Mazmur 55
1 Untuk pemimpin kor. Dengan permainan kecapi. Nyanyian pengajaran Daud. Ya Allah, dengarlah doaku, jangan berpaling dari permohonanku.
“For the leader of the music. To be sung on stringed instruments. A psalm of David.” Give ear to my prayer, O God! Hide not thyself from my supplication!
2 Perhatikanlah aku dan jawablah aku, aku hancur karena kesusahanku.
Attend unto me, and hear me! I wander about mourning and wailing,
3 Hatiku gelisah oleh ancaman musuh dan penindasan orang jahat. Sebab mereka menyusahkan hidupku, dan dengan marah memusuhi aku.
On account of the clamors of the enemy, On account of the violence of the wicked. For they bring evil upon me, And in wrath set themselves against me.
4 Hatiku sangat gelisah, kengerian maut menghantui diriku.
My heart trembleth in my bosom, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Aku diliputi kegentaran dan ketakutan, dicekam oleh perasaan seram.
Fear and trembling have seized me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 Ah, sekiranya aku bersayap seperti merpati, aku akan terbang mencari tempat yang tenang.
Then I say, O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Ya, aku akan terbang jauh sekali, dan berdiam di padang gurun.
Behold, I would wander far away, And take up my abode in a wilderness. (Pause)
8 Aku akan bergegas mencari tempat berlindung terhadap badai dan angin ribut.
I would hasten away to a shelter From the rushing wind and tempest.
9 Ya TUHAN, bingungkanlah musuh-musuhku, kacaukanlah percakapan mereka, sebab di kota kulihat kekerasan dan perkelahian.
Confound, O Lord! divide their counsels! For I behold violence and strife in the city.
10 Siang malam mereka berkeliling, melakukan kejahatan dan menimbulkan kekacauan.
Day and night do these go about its walls; In the midst of it are iniquity and mischief.
11 Di mana-mana ada penghancuran; penindasan dan penipuan merajalela di pasar.
Wickedness is in the midst of it; Oppression and fraud depart not from its streets.
12 Sekiranya musuh yang mencela aku, aku masih bisa tahan. Sekiranya lawan yang menghina aku, aku masih bisa bersembunyi dari dia.
It was not an enemy that reviled me, Then I could have borne it; Nor one that hated me, who rose up against me; From him I could have hid myself.
13 Tapi justru engkau, rekanku, sahabatku, kawan dekatku yang mengkhianati aku.
But it was thou, a man my equal, My friend, and my acquaintance.
14 Dahulu kita bergaul dengan ramah, dan biasa beribadat bersama-sama di Rumah Tuhan.
We held sweet converse together, And walked to the house of God in company.
15 Biarlah musuhku mati mendadak dan hidup-hidup turun ke dunia orang mati, sebab kejahatan ada di rumah mereka, di tengah-tengah mereka. (Sheol h7585)
May sudden death seize upon them! May they go down to the underworld alive! For wickedness is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
16 Tetapi aku berseru kepada Allah, TUHAN akan menyelamatkan aku.
As for me, I will call upon God, And Jehovah will save me.
17 Siang malam aku mengeluh dan menangis, dan Ia mendengar suaraku.
At evening, at morn, and at noon I mourn and sigh, And he will hear my voice.
18 Ia menyelamatkan aku dari serangan musuh, yang berduyun-duyun melawan aku.
He will deliver me in peace from my conflict; For many have risen up against me.
19 Allah yang memerintah dari kekal akan mendengar aku dan mengalahkan mereka. Sebab mereka tidak mau bertobat, dan tidak takut kepada Allah.
God will hear me, and bring them down, —He that hath been judge of old. (Pause) Because they have no changes, Therefore they fear not God.
20 Bekas kawanku menyerang teman-temannya, ia mengingkari janjinya.
They lift up their hands against their friend, And break their covenant with him.
21 Kata-katanya halus merayu, tetapi dalam hatinya ada kebencian. Bicaranya lemah lembut, tetapi menusuk seperti pedang yang tajam.
Their speech was softer than butter, But war was in their heart; Their words were smoother than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
22 Serahkanlah kekhawatiranmu kepada TUHAN, maka Ia akan menopang engkau; sebab orang jujur tidak dibiarkan-Nya dikalahkan.
“Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to fall!”
23 Tetapi Engkau, ya Allah, akan menjebloskan mereka ke dalam lubang yang paling dalam. Para penipu dan penumpah darah tak akan mencapai separuh umur mereka. Tetapi aku percaya kepada-Mu.
Yea, thou, O God! wilt bring them down into the lowest pit! Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee!
