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

¹{Psalm Asafov.} Zares, dober je Bog Izraelu, njim, ki so čistega srca.

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

²Jaz pa – malo da se niso spoteknile noge moje, skoraj nič, da niso izpoddrsnili koraki moji.

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

³Zakaj zavidal sem prevzetnikom, ko sem gledal brezbožnih blagostanje.

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

⁴Ker ni ga trpljenja do njih smrti, poln zdravja je njih život.

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

⁵Njim se ni truditi kakor drugim smrtnikom, in kakor druge ljudi jih ne tepo nadloge.

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

⁶Zato jim je ošabnost okrog vratu kot verižica, silovitost jih pokriva kakor obleka.

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

⁷Oči jim gledajo debele iz polti zalite, v domišljavosti srca prestopajo vse meje.

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

⁸Rogajo se in hudobno govoré o zatiranju, govoré kot vzvišeni nad vse.

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

⁹Proti nebu dvigajo usta in kar izreče njih jezik, mora veljati na zemlji.

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

¹⁰Zato hiti za njimi njih ljudstvo, in njih nauke srkajo kot vodo obilo.

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

¹¹In govoré: Kako naj Bog ve? Ali je pač kaj znanja pri Najvišjem?

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

¹²Glejte! ti so brezbožni in, vsekdar živeč brez skrbi, kopičijo bogastvo!

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

¹³Res, zastonj sem čistil srce svoje in v nedolžnosti umival svoje roke,

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

¹⁴ker sem bil vendarle tepen ves dan, in kazen me je iznova zadela vsako jutro. –

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

¹⁵Ako bi bil jaz rekel: Govoril bom istotako, glej, nezvest bi bil rodu tvojih otrok.

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

¹⁶Tedaj sem premišljal, da bi to razumel, a pretežavno je bilo očem mojim.

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

¹⁷Dokler nisem stopil v svetišča Boga mogočnega in zagledal njih konca.

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

¹⁸Zares, na polzka tla si jih postavil, treščiš jih, da bodo v podrtine.

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

¹⁹Kako so hipoma opustošeni, konec jih je, poginili so v grozah!

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

²⁰So kakor sanje, ko se je zbudil kdo; tako, Gospod, ko se zbudiš, uničiš njih podobo.

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

²¹Ko se mi je grenkobe polnilo srce in me je bodlo v ledicah mojih,

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

²²tedaj sem bil brezpameten in nisem vedel ničesar, kakor živina sem bil pred teboj.

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

²³A vendar sem vedno s teboj, ker si me prijel za desnico mojo.

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

²⁴Po svetu svojem me boš vodil in naposled sprejel v slavo.

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

²⁵Kdo bi mi bil v nebesih razen tebe? in če tebe imam, se ne veselim ničesar na zemlji.

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

²⁶Najsi peša meso moje in srce moje – skala srca mojega in delež moj je Bog vekomaj.

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

²⁷Ker glej, kateri so daleč od tebe, poginejo; pokončaš ga, kdorkoli se s prešeštvovanjem izneveri tebi.Jaz pa – dobro mi je, da sem blizu Boga; v Gospoda Jehovo stavim pribežališče svoje, da oznanjam vsa dela tvoja.

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.

²⁸Jaz pa – dobro mi je, da sem blizu Boga; v Gospoda Jehovo stavim pribežališče svoje, da oznanjam vsa dela tvoja.