Mazmur 27

1 Mazmur Daud. TUHAN adalah cahayaku dan keselamatanku, tak ada yang kutakuti. TUHAN adalah benteng perlindunganku, aku tak akan gentar.

A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

2 Bila aku diserang penjahat yang mau membunuh aku, merekalah yang tersandung dan jatuh.

Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.

3 Sekalipun aku dikepung pasukan yang besar, aku tak akan takut. Sekalipun pecah perang melawan aku, aku tetap berharap.

If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this.

4 Hanya satu yang kuminta kepada TUHAN, hanya inilah yang kuingini: diam di Rumah TUHAN seumur hidupku, untuk merasakan kebaikan TUHAN dan mohon bimbingan-Nya.

One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

5 TUHAN melindungi aku di waktu kesesakan; Ia menyembunyikan aku di dalam Rumah-Nya, dan mengangkat aku ke atas gunung batu.

For he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle.

6 Sekarang aku menang atas musuh di sekelilingku; maka dengan sorak gembira kupersembahkan kurban syukur di Rumah-Nya; aku mau menyanyi dan memuji TUHAN.

He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.

7 Ya TUHAN, dengarlah bila aku berseru kepada-Mu, kasihanilah aku dan jawablah aku!

Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.

8 Engkau berkata, "Datanglah menyembah Aku." Kujawab, "Aku segera datang, ya TUHAN;

My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.

9 janganlah bersembunyi daripadaku." Janganlah marah dan menolak hamba-Mu, sebab Engkaulah yang telah menolong aku. Janganlah membuang atau meninggalkan aku, ya Allah, penyelamatku.

Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Savior.

10 Sekalipun ayah dan ibu meninggalkan aku, Allah akan memelihara aku.

For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.

11 Tunjukkanlah aku kehendak-Mu, ya TUHAN, bimbinglah aku di jalan yang lurus, sebab musuhku amat banyak.

O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.

12 Jangan menyerahkan aku kepada nafsu lawanku, yang menyerang aku dengan dusta dan ancaman.

Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself.

13 Aku yakin akan mengalami kebaikan TUHAN dalam hidupku di dunia ini.

I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

14 Berharaplah kepada TUHAN, kuatkanlah dan teguhkanlah hatimu; ya, berharaplah kepada TUHAN!

Wait for the Lord, act manfully; and let your heart be strengthened, and remain with the Lord.