Mazmur 44
1 Mazmur kaum Korah. Nyanyian pengajaran. Untuk pemimpin kor. Ya Allah, kami telah mendengar sendiri kisah yang diceritakan leluhur kami tentang karya hebat yang Kaulakukan di zaman dahulu.
Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.
2 Engkau sendiri mengusir bangsa-bangsa supaya umat-Mu menetap di negeri mereka. Bangsa-bangsa lain Engkau celakakan, tetapi umat-Mu Kaubiarkan berkembang.
Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
3 Tanah itu tidak mereka rebut dengan pedang; tidak dengan kekuatan sendiri mereka menang, tetapi dengan kuasa dan cahaya kehadiran-Mu, sebab Engkau berkenan kepada umat-Mu.
For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.
4 Engkaulah Rajaku dan Allahku, yang memberi kemenangan kepada umat-Mu.
You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
5 Dengan kuasa-Mu kami mengalahkan musuh kami, dan menaklukkan orang-orang yang menyerang kami.
With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
6 Sebab aku tidak mengandalkan panahku, pedangku pun tak akan menyelamatkan aku.
For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
7 Tapi Engkaulah yang menyelamatkan kami dari lawan, dan mengalahkan orang-orang yang membenci kami.
For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
8 Maka kami akan selalu memegahkan Engkau, dan terus-menerus bersyukur kepada-Mu.
In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
9 Tapi sekarang Engkau meninggalkan kami dan membiarkan kami dikalahkan. Engkau tidak lagi maju bersama barisan kami.
But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
10 Kaubiarkan kami melarikan diri dari musuh kami, dan mereka merampas harta kami.
You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
11 Kaubiarkan kami dibantai seperti domba, dan Kauceraiberaikan kami di antara bangsa-bangsa.
You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
12 Kaujual umat-Mu dengan harga tak seberapa, dan tidak mendapat keuntungan apa-apa.
You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
13 Kaujadikan kami ejekan tetangga-tetangga mereka mengolok-olok dan menertawakan kami.
You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Kaujadikan kami bahan sindiran bangsa-bangsa; mereka menggelengkan kepala sambil menghina kami.
You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Sepanjang hari aku dicela, menanggung malu dan kehilangan muka,
All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
16 karena mendengar ejekan dan penghinaan dari mulut musuh dan pendendam.
before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
17 Semua itu telah menimpa kami walaupun kami tidak melupakan Engkau atau mengkhianati perjanjian-Mu dengan kami.
All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.
18 Hati kami tidak mengingkari Engkau; perintah-Mu tidak kami kesampingkan.
And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
19 Tetapi Kautinggalkan kami dalam kegelapan; kami tak berdaya di antara binatang buas.
For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
20 Andaikata kami tidak lagi menyembah Allah, melainkan berdoa kepada ilah lain,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,
21 Allah pasti akan mengetahuinya, sebab Ia menyelami rahasia hati kami.
will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Demi Engkau kami terus terancam maut, dan diperlakukan seperti domba sembelihan.
For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Bangunlah, ya TUHAN! Mengapa Engkau tidur? Bangkitlah! Jangan menolak kami untuk selamanya.
Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
24 Mengapa Engkau bersembunyi, dan melupakan sengsara serta kesusahan kami?
Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
25 Kami jatuh hancur di tanah, terbaring dalam debu karena kalah.
For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
26 Bangkitlah dan datanglah menolong kami, selamatkanlah kami karena kasih-Mu.
Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
