Mazmur 55
1 Untuk pemimpin biduan. Dengan permainan kecapi. Nyanyian pengajaran Daud. Berilah telinga, ya Allah, kepada doaku, janganlah bersembunyi terhadap permohonanku!
To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
2 Perhatikanlah aku dan jawablah aku! Aku mengembara dan menangis karena cemas,
Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
3 karena teriakan musuh, karena aniaya orang fasik; sebab mereka menimpakan kemalangan kepadaku, dan dengan geramnya mereka memusuhi aku.
I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
4 Hatiku gelisah, kengerian maut telah menimpa aku.
My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.
5 Aku dirundung takut dan gentar, perasaan seram meliputi aku.
Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
6 Pikirku: "Sekiranya aku diberi sayap seperti merpati, aku akan terbang dan mencari tempat yang tenang,
And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
7 bahkan aku akan lari jauh-jauh dan bermalam di padang gurun. (Sela)
I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah)
8 Aku akan segera mencari tempat perlindungan terhadap angin ribut dan badai."
I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
9 Bingungkanlah mereka, kacaukanlah percakapan mereka, ya Tuhan, sebab aku melihat kekerasan dan perbantahan dalam kota!
Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
10 Siang malam mereka mengelilingi kota itu di atas tembok-temboknya, dan di dalamnya ada kemalangan dan bencana;
By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
11 penghancuran ada di tengah-tengahnya, di tanah lapangnya tidak habis-habisnya ada penindasan dan tipu.
Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.
12 Kalau musuhku yang mencela aku, aku masih dapat menanggungnya; kalau pembenciku yang membesarkan diri terhadap aku, aku masih dapat menyembunyikan diri terhadap dia.
For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
13 Tetapi engkau orang yang dekat dengan aku, temanku dan orang kepercayaanku:
But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
14 kami yang bersama-sama bergaul dengan baik, dan masuk rumah Allah di tengah-tengah keramaian.
We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.
15 Biarlah maut menyergap mereka, biarlah mereka turun hidup-hidup ke dalam dunia orang mati! Sebab kejahatan ada di kediaman mereka, ya dalam batin mereka. (Sheol h7585)
Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts. (Sheol h7585)
16 Tetapi aku berseru kepada Allah, dan TUHAN akan menyelamatkan aku.
As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.
17 --Di waktu petang, pagi dan tengah hari aku cemas dan menangis; dan Ia mendengar suaraku.
In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
18 Ia membebaskan aku dengan aman dari serangan terhadap aku, sebab berduyun-duyun mereka melawan aku.
He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.
19 Allah akan mendengar dan merendahkan mereka, --Dia yang bersemayam sejak purbakala. (Sela) Karena mereka tidak berubah dan mereka tidak takut akan Allah.
God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
20 Orang itu mengacungkan tangannya kepada mereka yang hidup damai dengan dia, janjinya dilanggarnya;
He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.
21 mulutnya lebih licin dari mentega, tetapi ia berniat menyerang; perkataannya lebih lembut dari minyak, tetapi semuanya adalah pedang terhunus.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
22 Serahkanlah kuatirmu kepada TUHAN, maka Ia akan memelihara engkau! Tidak untuk selama-lamanya dibiarkan-Nya orang benar itu goyah.
Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
23 Tetapi Engkau, ya Allah, akan menjerumuskan mereka ke lubang sumur yang dalam; orang penumpah darah dan penipu tidak akan mencapai setengah umurnya. Tetapi aku ini percaya kepada-Mu.
But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
