¹Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

¹Untuk pemimpin kor. Dengan permainan kecapi. Nyanyian pengajaran Daud. (55-2) Ya Allah, dengarlah doaku, jangan berpaling dari permohonanku.

²Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

²(55-3) Perhatikanlah aku dan jawablah aku, aku hancur karena kesusahanku.

³Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

³(55-4) Hatiku gelisah oleh ancaman musuh dan penindasan orang jahat. Sebab mereka menyusahkan hidupku, dan dengan marah memusuhi aku.

⁴My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.

⁴(55-5) Hatiku sangat gelisah, kengerian maut menghantui diriku.

⁵Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.

⁵(55-6) Aku diliputi kegentaran dan ketakutan, dicekam oleh perasaan seram.

⁶I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

⁶(55-7) Ah, sekiranya aku bersayap seperti merpati, aku akan terbang mencari tempat yang tenang.

⁷Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

⁷(55-8) Ya, aku akan terbang jauh sekali, dan berdiam di padang gurun.

⁸(55-9) Aku akan bergegas mencari tempat berlindung terhadap badai dan angin ribut.

⁹Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

⁹(55-10) Ya TUHAN, bingungkanlah musuh-musuhku, kacaukanlah percakapan mereka, sebab di kota kulihat kekerasan dan perkelahian.

¹⁰Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

¹⁰(55-11) Siang malam mereka berkeliling, melakukan kejahatan dan menimbulkan kekacauan.

¹¹Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.

¹¹(55-12) Di mana-mana ada penghancuran; penindasan dan penipuan merajalela di pasar.

¹²For it was not an enemy who insulted me, then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, then I would have hidden myself from him.

¹²(55-13) Sekiranya musuh yang mencela aku, aku masih bisa tahan. Sekiranya lawan yang menghina aku, aku masih bisa bersembunyi dari dia.

¹³But it was you, a man like me, my companion, and my familiar friend.

¹³(55-14) Tapi justru engkau, rekanku, sahabatku, kawan dekatku yang mengkhianati aku.

¹⁴We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.

¹⁴(55-15) Dahulu kita bergaul dengan ramah, dan biasa beribadat bersama-sama di Rumah Tuhan.

¹⁵Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

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.

¹⁶As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.

¹⁶(55-17) Tetapi aku berseru kepada Allah, TUHAN akan menyelamatkan aku.

¹⁷Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

¹⁷(55-18) Siang malam aku mengeluh dan menangis, dan Ia mendengar suaraku.

¹⁸He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

¹⁸(55-19) Ia menyelamatkan aku dari serangan musuh, yang berduyun-duyun melawan aku.

¹⁹God, who is enthroned forever, will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, who don’t fear God.

¹⁹(55-20) Allah yang memerintah dari kekal akan mendengar aku dan mengalahkan mereka. Sebab mereka tidak mau bertobat, dan tidak takut kepada Allah.

²⁰He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.

²⁰(55-21) Bekas kawanku menyerang teman-temannya, ia mengingkari janjinya.

²¹His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

²¹(55-22) Kata-katanya halus merayu, tetapi dalam hatinya ada kebencian. Bicaranya lemah lembut, tetapi menusuk seperti pedang yang tajam.

²²Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

²²(55-23) Serahkanlah kekhawatiranmu kepada TUHAN, maka Ia akan menopang engkau; sebab orang jujur tidak dibiarkan-Nya dikalahkan.

²³But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

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.