Mazmur 109
1 Untuk pemimpin kor. Mazmur Daud. Ya Allah yang selalu kupuji, janganlah berdiam diri.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
2 Sebab aku diserang penjahat dan penipu yang menyebarkan cerita-cerita bohong tentang aku.
for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 Mereka menyerang aku dengan kata-kata penuh kebencian, dan memerangi aku tanpa alasan.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 Mereka menuduh aku, walaupun aku mengasihi mereka, dan telah mendoakan mereka.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
5 Mereka membalas kebaikanku dengan kejahatan, dan kasihku dengan kebencian.
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Angkatlah seorang jahat untuk mengadili dia, biarlah ia didakwa oleh lawannya.
Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7 Biarlah ia diadili dan dinyatakan bersalah, dan biarlah doanya dianggap dosa.
When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Biarlah hidupnya lekas berakhir, dan jabatannya diambil oleh orang lain.
Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9 Biarlah anak-anaknya menjadi yatim, dan istrinya menjadi janda.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Biarlah anak-anaknya menjadi pengemis yang mengembara, dan diusir dari reruntuhan rumahnya.
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
11 Biarlah segala miliknya disita oleh penagih utang, dan hasil jerih payahnya dirampas orang.
Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
12 Jangan ada yang baik hati kepadanya, atau menyayangi anak-anak yang ditinggalkannya.
Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
13 Biarlah seluruh keturunannya dibinasakan, dan namanya dilupakan oleh angkatan yang kemudian.
Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Biarlah kejahatan leluhurnya tetap diingat TUHAN, dan dosa ibunya tidak dihapuskan.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Don’t let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Biarlah dosa mereka selalu diingat TUHAN, dan tak ada yang mengenang mereka di bumi.
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth;
16 Sebab orang itu tak pernah ingat untuk menunjukkan kasih sayang. Ia menganiaya orang miskin dan sengsara, dan membunuh orang yang tak berdaya.
because he didn’t remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.
17 Ia suka mengutuk; biarlah ia sendiri kena kutuk! Ia tidak suka memberi berkat, biarlah tak ada berkat untuk dia!
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
18 Baginya mengutuk itu perbuatan biasa, sama seperti mengenakan pakaiannya. Biarlah kutuk itu merembes seperti air ke badannya, dan seperti minyak ke dalam tulang-tulangnya.
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
19 Biarlah kutuk itu menutupi dia seperti pakaian, dan selalu melingkari dia seperti ikat pinggang.
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
20 TUHAN, jatuhkanlah hukuman itu atas penuduhku, atas orang yang bicara jahat tentang aku.
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.
21 Tetapi tolonglah aku sesuai dengan janji-Mu, ya TUHAN Allahku, selamatkanlah aku karena kebaikan dan kasih-Mu.
But deal with me, GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
22 Sebab aku miskin dan sengsara, dan hatiku terluka sampai dalam.
for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
23 Aku hampir hilang seperti bayangan di waktu petang, aku dikebaskan seperti belalang.
I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.
24 Lututku gemetar karena berpuasa, badanku menjadi kurus kering.
My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.
25 Orang-orang yang melihat aku menghina aku sambil menggeleng-gelengkan kepala.
I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.
26 Tolonglah aku, ya TUHAN Allahku, selamatkanlah aku sesuai dengan kasih-Mu.
Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
27 Maka musuhku akan tahu bahwa itu perbuatan-Mu, bahwa Engkau, TUHAN, yang melakukannya.
that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.
28 Walaupun mereka mengutuk aku, semoga Engkau memberkati aku. Biarpun mereka bangkit, mereka akan dipermalukan; tetapi semoga aku, hamba-Mu, digembirakan.
They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.
29 Biarlah orang-orang yang menuduh aku diliputi kehinaan, dan rasa malu menyelubungi mereka seperti jubah.
Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
30 Aku mau memuji TUHAN dengan suara nyaring, memasyhurkan Dia di tengah himpunan umat.
I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 Sebab Ia membela dan menyelamatkan orang miskin dari mereka yang menjatuhkan hukuman mati ke atasnya.
For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul.
