< Psalms 141 >
1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you.
Mazmur Daud. Aku berseru kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN, tolonglah aku segera! Dengarlah aku bila aku berseru kepada-Mu.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice.
Terimalah doaku sebagai persembahan dupa, dan tanganku yang terentang sebagai kurban malam.
3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.
Ya TUHAN, jagalah mulutku dan awasilah bibirku.
4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones.
Jauhkanlah aku dari keinginan berbuat jahat. Jangan biarkan aku bergabung dengan orang durhaka dan ikut makan dalam pesta mereka.
5 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
Jika seorang baik menegur aku, dan dengan tulus menghajar aku, itu seperti minyak yang paling baik bagiku. Semoga aku tidak menolaknya, sebab aku terus berdoa menentang kejahatan mereka.
6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.
Bila para penguasa mereka dicampakkan dari tebing-tebing batu, mereka akan mengakui bahwa kata-kataku benar.
7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. (Sheol )
Tulang-tulang kita akan dihamburkan di tepi kuburan seperti sebuah batu dihancurkan ke tanah. (Sheol )
8 For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life.
Tetapi aku tetap berharap kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN Allahku, jangan biarkan aku mati, sebab aku berlindung pada-Mu.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
Lindungilah aku dari jerat yang dipasang bagiku, dari perangkap penjahat-penjahat itu.
10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
Biarlah mereka jatuh ke dalam jeratnya sendiri, tetapi semoga aku selamat.