Mazmur 35
1 Dari Daud. Berbantahlah, TUHAN, melawan orang yang berbantah dengan aku, berperanglah melawan orang yang berperang melawan aku!
By David. Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me. Fight 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!"
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your 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 those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
5 Biarlah mereka seperti sekam dibawa angin, didorong Malaikat TUHAN;
Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.
6 biarlah jalan mereka gelap dan licin, dan Malaikat TUHAN mengejar mereka!
Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them.
7 Karena tanpa alasan mereka memasang jaring terhadap aku, tanpa alasan mereka menggali pelubang untuk nyawaku.
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. 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 on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
9 Tetapi aku bersorak-sorak karena TUHAN, aku girang karena keselamatan dari pada-Nya;
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. 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, “LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy 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 about things that I do not know about.
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. 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 one who mourns 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 attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.
16 dengan fasik mereka mengolok-olok terus, menggertakkan giginya terhadap aku.
Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17 Sampai berapa lama, Tuhan, Engkau memandangi saja? Selamatkanlah jiwaku dari perusakan mereka, nyawaku dari singa-singa muda!
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life 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 you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many 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.
Do not let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
20 Karena mereka tidak membicarakan damai, dan terhadap orang-orang yang rukun di negeri mereka merancangkan penipuan,
For they do not speak 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!"
Yes, 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!
You have seen it, LORD. Do not keep silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
23 Terjagalah dan bangunlah membela hakku, membela perkaraku, ya Allahku dan Tuhanku!
Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
24 Hakimilah aku sesuai dengan keadilan-Mu, ya TUHAN Allahku, supaya mereka jangan bersukacita atasku!
Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Do not let them gloat over me.
25 Janganlah mereka berkata dalam hatinya: "Syukur, itulah keinginan kami!" Dan janganlah mereka berkata: "Kami telah menelannya!"
Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Do not let them 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 disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. 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 those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
28 Dan lidahku akan menyebut-nyebut keadilan-Mu, memuji-muji Engkau sepanjang hari.
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.
