Psalms 40

1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

Untuk pemimpin kor. Mazmur Daud.

2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

Ia menarik aku dari lubang yang berbahaya, dari lumpur rawa. Ia menempatkan aku di atas bukit batu, sehingga langkahku mantap.

3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

Ia mengajar aku menyanyikan lagu baru, lagu pujian untuk Allah kita. Banyak orang melihatnya dan menjadi takut, lalu percaya kepada TUHAN.

4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

Berbahagialah orang yang percaya kepada TUHAN, yang tidak ikut menyembah dewa-dewa, atau minta tolong kepada orang sombong.

5 Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

TUHAN, betapa banyaknya karya-Mu bagi kami, ya TUHAN Allahku, Engkau tak ada taranya! Banyaklah rencana-Mu yang menakjubkan bagi kami, tak mungkin diceritakan semuanya.

6 Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

Persembahan dan kurban sajian tidak Kausukai, kurban bakaran dan kurban penghapus dosa tidak Kautuntut. Tetapi Engkau telah memberi aku telinga yang dapat mendengar suara-Mu.

7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.

Lalu aku berkata, "Inilah aku, dalam gulungan buku tertulis bagiku.

8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

Aku senang melakukan kehendak-Mu, ya Allah, hukum-Mu kusimpan di dalam hati."

9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, LORD, you know.

Dalam himpunan umat-Mu kuwartakan kabar gembira bahwa Engkau telah menyelamatkan kami. Dengan tiada hentinya hal itu kumaklumkan, Engkau tahu semua itu, ya TUHAN.

10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

Kabar keselamatan itu tidak kusimpan dalam hati, pertolongan dan kesetiaan-Mu selalu kuberitakan. Di depan himpunan umat-Mu aku tidak berdiam diri, tetapi kumaklumkan kasih dan kesetiaan-Mu.

11 Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, LORD. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

TUHAN, janganlah berhenti mengasihani aku; lindungilah aku selalu dengan kasih dan kesetiaan-Mu.

12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

Aku dikepung malapetaka yang banyak, jumlahnya tak dapat dihitung. Aku dikejar dosa-dosaku sampai aku tak dapat melihat. Jumlahnya melebihi rambut di kepalaku, membuat aku putus asa.

13 Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.

Ya TUHAN, selamatkanlah aku, TUHAN bergegaslah menolong aku!

14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

Biarlah orang yang ingin membunuh aku dikalahkan dan lari kebingungan. Biarlah orang yang menyoraki kemalanganku dipukul mundur dan dihina.

15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”

Biarlah orang yang menertawakan aku menjadi terkejut dan malu.

16 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let the LORD be exalted!”

Semoga semua orang yang menyembah Engkau bersukacita dan bergembira, dan semua yang mencintai keselamatan daripada-Mu terus berkata, "Sungguh agunglah TUHAN!"

17 But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.

Aku ini miskin dan lemah, tetapi TUHAN memperhatikan aku. Engkaulah penolong dan penyelamatku, jangan berlambat, ya Allahku!