Mazmur 64
1 Untuk pemimpin biduan. Mazmur Daud. Ya Allah, dengarlah suaraku pada waktu aku mengaduh, jagalah nyawaku terhadap musuh yang dahsyat.
God, listen to me as I tell you the things that I am worried about. I am afraid of my enemies; so save/rescue me from them.
2 Sembunyikanlah aku terhadap persepakatan orang jahat, terhadap kerusuhan orang-orang yang melakukan kejahatan,
Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil.
3 yang menajamkan lidahnya seperti pedang, yang membidikkan kata yang pahit seperti panah,
The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] [sharp] swords; their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.
4 untuk menembak orang yang tulus hati dari tempat yang tersembunyi; sekonyong-konyong mereka menembak dia dengan tidak takut-takut.
Without being afraid, they [lie about people and slander people] who have not done what is wrong, like someone who suddenly jumps up from where he is hiding and shoots [arrows] at his enemy [MET].
5 Mereka berpegang teguh pada maksud yang jahat, mereka membicarakan hendak memasang perangkap dengan sembunyi; kata mereka: "Siapa yang melihatnya?"
They encourage each other about doing the evil things that they are planning to do; they talk [with each other] about where they can set traps to catch people, and they think, “No one [RHQ] will see what we are doing,
6 Mereka merancang kecurangan-kecurangan: "Kami sudah siap, rancangan sudah rampung." Alangkah dalamnya batin dan hati orang!
because we have planned very well the crime that we are going to commit!” No one can fully understand what people can think and plan!
7 Tetapi Allah menembak mereka dengan panah; sekonyong-konyong mereka terluka.
But [it will be as though] God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded.
8 Ia membuat mereka tergelincir karena lidah mereka; setiap orang yang melihat mereka menggeleng kepala.
Because of what they say [MTY], he will get rid of them, and then everyone who sees [what has happened to] them will shake their heads [to ridicule them].
9 Maka semua orang takut dan memberitakan perbuatan Allah, dan mengakui pekerjaan-Nya.
And then everyone will be afraid [to sin because of what might happen to them, also]; they will tell others what God has done, and they themselves will think much about it.
10 Orang benar akan bersukacita karena TUHAN dan berlindung pada-Nya; semua orang yang jujur akan bermegah.
Righteous people should rejoice because of what Yahweh [has done]; they should go to him to (find protection/be safe); and all those who are godly will praise him.
