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 Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Perhatikanlah aku dan jawablah aku! Aku mengembara dan menangis karena cemas,
Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 karena teriakan musuh, karena aniaya orang fasik; sebab mereka menimpakan kemalangan kepadaku, dan dengan geramnya mereka memusuhi aku.
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 Hatiku gelisah, kengerian maut telah menimpa aku.
My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Aku dirundung takut dan gentar, perasaan seram meliputi aku.
Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 Pikirku: "Sekiranya aku diberi sayap seperti merpati, aku akan terbang dan mencari tempat yang tenang,
And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! [for then] I would fly away, and be at rest.
7 bahkan aku akan lari jauh-jauh dan bermalam di padang gurun. (Sela)
Lo, [then] I would wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. (Selah)
8 Aku akan segera mencari tempat perlindungan terhadap angin ribut dan badai."
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
9 Bingungkanlah mereka, kacaukanlah percakapan mereka, ya Tuhan, sebab aku melihat kekerasan dan perbantahan dalam kota!
Destroy, O LORD, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Siang malam mereka mengelilingi kota itu di atas tembok-temboknya, dan di dalamnya ada kemalangan dan bencana;
Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
11 penghancuran ada di tengah-tengahnya, di tanah lapangnya tidak habis-habisnya ada penindasan dan tipu.
Wickedness [is] in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her 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 an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] magnified [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 Tetapi engkau orang yang dekat dengan aku, temanku dan orang kepercayaanku:
But [it was] thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
14 kami yang bersama-sama bergaul dengan baik, dan masuk rumah Allah di tengah-tengah keramaian.
We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked 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 death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them. (Sheol h7585)
16 Tetapi aku berseru kepada Allah, dan TUHAN akan menyelamatkan aku.
As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.
17 --Di waktu petang, pagi dan tengah hari aku cemas dan menangis; dan Ia mendengar suaraku.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.
18 Ia membebaskan aku dengan aman dari serangan terhadap aku, sebab berduyun-duyun mereka melawan aku.
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with 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 hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. (Selah) Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 Orang itu mengacungkan tangannya kepada mereka yang hidup damai dengan dia, janjinya dilanggarnya;
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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, yet [were] they drawn swords.
22 Serahkanlah kuatirmu kepada TUHAN, maka Ia akan memelihara engkau! Tidak untuk selama-lamanya dibiarkan-Nya orang benar itu goyah.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to 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 thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
