Psalms 39
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before 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 dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Aku diam seribu bahasa, sehingga merugikan diriku sendiri. Dan penderitaanku terasa semakin berat;
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,
aku dicekam kecemasan yang hebat. Makin dipikirkan, makin susah hatiku; akhirnya berkatalah aku,
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
"TUHAN, beritahukanlah kapan ajalku supaya aku tahu betapa pendek hidupku."
5 Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before you: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. (Selah)
Betapa singkat Kautentukan umurku! Bagi-Mu jangka hidupku tidak berarti. Sungguh, manusia seperti hembusan napas saja,
6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
hidupnya berlalu seperti bayangan. Semua kesibukannya sia-sia belaka; ia menimbun harta, tapi tak tahu siapa akan memakainya.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you.
Sekarang apa yang kunantikan, ya TUHAN? Pada-Mulah harapanku.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Lepaskanlah aku dari semua dosaku, jangan biarkan aku menjadi ejekan orang dungu.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it.
Aku diam dan tidak membuka mulutku, sebab Engkaulah yang menghajar aku.
10 Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand.
Ambillah hukuman-Mu daripadaku, sebab aku hampir mati karena pukulan-Mu.
11 When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. (Selah)
Manusia karena kesalahannya; Kauhukum dan Kauhajar seperti ngengat Kauhancurkan apa yang berharga baginya. Sungguh, manusia seperti hembusan napas saja.
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, 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 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go behind, and be no more.
Jangan mengganggu aku, supaya aku sedikit senang, sebelum aku pergi dan tak ada lagi.
