Mazmur 141
1 Mazmur Daud. Aku berseru kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN, tolonglah aku segera! Dengarlah aku bila aku berseru kepada-Mu.
Yahweh, I call out to you; [please] help me quickly! Listen to me when I am calling to you.
2 Terimalah doaku sebagai persembahan dupa, dan tanganku yang terentang sebagai kurban malam.
Accept my prayer as though it were incense [being burned as an offering] [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands [to pray] to you like you accept sacrifices [that I offer to you each] evening [SIM].
3 Ya TUHAN, jagalah mulutku dan awasilah bibirku.
Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong; guard my lips.
4 Jauhkanlah aku dari keinginan berbuat jahat. Jangan biarkan aku bergabung dengan orang durhaka dan ikut makan dalam pesta mereka.
Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong, and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU]. Do not [even] allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!
5 Jika seorang baik menegur aku, dan dengan tulus menghajar aku, itu seperti minyak yang paling baik bagiku. Semoga aku tidak menolaknya, sebab aku terus berdoa menentang kejahatan mereka.
It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me [to teach me to do what is right], but I do not want wicked [people] to [honor me by] anointing my head with [olive] oil; I am always praying [that you will punish them because of] the wicked deeds [that they do].
6 Bila para penguasa mereka dicampakkan dari tebing-tebing batu, mereka akan mengakui bahwa kata-kataku benar.
When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, people will know that what you, Yahweh, said [about them] is true.
7 Tulang-tulang kita akan dihamburkan di tepi kuburan seperti sebuah batu dihancurkan ke tanah. (Sheol h7585)
Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM], their shattered bones will be scattered [on the ground] near [other] graves. (Sheol h7585)
8 Tetapi aku tetap berharap kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN Allahku, jangan biarkan aku mati, sebab aku berlindung pada-Mu.
But Yahweh God, I [continue to] ask you [to help me]. I ask you to protect me; do not allow me to (die/be killed) [now]!
9 Lindungilah aku dari jerat yang dipasang bagiku, dari perangkap penjahat-penjahat itu.
[It is as though] people have set traps for me; protect me from falling into those traps, [It is as though] they have spread nets to catch me; keep me from being caught in those nets.
10 Biarlah mereka jatuh ke dalam jeratnya sendiri, tetapi semoga aku selamat.
I desire that wicked [people] will fall into the traps they have set [to catch me] while I escape [from them].
