1Untuk pemimpin kor. Dengan permainan kecapi. Nyanyian pengajaran Daud. (55-2) Ya Allah, dengarlah doaku, jangan berpaling dari permohonanku.
1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.
2(55-3) Perhatikanlah aku dan jawablah aku, aku hancur karena kesusahanku.
2Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3(55-4) Hatiku gelisah oleh ancaman musuh dan penindasan orang jahat. Sebab mereka menyusahkan hidupku, dan dengan marah memusuhi aku.
3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
4(55-5) Hatiku sangat gelisah, kengerian maut menghantui diriku.
4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5(55-6) Aku diliputi kegentaran dan ketakutan, dicekam oleh perasaan seram.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6(55-7) Ah, sekiranya aku bersayap seperti merpati, aku akan terbang mencari tempat yang tenang.
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7(55-8) Ya, aku akan terbang jauh sekali, dan berdiam di padang gurun.
7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
8(55-9) Aku akan bergegas mencari tempat berlindung terhadap badai dan angin ribut.
8I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
9(55-10) Ya TUHAN, bingungkanlah musuh-musuhku, kacaukanlah percakapan mereka, sebab di kota kulihat kekerasan dan perkelahian.
9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10(55-11) Siang malam mereka berkeliling, melakukan kejahatan dan menimbulkan kekacauan.
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11(55-12) Di mana-mana ada penghancuran; penindasan dan penipuan merajalela di pasar.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
12(55-13) Sekiranya musuh yang mencela aku, aku masih bisa tahan. Sekiranya lawan yang menghina aku, aku masih bisa bersembunyi dari dia.
12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
13(55-14) Tapi justru engkau, rekanku, sahabatku, kawan dekatku yang mengkhianati aku.
13But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.
14(55-15) Dahulu kita bergaul dengan ramah, dan biasa beribadat bersama-sama di Rumah Tuhan.
14We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
15(55-16) Biarlah musuhku mati mendadak dan hidup-hidup turun ke dunia orang mati, sebab kejahatan ada di rumah mereka, di tengah-tengah mereka.
15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
16(55-17) Tetapi aku berseru kepada Allah, TUHAN akan menyelamatkan aku.
16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
17(55-18) Siang malam aku mengeluh dan menangis, dan Ia mendengar suaraku.
17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
18(55-19) Ia menyelamatkan aku dari serangan musuh, yang berduyun-duyun melawan aku.
18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.
19(55-20) Allah yang memerintah dari kekal akan mendengar aku dan mengalahkan mereka. Sebab mereka tidak mau bertobat, dan tidak takut kepada Allah.
19God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.
20(55-21) Bekas kawanku menyerang teman-temannya, ia mengingkari janjinya.
20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
21(55-22) Kata-katanya halus merayu, tetapi dalam hatinya ada kebencian. Bicaranya lemah lembut, tetapi menusuk seperti pedang yang tajam.
21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.
22(55-23) Serahkanlah kekhawatiranmu kepada TUHAN, maka Ia akan menopang engkau; sebab orang jujur tidak dibiarkan-Nya dikalahkan.
22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23(55-24) Tetapi Engkau, ya Allah, akan menjebloskan mereka ke dalam lubang yang paling dalam. Para penipu dan penumpah darah tak akan mencapai separuh umur mereka. Tetapi aku percaya kepada-Mu.
23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.