Psalms 39
1 Unto the end. For Jeduthun himself. A Canticle of David. I said, “I will keep to my ways, so that I will not offend with my tongue.” I posted a guard at my mouth, when a sinner took up a position against me.
Untuk pemimpin kor. Mazmur Daud. Untuk Yedutun. Pikirku, "Aku mau menjaga diri supaya tidak berdosa dengan lidahku. Aku tak mau berbicara selama orang jahat masih dekat."
2 I was silenced and humbled, and I was quiet before good things, and my sorrow was renewed.
Aku diam seribu bahasa, sehingga merugikan diriku sendiri. Dan penderitaanku terasa semakin berat;
3 My heart grew hot within me, and, during my (meditation) a fire would flare up.
aku dicekam kecemasan yang hebat. Makin dipikirkan, makin susah hatiku; akhirnya berkatalah aku,
4 I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord, make me know my end, and what the number of my days will be, so that I may know what is lacking to me.”
"TUHAN, beritahukanlah kapan ajalku supaya aku tahu betapa pendek hidupku."
5 Behold, you have made my days measurable, and, before you, my substance is as nothing. Yet truly, all things are vanity: every living man.
Betapa singkat Kautentukan umurku! Bagi-Mu jangka hidupku tidak berarti. Sungguh, manusia seperti hembusan napas saja,
6 So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so, he is disquieted in vain. He stores up, and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.
hidupnya berlalu seperti bayangan. Semua kesibukannya sia-sia belaka; ia menimbun harta, tapi tak tahu siapa akan memakainya.
7 And now, what is it that awaits me? Is it not the Lord? And my substance is with you.
Sekarang apa yang kunantikan, ya TUHAN? Pada-Mulah harapanku.
8 Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as a reproach to the foolish.
Lepaskanlah aku dari semua dosaku, jangan biarkan aku menjadi ejekan orang dungu.
9 I was silenced, and I did not open my mouth, because it was you who acted.
Aku diam dan tidak membuka mulutku, sebab Engkaulah yang menghajar aku.
10 Remove your scourges from me.
Ambillah hukuman-Mu daripadaku, sebab aku hampir mati karena pukulan-Mu.
11 I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
Manusia karena kesalahannya; Kauhukum dan Kauhajar seperti ngengat Kauhancurkan apa yang berharga baginya. Sungguh, manusia seperti hembusan napas saja.
12 O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.
Dengarlah doaku ya TUHAN, perhatikanlah permohonanku; jangan tinggal diam bila aku menangis. Seperti semua nenek moyangku, cuma sebentar saja aku menumpang pada-Mu.
13 Forgive me, so that I may be refreshed, before I will go forth and be no more.
Jangan mengganggu aku, supaya aku sedikit senang, sebelum aku pergi dan tak ada lagi.
