Gottes Tempel – ein Trümmerhaufen!

74 Von Asaf, zum Nachdenken.

Gott, warum hast du uns für immer verstoßen?
    Warum lässt du deinen Zorn an uns aus?
    Wir gehören doch zu dir wie Schafe zu ihrem Hirten!
Erinnere dich daran, dass wir dein Volk sind!
    Vor langer Zeit hast du uns angenommen
und uns aus der Gefangenschaft befreit. Wir alle sind dein Eigentum!
    Denke an den Berg Zion, den du dir als Wohnsitz erwählt hast!
Geh über die Trümmer, die schon so lange dort liegen;
    sieh doch: Alles haben die Feinde im Heiligtum verwüstet!
Ihr Triumphgeschrei entweihte die Stätte, wo du uns begegnet bist,
    ihre Fahnen haben sie als Zeichen des Sieges gehisst.
In deinem Tempel sieht es so aus,
    als hätte man darin Kleinholz gehackt:
Die kostbaren Schnitzereien haben sie
    mit Äxten und Brechstangen zertrümmert.
Danach steckten sie dein Heiligtum in Brand,
    sie entweihten den Ort, wo du angebetet wurdest.
Sie hatten vor, uns alle vernichtend zu schlagen,
    im ganzen Land brannten sie die heiligen Stätten nieder.
Nichts mehr deutet darauf hin, dass du noch Herr der Lage bist.[a]
Es gibt keinen Propheten mehr –
    niemand von uns weiß, wie lange das noch so weitergehen soll.
10 Wie lange, Gott, willst du es dir gefallen lassen,
dass die Feinde dich schamlos verhöhnen?
    Sollen sie für immer deinen Namen in den Schmutz ziehen?
11 Warum hältst du dich zurück? Warum greifst du nicht ein?
    Zeige deine Macht und vernichte sie!

12 Gott, seit uralter Zeit bist du unser König[b],
    schon oft hast du unser Land gerettet.
13 Du hast mit deiner Macht das Meer gespalten
    und den Seedrachen die Schädel zerschmettert.
14 Ja, du hast dem Seeungeheuer[c] die Köpfe abgehauen
    und es den Wüstentieren zum Fraß vorgeworfen.
15 Du ließest Quellen und Bäche hervorsprudeln
    und brachtest große Ströme zum Versiegen.
16 Dir gehört der Tag und auch die Nacht,
    du hast die Sonne und den Mond geschaffen.
17 Du hast alle Grenzen der Erde festgelegt,
    hast Sommer und Winter gemacht.

18 Höre doch, Herr, wie deine Feinde dich verhöhnen!
    Dieses gewissenlose Volk zieht deinen Namen in den Schmutz!
19 Liefere uns nicht diesen Raubtieren aus,
    du weißt doch, wie hilflos wir sind![d]
    Sieh unserem Leid nicht länger tatenlos zu,
20 sondern denke an deinen Bund mit uns!
    Selbst in den Schlupfwinkeln des Landes
    ist niemand mehr vor roher Gewalt sicher.
21 Herr, wir werden schwer bedrängt,
lass uns nicht in Schimpf und Schande enden!
    Ohne dich sind wir arm und wehrlos –
    rette uns, damit wir dich loben können!
22 Gott, greife endlich ein, denn ihr Angriff gilt dir!
Sorge dafür, dass du recht behältst!
    Sieh auf diese Meute, die dich Tag für Tag verspottet!
23 Ständig lärmen deine Feinde und lehnen sich gegen dich auf.
    Vergiss ihre Schmähungen nicht!

Footnotes

  1. 74,9 Wörtlich: Zeichen für uns sehen wir nicht.
  2. 74,12 So nach der griechischen Übersetzung. Der hebräische Text lautet: mein König.
  3. 74,14 Wörtlich: dem Leviatan.
  4. 74,19 Wörtlich: Gib das Leben deiner Taube nicht den Tieren preis.

Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause

A Maskil[a] of (A)Asaph.

74 O God, why do you (B)cast us off forever?
    Why does your anger (C)smoke against (D)the sheep of your pasture?
(E)Remember your congregation, which you have (F)purchased of old,
    which you have (G)redeemed to be (H)the tribe of your heritage!
    Remember Mount Zion, (I)where you have dwelt.
Direct your steps to (J)the perpetual ruins;
    the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

Your foes have (K)roared in the midst of your meeting place;
    (L)they set up their (M)own signs for (N)signs.
They were like those who swing (O)axes
    in a forest of trees.[b]
And all its (P)carved wood
    they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
They (Q)set your sanctuary on fire;
    they (R)profaned (S)the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.
They (T)said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
    they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

We do not see our (U)signs;
    (V)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.
10 How long, O God, (W)is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?
11 Why (X)do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
    Take it from the fold of your garment[c] and destroy them!

12 Yet (Y)God my King is from of old,
    working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You (Z)divided the sea by your might;
    you (AA)broke the heads of (AB)the sea monsters[d] on the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of (AC)Leviathan;
    you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
15 You (AD)split open springs and brooks;
    you (AE)dried up ever-flowing streams.
16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
    you have established (AF)the heavenly lights and the sun.
17 You have (AG)fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
    you have made (AH)summer and winter.

18 (AI)Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs,
    and (AJ)a foolish people reviles your name.
19 Do not deliver the soul of your (AK)dove to the wild beasts;
    (AL)do not forget the life of your poor forever.

20 Have regard for (AM)the covenant,
    for (AN)the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
21 Let not (AO)the downtrodden (AP)turn back in shame;
    let (AQ)the poor and needy praise your name.

22 Arise, O God, (AR)defend your cause;
    (AS)remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes,
    (AT)the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 74:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  3. Psalm 74:11 Hebrew from your bosom
  4. Psalm 74:13 Or the great sea creatures

74 Началнику на хора. Не погубвай. Псалом Асафов. Песен.

(A)Славим Те, Боже, славим, защото е близко Твоето име; това разгласят Твоите чудеса.

„Кога избера време, Аз ще извърша съд по правда.

(B)Тресе се земята и всички, които живеят на нея. Аз ще заякча стълбовете ѝ.“

Казвам на ония, които безумствуват: не безумствувайте, и на нечестивците: не дигайте рог,

не подигайте високо вашия рог, не говорете (против Бога) твърдоглаво,

защото въздигането не иде нито от изток, нито от запад, нито от пустинята,

(C)но Бог е съдия: едного унижава, а другиго въздига;

(D)защото чашата е в ръката на Господа, виното – пълна смес – кипи в нея, и Той налива от нея. Дори нейното дрождие ще изцеждат и пият всички нечестивци по земята.

10 Аз пък вечно ще разгласям, ще възпявам името на Бога Иаковов,

11 (E)ще сломя всички рогове на нечестивците, и роговете на праведника ще се възвисят.

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
    the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)
    Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)
Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(J)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Your foes roared(K) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(L) as signs.
They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(M)
They smashed all the carved(N) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(O) the dwelling place(P) of your Name.(Q)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(R) them completely!”
    They burned(S) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

We are given no signs from God;(T)
    no prophets(U) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(V) will the enemy mock(W) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(X) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(Y)
    Take it from the folds of your garment(Z) and destroy them!

12 But God is my King(AA) from long ago;
    he brings salvation(AB) on the earth.

13 It was you who split open the sea(AC) by your power;
    you broke the heads of the monster(AD) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(AE)
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(AF)
15 It was you who opened up springs(AG) and streams;
    you dried up(AH) the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.(AI)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(AJ) of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.(AK)

18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
    how foolish people(AL) have reviled your name.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(AM) to wild beasts;
    do not forget the lives of your afflicted(AN) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(AO)
    because haunts of violence fill the dark places(AP) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(AQ) retreat in disgrace;
    may the poor and needy(AR) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(AS) O God, and defend your cause;
    remember how fools(AT) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(AU) of your adversaries,(AV)
    the uproar(AW) of your enemies,(AX) which rises continually.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term