Mazmur 34
1 Dari Daud, pada waktu ia pura-pura tidak waras pikirannya di depan Abimelekh, sehingga ia diusir, lalu pergi. Aku hendak memuji TUHAN pada segala waktu; puji-pujian kepada-Nya tetap di dalam mulutku.
I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
2 Karena TUHAN jiwaku bermegah; biarlah orang-orang yang rendah hati mendengarnya dan bersukacita.
I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
3 Muliakanlah TUHAN bersama-sama dengan aku, marilah kita bersama-sama memasyhurkan nama-Nya!
Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
4 Aku telah mencari TUHAN, lalu Ia menjawab aku, dan melepaskan aku dari segala kegentaranku.
I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
5 Tujukanlah pandanganmu kepada-Nya, maka mukamu akan berseri-seri, dan tidak akan malu tersipu-sipu.
Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
6 Orang yang tertindas ini berseru, dan TUHAN mendengar; Ia menyelamatkan dia dari segala kesesakannya.
I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
7 Malaikat TUHAN berkemah di sekeliling orang-orang yang takut akan Dia, lalu meluputkan mereka.
An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
8 Kecaplah dan lihatlah, betapa baiknya TUHAN itu! Berbahagialah orang yang berlindung pada-Nya!
Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
9 Takutlah akan TUHAN, hai orang-orang-Nya yang kudus, sebab tidak berkekurangan orang yang takut akan Dia!
All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
10 Singa-singa muda merana kelaparan, tetapi orang-orang yang mencari TUHAN, tidak kekurangan sesuatupun yang baik.
Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
11 Marilah anak-anak, dengarkanlah aku, takut akan TUHAN akan kuajarkan kepadamu!
You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
12 Siapakah orang yang menyukai hidup, yang mengingini umur panjang untuk menikmati yang baik?
If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
13 Jagalah lidahmu terhadap yang jahat dan bibirmu terhadap ucapan-ucapan yang menipu;
do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
14 jauhilah yang jahat dan lakukanlah yang baik, carilah perdamaian dan berusahalah mendapatkannya!
Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
15 Mata TUHAN tertuju kepada orang-orang benar, dan telinga-Nya kepada teriak mereka minta tolong;
Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
16 wajah TUHAN menentang orang-orang yang berbuat jahat untuk melenyapkan ingatan kepada mereka dari muka bumi.
But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
17 Apabila orang-orang benar itu berseru-seru, maka TUHAN mendengar, dan melepaskan mereka dari segala kesesakannya.
Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
18 TUHAN itu dekat kepada orang-orang yang patah hati, dan Ia menyelamatkan orang-orang yang remuk jiwanya.
Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
19 Kemalangan orang benar banyak, tetapi TUHAN melepaskan dia dari semuanya itu;
Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
20 Ia melindungi segala tulangnya, tidak satupun yang patah.
Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
21 Kemalangan akan mematikan orang fasik, dan siapa yang membenci orang benar akan menanggung hukuman.
Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
22 TUHAN membebaskan jiwa hamba-hamba-Nya, dan semua orang yang berlindung pada-Nya tidak akan menanggung hukuman.
Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
