¹Surely God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

¹Psalam. Asafov Kako je dobar Bog čestitima, Bog onima koji su čista srca!

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

²A meni umalo noge ne posrnuše, zamalo koraci ne okliznuše,

³For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

³jer zločincima zavidjeh motreći sreću grešnika.

⁴For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

⁴Nikakvu patnju ne snose, pretilo je tijelo njihovo.

⁵They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

⁵Ne žive u mukama smrtnika, ljudske ih nevolje ne biju.

⁶Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

⁶Stoga je oholost ogrlica vratu njihovu, a nasilje haljina koja ih pokriva.

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

⁷Iz pretila srca izlazi opakost njihova, srca im se prelijevaju ispraznim tlapnjama.

⁸They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

⁸Podsmjehuju se i zlobno govore, nasiljem prijete odozgo.

⁹They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

⁹Ustima na nebo nasrću, a jezik se njihov obara na zemlju.

¹⁰Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

¹⁰Zato moj narod za njima leti i srče obilne vode

¹¹They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

¹¹pa veli: "Kako da dozna Bog? Spoznaje li Svevišnji?"

¹²Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

¹²Eto, takvi su grešnici: uvijek spokojni, bogatstvo zgrću.

¹³Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

¹³Jesam li, dakle, samo ja uzalud čuvao srce čisto i u nedužnosti prao ruke

¹⁴For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

¹⁴kad sam primao udarce svaki dan i kaznu jutro za jutrom?

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

¹⁵Da sam kazao: "Govorit ću kao i oni", izdao bih rod sinova tvojih.

¹⁶When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁶Promišljah tada da bih spoznao: al' mi se učini mučno u očima mojim

¹⁷Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

¹⁷sve dok ne nađoh ulaz u Božje svetinje pa prozreh kakav im je svršetak.

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

¹⁸Zaista, na klizavu stazu ti ih postavljaš, u propast ih obaraš.

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

¹⁹Kako učas propadoše, nestaše, užas ih izjede!

²⁰As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

²⁰Kao što čovjek prezire san kad se probudi, tako ćeš, Gospode, prezreti lik im kada ustaneš.

²¹For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

²¹Kad mi duša bijaše ojađena, a bubrezi probodeni,

²²I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

²²bezumnik bijah bez razbora, k'o živinče pred tobom.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

²³Al' ću odsad uvijek biti s tobom, jer ti prihvati desnicu moju:

²⁴You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁴vodit ćeš me po naumu svojem da me zatim uzmeš u slavu svoju.

²⁵Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

²⁵Koga ja imam u nebu osim tebe? Kad sam s tobom, ne veselim se zemlji.

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁶Malaksalo mi tijelo i srce: okrilje srca moga, i baštino moja, o Bože, dovijeka!

²⁷For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

²⁷Doista, propast će oni koji se udaljuju od tebe, istrebljuješ svakog tko ti se iznevjeri.

²⁸But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

²⁸A meni je milina biti u Božjoj blizini, imati sklonište svoje u Jahvi. Pripovijedat ću sva tvoja djela na vratima Kćeri sionske.