Mazmur 35
1 Dari Daud. Berbantahlah, TUHAN, melawan orang yang berbantah dengan aku, berperanglah melawan orang yang berperang melawan aku!
“Of David.” Contend, O Lord, with those that contend with me: fight against those that fight against me.
2 Peganglah perisai dan utar-utar, bangunlah menolong aku,
Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up for my help.
3 cabutlah tombak dan kapak menghadapi orang-orang yang mengejar aku; katakanlah kepada jiwaku: "Akulah keselamatanmu!"
And draw out the spear, and step in against my pursuers; say unto 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 those be put to shame and be confounded that seek after my life: let those be turned backward and be made to blush, that devise unhappiness for me.
5 Biarlah mereka seperti sekam dibawa angin, didorong Malaikat TUHAN;
Let them be as chaff before the wind; and may the angel of the Lord cast them forth.
6 biarlah jalan mereka gelap dan licin, dan Malaikat TUHAN mengejar mereka!
May their way be dark and slippery: and may the angel of the Lord pursue them.
7 Karena tanpa alasan mereka memasang jaring terhadap aku, tanpa alasan mereka menggali pelubang untuk nyawaku.
For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.
8 Biarlah kebinasaan mendatangi dia dengan tidak disangka-sangka, jerat yang dipasangnya, biarlah menangkap dia sendiri, biarlah ia jatuh dan musnah!
May then destruction come upon each of them at unawares; and may his net that he hath hidden catch himself: in [utter] destruction let him fall therein.
9 Tetapi aku bersorak-sorak karena TUHAN, aku girang karena keselamatan dari pada-Nya;
But my soul shall exult in the Lord: she shall be glad through 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 will say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?
11 Saksi-saksi yang gemar kekerasan bangkit berdiri, apa yang tidak kuketahui, itulah yang mereka tuntut dari padaku.
There rise up witnesses of violence; concerning what I know not they question me.
12 Mereka membalas kebaikanku dengan kejahatan; perasaan bulus mencekam aku.
They recompense me with evil in place of good, [bringing] bereavement on 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 with fasting my soul, 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.
As though he had been to me a friend or a brother did I walk about: as one that mourneth for a mother did I sorrowfully bend down my head.
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 downfall they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; there gathered themselves together against me abject wretches, whom I knew not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 dengan fasik mereka mengolok-olok terus, menggertakkan giginya terhadap aku.
With hypocritical babbling mockers, 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!
O Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, from the young lions my solitary spirit.
18 Aku mau menyanyikan syukur kepada-Mu dalam jemaah yang besar, di tengah-tengah rakyat yang banyak aku mau memuji-muji Engkau.
I will thank thee in the great assembly: among a mighty people will I praise thee.
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 rejoice over me those that are my enemies wrongfully: [nor] let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.
20 Karena mereka tidak membicarakan damai, dan terhadap orang-orang yang rukun di negeri mereka merancangkan penipuan,
For they speak not peace; but against the quiet in the land they devise deceitful words.
21 mereka membuka mulutnya lebar-lebar terhadap aku dan berkata: "Syukur, syukur, mata kami telah melihatnya!"
Yea, they opened wide against me their mouth; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 Engkau telah melihatnya, TUHAN, janganlah berdiam diri, ya Tuhan, janganlah jauh dari padaku!
Thou hast seen it, O Lord! remain not silent: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Terjagalah dan bangunlah membela hakku, membela perkaraku, ya Allahku dan Tuhanku!
Arouse thyself, and awake to do me justice, my God and my Lord, unto my cause.
24 Hakimilah aku sesuai dengan keadilan-Mu, ya TUHAN Allahku, supaya mereka jangan bersukacita atasku!
Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; 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, [this is the wish of] our soul: 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 those be made ashamed and put to the blush together that rejoice at my mishap; let them be clothed with shame and confusion that magnify themselves above 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 shout, and rejoice, that desire my righteousness: yea, let them say continually, Great is the Lord, who desireth the welfare of his servant.
28 Dan lidahku akan menyebut-nyebut keadilan-Mu, memuji-muji Engkau sepanjang hari.
And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness, all the day of thy praise.
