Mazmur 59
1 Untuk pemimpin kor. Menurut lagu: Jangan memusnahkan. Mazmur dari Daud, ketika Saul menyuruh orang mengawasi rumahnya untuk membunuh dia. Ya Allahku, selamatkanlah aku dari musuh-musuhku, lindungilah aku terhadap orang yang menyerang aku.
God, save me from my enemies! Protect me from those who want to attack me!
2 Lepaskanlah aku dari orang yang berbuat jahat, luputkanlah aku dari pembunuh-pembunuh.
Rescue me from men who want to do what is wicked, men who are murderers!
3 Lihat, mereka menghadang hendak membunuh aku, orang-orang kejam bergabung melawan aku; padahal bukan karena aku telah berbuat dosa atau melakukan pelanggaran, ya TUHAN.
Look! They are waiting to kill me! Fierce men have gathered to assault me. Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done what is wrong!
4 Bukan juga karena kesalahanku, mereka bergegas-gegas dan bersiap-siap.
It is not because I have committed any sin [against them] that they run and get ready to attack me.
5 Bangkitlah, Allah Yang Mahatinggi, tolonglah aku. Ya Allah Israel, saksikanlah sendiri. Bangunlah dan hukumlah bangsa-bangsa, jangan mengasihani orang jahat yang berkhianat.
Yahweh my God, commander of the armies of heaven, the one we Israelis [worship], arise and punish the [ungodly/heathen people of] all the nations; do not be merciful to those [wicked people] who have (acted treacherously toward/secretly planned to harm) us.
6 Pada waktu senja mereka kembali, menggeram seperti anjing sambil mengelilingi kota.
They return each evening, snarling like vicious dogs [SIM] as they prowl around this city.
7 Mereka terus menyindir dan menghina; kata-kata mereka tajam seperti pedang, mereka menyangka tak ada yang mendengar.
They loudly say terrible things; they say [MTY] many things that [injure people like] [MET] swords do, but they think, “No one will [RHQ] hear us!”
8 Tetapi Engkau menertawakan mereka, ya TUHAN, semua bangsa itu Kaucemoohkan.
But Yahweh, you laugh at them. You (scoff at/ridicule) the [people of the pagan] nations.
9 Engkaulah kekuatanku, aku berharap kepada-Mu, Engkau tempat pengungsianku, ya Allah.
God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; you are my refuge.
10 Karena kebaikan-Nya Allahku datang kepadaku, Ia membiarkan aku melihat musuhku dikalahkan.
Because you love me, you will come to save me; you will allow me to watch while you defeat my enemies.
11 Janganlah membunuh mereka, ya TUHAN, supaya bangsaku jangan lupa. Cerai-beraikanlah dan kalahkanlah mereka dengan kuasa-Mu, ya TUHAN pelindung kami.
But do not kill them [immediately] in order that my people will not forget [how you punished them]! [Instead], Lord, [you who are like a] shield [that protects us] [MET], scatter them by your power, and [then] defeat them.
12 Sebab mereka berdosa dengan kata-kata mereka; biarlah mereka terjerat dalam kesombongannya, karena mereka suka mengutuk dan berdusta.
Because what they say [MTY] is sinful, allow them to be trapped for being proud. Because they are [always] cursing and telling lies,
13 Binasakanlah mereka dalam kemarahan-Mu, ya Allah, binasakanlah mereka sampai habis. Maka setiap orang tahu bahwa Allah memerintah Israel, dan pemerintahan-Nya meluas di seluruh bumi.
because you are angry, get rid of them; destroy them completely in order that people will know that you rule over us, your Israeli people, and that you rule over all the earth.
14 Pada waktu senja mereka kembali, menggeram seperti anjing sambil mengelilingi kota.
My enemies return each evening, snarling like [vicious] dogs as they prowl around this city.
15 Mereka mengembara mencari makan, dan melolong kalau tidak kenyang.
They roam around, searching for food; and if they do not find enough, they growl.
16 Tetapi aku menyanyi tentang kekuatan-Mu; setiap pagi aku menyanyi dengan nyaring tentang kasih dan kesetiaan-Mu. Sebab Engkaulah tempat pengungsianku, tempat aku berlindung di waktu susah.
But [as for me], I will sing about your power; [every] morning I will sing joyfully about your faithfully loving [us]. I will sing about how you protected me when I was [very] distressed.
17 Ya Allah, kekuatanku, kunyanyikan puji-pujian bagi-Mu, sebab Engkaulah tempat aku berlindung. Ya Allah, kasihku.
God, you are the one who enables me to be strong; you are my refuge; you faithfully love me.
