Mazmur 35
1 Dari Daud. Berbantahlah, TUHAN, melawan orang yang berbantah dengan aku, berperanglah melawan orang yang berperang melawan aku!
Strive thou, O Jehovah, with those who strive with me. Fight thou against those who fight against me.
2 Peganglah perisai dan utar-utar, bangunlah menolong aku,
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
3 cabutlah tombak dan kapak menghadapi orang-orang yang mengejar aku; katakanlah kepada jiwaku: "Akulah keselamatanmu!"
Draw out the spear also, and stop the way against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Biarlah mendapat malu dan kena noda, orang-orang yang ingin mencabut nyawaku; biarlah mundur dan tersipu-sipu orang-orang yang merancang kecelakaanku!
Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise my hurt.
5 Biarlah mereka seperti sekam dibawa angin, didorong Malaikat TUHAN;
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the agent of Jehovah driving them on.
6 biarlah jalan mereka gelap dan licin, dan Malaikat TUHAN mengejar mereka!
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the agent of Jehovah pursuing them.
7 Karena tanpa alasan mereka memasang jaring terhadap aku, tanpa alasan mereka menggali pelubang untuk nyawaku.
For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
8 Biarlah kebinasaan mendatangi dia dengan tidak disangka-sangka, jerat yang dipasangnya, biarlah menangkap dia sendiri, biarlah ia jatuh dan musnah!
Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.
9 Tetapi aku bersorak-sorak karena TUHAN, aku girang karena keselamatan dari pada-Nya;
And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah. It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 segala tulangku berkata: "Ya, TUHAN, siapakah yang seperti Engkau, yang melepaskan orang sengsara dari tangan orang yang lebih kuat dari padanya, orang sengsara dan miskin dari tangan orang yang merampasi dia?"
All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like thee, who delivers a poor man from him who is too strong for him, yea, a poor and needy man from him who robs him?
11 Saksi-saksi yang gemar kekerasan bangkit berdiri, apa yang tidak kuketahui, itulah yang mereka tuntut dari padaku.
Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.
12 Mereka membalas kebaikanku dengan kejahatan; perasaan bulus mencekam aku.
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
13 Tetapi aku, ketika mereka sakit, aku memakai pakaian kabung; aku menyiksa diriku dengan berpuasa, dan doaku kembali timbul dalam dadaku,
But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
14 seolah-olah temanku atau saudarakulah yang sakit, demikianlah aku berlaku; seperti orang yang berkeluh kesah karena kematian ibu, demikianlah aku tunduk dengan pakaian kabung.
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.
15 Tetapi ketika aku tersandung jatuh, bersukacitalah mereka dan berkerumun, berkerumun melawan aku; orang-orang asing yang tidak kukenal menista aku dengan tidak henti-hentinya;
But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not. They tore me, and ceased not.
16 dengan fasik mereka mengolok-olok terus, menggertakkan giginya terhadap aku.
Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Sampai berapa lama, Tuhan, Engkau memandangi saja? Selamatkanlah jiwaku dari perusakan mereka, nyawaku dari singa-singa muda!
Lord, how long will thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 Aku mau menyanyikan syukur kepada-Mu dalam jemaah yang besar, di tengah-tengah rakyat yang banyak aku mau memuji-muji Engkau.
I will give thee thanks in the great assembly. I will praise thee among much people.
19 Janganlah sekali-kali bersukacita atas aku orang-orang yang memusuhi aku tanpa sebab, atau mengedip-ngedipkan mata orang-orang yang membenci aku tanpa alasan.
Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
20 Karena mereka tidak membicarakan damai, dan terhadap orang-orang yang rukun di negeri mereka merancangkan penipuan,
For they speak not peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 mereka membuka mulutnya lebar-lebar terhadap aku dan berkata: "Syukur, syukur, mata kami telah melihatnya!"
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
22 Engkau telah melihatnya, TUHAN, janganlah berdiam diri, ya Tuhan, janganlah jauh dari padaku!
Thou have seen it, O Jehovah. Keep not silence. O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Terjagalah dan bangunlah membela hakku, membela perkaraku, ya Allahku dan Tuhanku!
Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice to me, to my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Hakimilah aku sesuai dengan keadilan-Mu, ya TUHAN Allahku, supaya mereka jangan bersukacita atasku!
Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Janganlah mereka berkata dalam hatinya: "Syukur, itulah keinginan kami!" Dan janganlah mereka berkata: "Kami telah menelannya!"
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Biarlah bersama-sama mendapat malu dan tersipu-sipu orang-orang yang bersukacita atas kemalanganku; biarlah berpakaian malu dan noda orang-orang yang membesarkan dirinya terhadap aku!
Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
27 Biarlah bersorak-sorai dan bersukacita orang-orang yang ingin melihat aku dibenarkan! Biarlah mereka tetap berkata: "TUHAN itu besar, Dia menginginkan keselamatan hamba-Nya!"
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 Dan lidahku akan menyebut-nyebut keadilan-Mu, memuji-muji Engkau sepanjang hari.
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
