Slava Dievam, kas taisni tiesā
1 Korvedim. “Neizposti!” Āsāfa psalms . Dziesma.
2 Mēs pateicamies tev, Dievs, mēs pateicamies,
tavs vārds ir tuvu – to liecina tavi brīnumi!
3 Redzi, es nolieku laiku un es taisnīgi tiesāšu –
4 kad sabirzīs zeme un viss, kas tur mīt,
es noturēšu tās stabus!
5 Es lielīgajiem saku: nelielieties!
un ļaundariem: neslejiet ragu!
6 Neslejiet augstu savus ragus,
nerunājiet un nestīvējieties,
7 jo ne no austrumiem, ne rietumiem,
ne no tuksneša, ne kalniem,
8 bet no Dieva – tik viņš tiesās!
Vienus nogāzīs, bet otrus uzcels.
9 Jo kauss Kungam rokā
ar putojošu vīnu, garšvielām jauktu,
viņš lies no tā – jā, līdz mielēm tie sūks,
tie dzers, visi zemes ļaundari!
10 Bet es liecināšu mūžam,
es dziedāšu slavu Jēkaba Dievam!
11 Visu ļaundaru ragus es nozāģēšu –
augstu sliesies taisno ragi!
God the Judge
1 We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks to you!
We proclaim how great you are
and tell of the wonderful things you have done.
2 “I have set a time for judgment,” says God,
“and I will judge with fairness.
3 Though every living creature tremble
and the earth itself be shaken,
I will keep its foundations firm.
4 I tell the wicked not to be arrogant;
5 I tell them to stop their boasting.”
6 Judgment does not come from the east or from the west,
from the north or from the south;
7 it is God who is the judge,
condemning some and acquitting others.
8 The Lord holds a cup in his hand,
filled with the strong wine of his anger.
He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it;
they drink it down to the last drop.
9 But I will never stop speaking of the God of Jacob
or singing praises to him.
10 He will break the power of the wicked,
but the power of the righteous will be increased.
