razvaljuju svoja usta na me i govore: "Ha, ha, vidjesmo očima svojim!"

²²You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

²²Ti sve vidiš, o Jahve! Nemoj šutjeti! Gospode, od mene se ne udaljuj!

²³Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

²³Preni se, ustani da me obraniš, Bože moj, Gospode, vodi parnicu moju!

²⁴Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.

²⁴Po svojoj me pravdi sudi, Jahve, Bože moj, nek' se ne raduju nada mnom!

²⁵Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁵Nek' ne misle u srcu: "Ispunila nam se želja!" Nek' ne reknu: "Progutali smo ga!"

²⁶Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who 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, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, who has 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!"

²⁸A moj će jezik kazivati pravdu tvoju i hvalu tebi navijeke.