Mazmur 44
1 Untuk pemimpin biduan. Dari bani Korah. Nyanyian pengajaran. Ya Allah, dengan telinga kami sendiri telah kami dengar, nenek moyang kami telah menceritakan kepada kami perbuatan yang telah Kaulakukan pada zaman mereka, pada zaman purbakala.
God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.
2 Engkau sendiri, dengan tangan-Mu, telah menghalau bangsa-bangsa, tetapi mereka ini Kaubiarkan bertumbuh; suku-suku bangsa telah Kaucelakakan, tetapi mereka ini Kaubiarkan berkembang.
[They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].
3 Sebab bukan dengan pedang mereka menduduki negeri, bukan lengan mereka yang memberikan mereka kemenangan, melainkan tangan kanan-Mu dan lengan-Mu dan cahaya wajah-Mu, sebab Engkau berkenan kepada mereka.
It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.
4 Engkaulah Rajaku dan Allahku yang memerintahkan kemenangan bagi Yakub.
You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.
5 Dengan Engkaulah kami menanduk para lawan kami, dengan nama-Mulah kami menginjak-injak orang-orang yang bangkit menyerang kami.
It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
6 Sebab bukan kepada panahku aku percaya, dan pedangkupun tidak memberi aku kemenangan,
I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.
7 tetapi Engkaulah yang memberi kami kemenangan terhadap para lawan kami, dan orang-orang yang membenci kami Kauberi malu.
No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].
8 Karena Allah kami nyanyikan puji-pujian sepanjang hari, dan bagi nama-Mu kami mengucapkan syukur selama-lamanya. (Sela)
We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.
9 Namun Engkau telah membuang kami dan membiarkan kami kena umpat, Engkau tidak maju bersama-sama dengan bala tentara kami.
But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.
10 Engkau membuat kami mundur dari pada lawan kami, dan orang-orang yang membenci kami mengadakan perampokan.
You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.
11 Engkau menyerahkan kami sebagai domba sembelihan dan menyerakkan kami di antara bangsa-bangsa.
You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].
12 Engkau menjual umat-Mu dengan cuma-cuma dan tidak mengambil keuntungan apa-apa dari penjualan itu.
[It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!
13 Engkau membuat kami menjadi cela bagi tetangga-tetangga kami, menjadi olok-olok dan cemooh bagi orang-orang sekeliling kami.
People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
14 Engkau membuat kami menjadi sindiran di antara bangsa-bangsa, menyebabkan suku-suku bangsa menggeleng-geleng kepala.
They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].
15 Sepanjang hari aku dihadapkan dengan nodaku, dan malu menyelimuti mukaku,
All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.
16 karena kata-kata orang yang mencela dan menista, di hadapan musuh dan pendendam.
I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.
17 Semuanya ini telah menimpa kami, tetapi kami tidak melupakan Engkau, dan tidak mengkhianati perjanjian-Mu.
All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].
18 Hati kami tidak membangkang dan langkah kami tidak menyimpang dari jalan-Mu,
We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].
19 walaupun Engkau telah meremukkan kami di tempat serigala, dan menyelimuti kami dengan kekelaman.
But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].
20 Seandainya kami melupakan nama Allah kami, dan menadahkan tangan kami kepada allah lain,
If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,
21 masakan Allah tidak akan menyelidikinya? Karena Ia mengetahui rahasia hati!
you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.
22 Oleh karena Engkau kami ada dalam bahaya maut sepanjang hari, kami dianggap sebagai domba-domba sembelihan.
But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Terjagalah! Mengapa Engkau tidur, ya Tuhan? Bangunlah! Janganlah membuang kami terus-menerus!
[So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!
24 Mengapa Engkau menyembunyikan wajah-Mu dan melupakan penindasan dan impitan terhadap kami?
Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?
25 Sebab jiwa kami tertanam dalam debu, tubuh kami terhampar di tanah.
We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.
26 Bersiaplah menolong kami, bebaskanlah kami karena kasih setia-Mu!
Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!
