Mazmur 31
1 Untuk pemimpin biduan. Mazmur Daud. Pada-Mu, TUHAN, aku berlindung, janganlah sekali-kali aku mendapat malu. Luputkanlah aku oleh karena keadilan-Mu,
Yahweh, I have come to you to be protected; do not allow me to be [defeated, with the result that I am] disgraced. Since you always do what is fair/right, rescue me!
2 sendengkanlah telinga-Mu kepadaku, bersegeralah melepaskan aku! Jadilah bagiku gunung batu tempat perlindungan, kubu pertahanan untuk menyelamatkan aku!
Listen to me, and save me right now! Be [like] a huge rock [under which I can hide] [MET] and [like] a strong fort in which I will be safe.
3 Sebab Engkau bukit batuku dan pertahananku, dan oleh karena nama-Mu Engkau akan menuntun dan membimbing aku.
Yes, you are [like] my huge rock and my fort; guide me and lead me [DOU] in order that I can honor you [MTY].
4 Engkau akan mengeluarkan aku dari jaring yang dipasang orang terhadap aku, sebab Engkaulah tempat perlindunganku.
You are the one who protects me, so keep me from falling into the hidden traps [that my enemies have set for me].
5 Ke dalam tangan-Mulah kuserahkan nyawaku; Engkau membebaskan aku, ya TUHAN, Allah yang setia.
Yahweh, you are a God who can be trusted, so I put myself into your care because you rescued me.
6 Engkau benci kepada orang-orang yang memuja berhala yang sia-sia, tetapi aku percaya kepada TUHAN.
Yahweh, I hate those who worship useless idols, but I trust in you.
7 Aku akan bersorak-sorak dan bersukacita karena kasih setia-Mu, sebab Engkau telah menilik sengsaraku, telah memperhatikan kesesakan jiwaku,
I will be very glad [DOU] because you faithfully love me. You see me when I have been afflicted, and you have known when I have had troubles.
8 dan tidak menyerahkan aku ke tangan musuh, tetapi menegakkan kakiku di tempat yang lapang.
You have not allowed my enemies to capture me; instead, you have rescued me from danger.
9 Kasihanilah aku, ya TUHAN, sebab aku merasa sesak; karena sakit hati mengidaplah mataku, meranalah jiwa dan tubuhku.
[But now], Yahweh, be kind to me [again] because I am distressed. Because I cry [so much], I cannot see well, and I am completely exhausted.
10 Sebab hidupku habis dalam duka dan tahun-tahun umurku dalam keluh kesah; kekuatanku merosot karena sengsaraku, dan tulang-tulangku menjadi lemah.
I have become very weak because I am [so] miserable, and it is causing my life to become shorter. I have become weak because of all my troubles; even my bones are becoming weaker.
11 Di hadapan semua lawanku aku tercela, menakutkan bagi tetangga-tetanggaku, dan menjadi kekejutan bagi kenalan-kenalanku; mereka yang melihat aku di jalan lari dari padaku.
All of my enemies make fun of me, and [even] my neighbors despise me. [Even] my friends are afraid of me [because they think I am being punished by God], and when they see me on the streets, they run away.
12 Aku telah hilang dari ingatan seperti orang mati, telah menjadi seperti barang yang pecah.
People have forgotten me like they forget people who are dead. [They think I am as useless] as a broken pot.
13 Sebab aku mendengar banyak orang berbisik-bisik, --ada kegentaran dari segala pihak! --mereka bersama-sama bermufakat mencelakakan aku, mereka bermaksud mencabut nyawaku.
I have heard people slandering me, and they have caused me to become terrified. My enemies are making plans in order to kill me.
14 Tetapi aku, kepada-Mu aku percaya, ya TUHAN, aku berkata: "Engkaulah Allahku!"
But Yahweh, I trust in you. You are my God.
15 Masa hidupku ada dalam tangan-Mu, lepaskanlah aku dari tangan musuh-musuhku dan orang-orang yang mengejar aku!
My whole life [MTY] is in your hands; save me from my enemies, from those who pursue me.
16 Buatlah wajah-Mu bercahaya atas hamba-Mu, selamatkanlah aku oleh kasih setia-Mu!
Be kind to me and rescue me because you always faithfully love me.
17 TUHAN, janganlah membiarkan aku mendapat malu, sebab aku berseru kepada-Mu; biarlah orang-orang fasik mendapat malu dan turun ke dunia orang mati dan bungkam. (Sheol h7585)
Yahweh, I call out to you, so do not allow me to be disgraced. I desire that wicked people will be disgraced; I want them to [soon die and] go down to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
18 Biarlah bibir dusta menjadi kelu, yang mencaci maki orang benar dengan kecongkakan dan penghinaan!
I desire that you will cause people [MTY] who tell lies to be unable to speak. Do that to people who are proud and those who arrogantly accuse righteous people.
19 Alangkah limpahnya kebaikan-Mu yang telah Kausimpan bagi orang yang takut akan Engkau, yang telah Kaulakukan bagi orang yang berlindung pada-Mu, di hadapan manusia!
You have stored up many blessings for those who revere you. You do those good things for those who go to you to be protected; everyone sees you doing that.
20 Engkau menyembunyikan mereka dalam naungan wajah-Mu terhadap persekongkolan orang-orang; Engkau melindungi mereka dalam pondok terhadap perbantahan lidah.
You hide people in your presence where it is safe, and protect them from people who plot [to kill them]. You hide them in safe places from their enemies [MTY] who accuse/insult them.
21 Terpujilah TUHAN, sebab kasih setia-Nya ditunjukkan-Nya kepadaku dengan ajaib pada waktu kesesakan!
Praise Yahweh! When my enemies surrounded the city [in which I was living], he showed me in a wonderful way that he faithfully loves me.
22 Aku menyangka dalam kebingunganku: "Aku telah terbuang dari hadapan mata-Mu." Tetapi sesungguhnya Engkau mendengarkan suara permohonanku, ketika aku berteriak kepada-Mu minta tolong.
I was afraid, and I cried out, “I have been separated from Yahweh!” but you heard me and answered my cry for help.
23 Kasihilah TUHAN, hai semua orang yang dikasihi-Nya! TUHAN menjaga orang-orang yang setiawan, tetapi orang-orang yang berbuat congkak diganjar-Nya dengan tidak tanggung-tanggung.
You people who belong to Yahweh, love him! Those who are loyal to him, he protects, but those who are very proud, he punishes them severely like they deserve to be punished.
24 Kuatkanlah dan teguhkanlah hatimu, hai semua orang yang berharap kepada TUHAN!
You who confidently expect Yahweh [to do great things for you], be strong, be courageous!
