Mazmur 9
1 Untuk pemimpin kor. Menurut lagu Mut-Laben. Mazmur Daud. Dengan sepenuh hati aku mau bersyukur kepada-Mu, TUHAN, dan mewartakan karya-Mu yang mengagumkan.
Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell [others] about all the wonderful things that you have done.
2 Aku mau bergembira dan bersukacita karena Engkau dan memuji nama-Mu, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi.
I will sing to celebrate what you [MTY], who are much greater than all other gods, [have done].
3 Di hadapan-Mu musuhku berbalik dan lari; mereka jatuh tersandung dan mati.
When my enemies realize [that you are very powerful], they stumble, and then they are killed.
4 Sebab Engkau memerintah sebagai hakim yang adil; Engkau telah membela perkaraku.
You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me.
5 Engkau telah menghukum bangsa-bangsa dan membinasakan orang-orang jahat; mereka dilupakan untuk selama-lamanya.
You rebuked the [people of other] nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever.
6 Musuh kami sudah habis dipunahkan, kota-kota mereka Kauhancurkan; tak ada yang mengingatnya lagi.
Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more.
7 TUHAN memerintah untuk selama-lamanya; Ia mendirikan takhta-Nya untuk menghakimi dunia.
But Yahweh rules forever. He judges [people while he sits] on his throne to judge people,
8 Ia memerintah bangsa-bangsa dengan adil dan menghakimi mereka dengan jujur.
and he will judge [all the people in] [SYN] the world justly; he will judge the people [of all nations] fairly [DOU].
9 TUHAN itu tempat berlindung bagi orang tertindas, tempat bernaung di waktu kesesakan.
Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; [yes, he will be like] a shelter for them when they have trouble.
10 Orang yang mengenal Engkau berharap pada-Mu, ya TUHAN, orang yang menyembah Engkau tidak Kautinggalkan.
Those who know Yahweh [MTY] trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ([for help/to worship him]).
11 Pujilah TUHAN yang memerintah di Sion! Ceritakanlah perbuatan-Nya kepada bangsa-bangsa!
Yahweh rules from Zion [Hill]; praise him while you sing to him. Tell [the people of all] the nations the [marvelous] things that he has done.
12 Sebab Ia ingat kepada orang yang menderita dan tidak melupakan jeritan mereka; orang yang melakukan kekerasan dihukum-Nya.
He does not forget [to punish] those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering.
13 Lihatlah, musuh menyengsarakan aku; kasihanilah aku, ya TUHAN, luputkanlah aku dari maut,
Yahweh, be merciful to me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die [because of these injuries].
14 supaya aku memuji Engkau di depan penduduk Yerusalem. Aku akan bersorak gembira karena Engkau menyelamatkan aku.
I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem [MTY] and to rejoice because you rescued me.
15 Bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengenal Engkau jatuh ke dalam lubang yang mereka gali sendiri; mereka terjerat dalam jaring mereka sendiri.
[It is as though] the [wicked people of many] nations have dug a pit for me to fall into [MET], but they have fallen into that same pit. [It is as if] they spread out a net to catch me [MET], but their feet have been caught in that same net.
16 TUHAN telah menyatakan diri-Nya karena keputusan-Nya yang adil. Orang jahat terjerumus oleh perbuatannya sendiri.
Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters [fairly/justly], but [you allow] wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do.
17 Maut adalah kesudahan orang-orang jahat, bangsa-bangsa yang tidak mengindahkan Allah. (Sheol h7585)
Wicked people will all [die and] be buried in their graves, and [their spirits] will go to be with all those who have (forgotten about/rejected) you. (Sheol h7585)
18 Tidak untuk selamanya orang miskin dilupakan; tidak untuk seterusnya orang sengsara tanpa harapan.
But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen.
19 Bangkitlah, TUHAN, hakimilah bangsa-bangsa, jangan biarkan manusia menyombongkan dirinya.
Yahweh, arise and judge the [wicked] people of the nations; do not allow them to think that [because they are strong] they will never be punished.
20 Biarlah mereka menjadi takut, ya TUHAN, dan menyadari bahwa mereka hanya manusia.
Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings.
