< Mazmur 39 >

1 Untuk pemimpin kor. Mazmur Daud. Untuk Yedutun. Pikirku, "Aku mau menjaga diri supaya tidak berdosa dengan lidahku. Aku tak mau berbicara selama orang jahat masih dekat."
I said [to myself], “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say [MTY]. I will not say anything [to complain] while wicked people are near to me [and can hear me].”
2 Aku diam seribu bahasa, sehingga merugikan diriku sendiri. Dan penderitaanku terasa semakin berat;
[So] I was completely silent [DOU], and I did not [even] talk about things that were good, but it was useless, because I began to suffer even more.
3 aku dicekam kecemasan yang hebat. Makin dipikirkan, makin susah hatiku; akhirnya berkatalah aku,
I became very anxious/worried [IDM]. As I thought [about my troubles], I became more worried. Then [finally] I said [MTY],
4 "TUHAN, beritahukanlah kapan ajalku supaya aku tahu betapa pendek hidupku."
“Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live!
5 Betapa singkat Kautentukan umurku! Bagi-Mu jangka hidupku tidak berarti. Sungguh, manusia seperti hembusan napas saja,
[It seems that] you have caused me to live only a short time; (my lifetime/all the time that I have lived) seems like nothing to you. The time that all we humans live is [as short as] [MET] a puff of wind.
6 hidupnya berlalu seperti bayangan. Semua kesibukannya sia-sia belaka; ia menimbun harta, tapi tak tahu siapa akan memakainya.
Then we disappear like a shadow does. It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. We [sometimes] get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it [after we die].
7 Sekarang apa yang kunantikan, ya TUHAN? Pada-Mulah harapanku.
So now, Yahweh, if I expect [RHQ] [to receive blessings from other people], I will be disappointed. You are the [only] one from whom I confidently expect [to receive blessings].
8 Lepaskanlah aku dari semua dosaku, jangan biarkan aku menjadi ejekan orang dungu.
Save me from [being punished for] all the sins that I have committed. And do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.
9 Aku diam dan tidak membuka mulutku, sebab Engkaulah yang menghajar aku.
I did not say anything [when you punished me], because [I knew that] you were the one who caused [me to suffer].
10 Ambillah hukuman-Mu daripadaku, sebab aku hampir mati karena pukulan-Mu.
But now, please stop punishing me! [If you do not do that], I am about to die because of the ways that you [SYN] have struck/afflicted me.
11 Manusia karena kesalahannya; Kauhukum dan Kauhajar seperti ngengat Kauhancurkan apa yang berharga baginya. Sungguh, manusia seperti hembusan napas saja.
When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed, you destroy the things that (he loves/are precious to him), like moths’ [larva] destroy clothing. Our lives [disappear like] a puff of wind.
12 Dengarlah doaku ya TUHAN, perhatikanlah permohonanku; jangan tinggal diam bila aku menangis. Seperti semua nenek moyangku, cuma sebentar saja aku menumpang pada-Mu.
Yahweh, listen to me while I pray; pay attention to me while I cry out to you. Help me while I am crying. I am here on the earth for only a short time, like all my ancestors.
13 Jangan mengganggu aku, supaya aku sedikit senang, sebelum aku pergi dan tak ada lagi.
[Now] please leave me alone, [and do not punish me any more] in order that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die. [EUP, DOU]”

< Mazmur 39 >