1Ratapan Daud, yang dinyanyikan bagi TUHAN karena Kus, orang Benyamin itu. (7-2) Ya TUHAN Allahku, aku berlindung pada-Mu; selamatkanlah dan lepaskanlah aku dari semua orang yang mengejar aku.
1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
2(7-3) Jangan biarkan mereka seperti singa menerkam dan menyeret aku dan tak ada pertolongan bagiku.
2lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3(7-4) Ya TUHAN Allahku, sekiranya aku berlaku curang, berbuat jahat terhadap kawan, atau merugikan lawan tanpa alasan, sekiranya aku berbuat demikian,
3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
4(7:3)
4if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
5(7-6) biarlah aku dikejar dan ditangkap musuh, lalu dibunuh dan ditinggalkan di tanah.
5let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
6(7-7) Bangkitlah dalam kemarahan-Mu, ya TUHAN, lawanlah amukan musuh-musuhku. Bangkitlah untuk menolong aku, sebab Engkau menuntut keadilan.
6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
7(7-8) Himpunlah bangsa-bangsa di sekeliling-Mu, dan berkuasalah atas mereka dari takhta-Mu di surga.
7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
8(7-9) Engkau menghakimi umat manusia; berilah aku keadilan, ya TUHAN, sebab aku tidak bersalah.
8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
9(7-10) Hentikanlah kejahatan orang durhaka dan teguhkanlah hati orang baik, sebab Engkau Allah yang adil, yang menyelami hati dan pikiran manusia.
9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
10(7-11) Pelindungku ialah Allah yang menyelamatkan orang yang tulus hati.
10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
11(7-12) Allah adalah hakim yang adil, yang setiap saat menghukum orang jahat.
11God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.
12(7-13) Kalau kelakuan mereka tidak berubah, Ia siap dengan senjata yang mematikan. Ia mengasah pedangnya dan merentangkan busurnya, lalu membidikkan panah-panah-Nya yang berapi.
12If a man doesn’t relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow.
13(7:12)
13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows.
14(7-15) Lihatlah, orang jahat merencanakan kejahatan; ia membuat rencana jahat dan melakukan penipuan.
14Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15(7-16) Ia menggali lubang untuk orang lain, tetapi ia sendiri jatuh ke dalamnya.
15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16(7-17) Jadi ia dihukum oleh kejahatannya sendiri, dan disiksa oleh kekerasannya sendiri.
16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
17(7-18) Aku bersyukur kepada TUHAN sebab Ia adil, kunyanyikan pujian bagi TUHAN, Yang Mahatinggi.
17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.