Psalms 74
1 [A contemplation by Asaph.] God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
Nyanyian pengajaran Asaf. Ya Allah, untuk selamanyakah Kautinggalkan kami? Mengapa Engkau terus marah kepada umat-Mu sendiri?
2 Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
Ingatlah umat-Mu yang Kaupilih sejak dahulu, bangsa yang Kaubebaskan agar menjadi milik-Mu. Ingatlah akan Bukit Sion, yang Kaujadikan tempat kediaman-Mu.
3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Jejakilah tempat yang sudah menjadi reruntuhan; segalanya di Rumah-Mu telah dihancurkan musuh.
4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.
Musuh-musuh-Mu berteriak-teriak di Rumah-Mu, dan mendirikan panji-panji kemenangan di situ.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
Mereka seperti penebang kayu yang mengayunkan kapaknya, untuk menebang pohon-pohon di hutan.
6 Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
Semua ukiran kayu mereka hancurkan dengan kapak dan palu.
7 They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
Mereka membakar Rumah-Mu sampai musnah; dan menajiskan tempat Engkau disembah.
8 They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
Mereka mau menaklukkan kami sama sekali, dan membakar habis semua tempat ibadat di negeri ini.
9 We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
Nabi-nabi dan tanda-tanda ajaib tak tampak lagi, dan tak seorang pun tahu sampai kapan terus begini.
10 How long, God, shall the enemy mock? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
Sampai kapan, ya Allah, musuh mengejek Engkau? Sampai selamanyakah mereka menghina nama-Mu?
11 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them.
Mengapa Engkau tidak lagi menolong kami? Mengapa Engkau lepas tangan dari kami?
12 Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Sejak semula Engkaulah rajaku, ya Allah, Engkaulah yang menyelamatkan kami.
13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
Dengan kekuatan yang dahsyat Engkau membelah laut, dan memecahkan kepala naga-naga laut.
14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
Engkau meremukkan kepala-kepala Lewiatan dan menjadikan dia makanan penghuni padang gurun.
15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.
Engkau mengalirkan mata air dan sungai; sungai yang besar Kaujadikan kering.
16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Engkaulah yang menciptakan siang dan malam, serta menentukan tempat matahari dan bulan.
17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.
Engkau menetapkan batas-batas bumi, membuat musim kemarau dan musim hujan.
18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
Ingatlah bagaimana musuh menghina Engkau, ya TUHAN, bangsa yang tidak mengenal Engkau menghujat nama-Mu.
19 Do not deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Do not forget the life of your poor forever.
Jangan menyerahkan umat-Mu yang tak berdaya ke tangan musuh yang kejam. Jangan untuk selamanya melupakan nasib umat-Mu yang malang.
20 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
Ingatlah perjanjian yang Kaubuat dengan kami, sebab orang melakukan kekerasan di setiap tempat gelap di negeri ini.
21 Do not let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
Jangan membiarkan orang tertindas dipermalukan, semoga orang sengsara dan miskin memuji Engkau.
22 Arise, God. Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
Bangkitlah ya Allah, belalah perkara-Mu! Sebab sepanjang hari Engkau dihina oleh orang-orang yang tidak percaya kepada-Mu.
23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
Jangan lupa teriakan musuh-musuh-Mu, keributan lawan-lawan-Mu yang semakin keras!
