¹Mazmur Asaf. Sungguh baiklah Allah bagi umat-Nya, bagi orang yang berhati murni.

¹Surely God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

²Tetapi aku sudah bimbang, kepercayaanku hampir saja hilang,

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

³sebab aku cemburu kepada orang congkak, ketika aku melihat keberuntungan orang jahat.

³For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴Sebab mereka tidak menderita sakit, badan mereka kuat dan sehat.

⁴For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

⁵Mereka tidak menanggung susah, tidak ditimpa kemalangan seperti orang lain.

⁵They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶Karena itu mereka bersikap sombong, dan selalu bertindak dengan kekerasan.

⁶Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

⁷Dari hati mereka tertumpah kejahatan; mereka sibuk dengan rencana-rencana jahat.

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

⁸Mereka mengejek dan mengata-ngatai, dan dengan sombong mengancam akan menindas.

⁸They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

⁹Mereka menghujat Allah di surga, dan membual kepada orang-orang di bumi,

⁹They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

¹⁰sehingga umat Allah pun berbalik kepada mereka, dan percaya kepada omongan mereka.

¹⁰Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

¹¹Kata mereka, "Allah tidak tahu, Yang Mahatinggi tidak mengerti."

¹¹They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

¹²Begitulah keadaan orang jahat; hidupnya tenang, hartanya terus bertambah.

¹²Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

¹³Percuma saja aku menjaga hatiku bersih; tak ada gunanya aku menjauhi dosa.

¹³Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

¹⁴Sebab sepanjang hari aku ditimpa kemalangan; setiap pagi aku disiksa.

¹⁴For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

¹⁵Sekiranya aku berkata begitu, aku mengkhianati angkatan anak-anakmu.

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

¹⁶Tetapi waktu aku berusaha untuk mengerti, hal itu terlalu sulit bagiku.

¹⁶When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁷Akhirnya aku masuk ke Rumah TUHAN, lalu mengertilah aku kesudahan orang jahat.

¹⁷Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

¹⁸Kautempatkan mereka di jalan yang licin, dan Kaubiarkan mereka jatuh binasa.

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

¹⁹Dalam sekejap mata mereka hancur, amat dahsyatlah kesudahan mereka.

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

²⁰Seperti mimpi yang menghilang di waktu pagi; ketika Engkau bangkit, ya TUHAN, mereka pun lenyap.

²⁰As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

²¹Ketika aku merasa kesal dan hatiku seperti tertusuk,

²¹For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

²²aku bodoh dan tidak mengerti, aku seperti binatang di hadapan-Mu.

²²I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

²³Namun aku tetap di dekat-Mu, Engkau memegang tangan kananku.

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

²⁴Kaubimbing aku dengan nasihat, dan Kauterima aku dengan kehormatan kelak.

²⁴You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁵Siapa yang kumiliki di surga kecuali Engkau? Selain Engkau tak ada yang kuinginkan di bumi.

²⁵Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

²⁶Sekalipun jiwa ragaku menjadi lemah, Engkaulah kekuatanku, ya Allah; Engkaulah segala yang kumiliki untuk selama-lamanya.

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁷Orang yang meninggalkan Engkau akan celaka, Kaubinasakan orang yang tidak setia kepada-Mu.

²⁷For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

²⁸Tetapi bagiku sungguh baiklah berada dekat Allah, TUHAN Allah kujadikan tempat perlindunganku, supaya aku dapat mewartakan segala perbuatan-Nya.

²⁸But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.