Psalms 7
1 Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
Nyanyian ratapan Daud, yang dinyanyikan untuk TUHAN karena Kush, orang Benyamin itu. Ya TUHAN, Allahku, pada-Mu aku berlindung; selamatkanlah aku dari semua orang yang mengejar aku dan lepaskanlah aku,
2 If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
supaya jangan mereka seperti singa menerkam aku dan menyeret aku, dengan tidak ada yang melepaskan.
3 Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
Ya TUHAN, Allahku, jika aku berbuat ini: jika ada kecurangan di tanganku,
4 if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
jika aku melakukan yang jahat terhadap orang yang hidup damai dengan aku, atau merugikan orang yang melawan aku dengan tidak ada alasannya,
5 allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
maka musuh kiranya mengejar aku sampai menangkap aku, dan menginjak-injak hidupku ke tanah, dan menaruh kemuliaanku ke dalam debu. (Sela)
6 But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
Bangkitlah, TUHAN, dalam murka-Mu, berdirilah menghadapi geram orang-orang yang melawan aku, bangunlah untukku, ya Engkau yang telah memerintahkan penghakiman!
7 Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
Biarlah bangsa-bangsa berkumpul mengelilingi Engkau, dan bertakhtalah di atas mereka di tempat yang tinggi.
8 Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
TUHAN mengadili bangsa-bangsa. Hakimilah aku, TUHAN, apakah aku benar, dan apakah aku tulus ikhlas.
9 God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
Biarlah berakhir kejahatan orang fasik, tetapi teguhkanlah orang yang benar, Engkau, yang menguji hati dan batin orang, ya Allah yang adil.
10 God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
Perisai bagiku adalah Allah, yang menyelamatkan orang-orang yang tulus hati;
11 You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
Allah adalah Hakim yang adil dan Allah yang murka setiap saat.
12 Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
Sungguh, kembali ia mengasah pedangnya, melentur busurnya dan membidik.
13 You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
Terhadap dirinya ia mempersiapkan senjata-senjata yang mematikan, dan membuat anak panahnya menjadi menyala.
14 Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
Sesungguhnya, orang itu hamil dengan kejahatan, ia mengandung kelaliman dan melahirkan dusta.
15 But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
Ia membuat lobang dan menggalinya, tetapi ia sendiri jatuh ke dalam pelubang yang dibuatnya.
16 They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
Kelaliman yang dilakukannya kembali menimpa kepalanya, dan kekerasannya turun menimpa batu kepalanya.
17 I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
Aku hendak bersyukur kepada TUHAN karena keadilan-Nya, dan bermazmur bagi nama TUHAN, Yang Mahatinggi.
