< Psalms 28 >

1 [By David.] To you, LORD, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
Mazmur Daud. Ya TUHAN, kepada-Mu aku berseru, Engkau pembelaku, dengarlah seruanku. Bila Engkau membisu terhadapku, aku seperti orang yang turun ke liang kubur.
2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
Dengarlah permohonanku bila aku berteriak minta tolong, dan mengangkat tanganku ke arah Rumah-Mu yang suci.
3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, with evildoers who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
Jangan menumpas aku bersama orang durhaka, bersama orang yang melakukan kejahatan. Mereka berbicara dengan ramah, tetapi hati mereka penuh kebusukan.
4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
Hukumlah mereka karena perbuatan mereka, karena kejahatan yang mereka lakukan. Hukumlah mereka sesuai dengan perbuatan mereka; berilah mereka hukuman yang setimpal.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
Mereka tidak mengindahkan perbuatan TUHAN, atau apa yang dikerjakan-Nya. Maka Ia akan menghukum mereka, dan membinasakan mereka untuk selama-lamanya.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
Terpujilah TUHAN, sebab Ia telah mendengar permohonanku.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
TUHAN pelindung dan pembelaku, aku percaya kepada-Nya. Ia menolong dan menggirangkan hatiku, aku memuji Dia dengan lagu syukur.
8 The LORD is the strength of his people. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
TUHAN memberi kekuatan kepada umat-Nya, Ia membela dan menyelamatkan raja pilihan-Nya.
9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
Selamatkanlah umat-Mu, ya TUHAN, berkatilah orang-orang milik-Mu. Jadilah seperti seorang gembala bagi mereka, dan jagalah mereka untuk selama-lamanya.

< Psalms 28 >