Mazmur 44
1 Mazmur kaum Korah. Nyanyian pengajaran. Untuk pemimpin kor. Ya Allah, kami telah mendengar sendiri kisah yang diceritakan leluhur kami tentang karya hebat yang Kaulakukan di zaman dahulu.
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
2 Engkau sendiri mengusir bangsa-bangsa supaya umat-Mu menetap di negeri mereka. Bangsa-bangsa lain Engkau celakakan, tetapi umat-Mu Kaubiarkan berkembang.
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
3 Tanah itu tidak mereka rebut dengan pedang; tidak dengan kekuatan sendiri mereka menang, tetapi dengan kuasa dan cahaya kehadiran-Mu, sebab Engkau berkenan kepada umat-Mu.
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
4 Engkaulah Rajaku dan Allahku, yang memberi kemenangan kepada umat-Mu.
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5 Dengan kuasa-Mu kami mengalahkan musuh kami, dan menaklukkan orang-orang yang menyerang kami.
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
6 Sebab aku tidak mengandalkan panahku, pedangku pun tak akan menyelamatkan aku.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7 Tapi Engkaulah yang menyelamatkan kami dari lawan, dan mengalahkan orang-orang yang membenci kami.
For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8 Maka kami akan selalu memegahkan Engkau, dan terus-menerus bersyukur kepada-Mu.
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
9 Tapi sekarang Engkau meninggalkan kami dan membiarkan kami dikalahkan. Engkau tidak lagi maju bersama barisan kami.
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
10 Kaubiarkan kami melarikan diri dari musuh kami, dan mereka merampas harta kami.
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 Kaubiarkan kami dibantai seperti domba, dan Kauceraiberaikan kami di antara bangsa-bangsa.
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12 Kaujual umat-Mu dengan harga tak seberapa, dan tidak mendapat keuntungan apa-apa.
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 Kaujadikan kami ejekan tetangga-tetangga mereka mengolok-olok dan menertawakan kami.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 Kaujadikan kami bahan sindiran bangsa-bangsa; mereka menggelengkan kepala sambil menghina kami.
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 Sepanjang hari aku dicela, menanggung malu dan kehilangan muka,
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16 karena mendengar ejekan dan penghinaan dari mulut musuh dan pendendam.
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 Semua itu telah menimpa kami walaupun kami tidak melupakan Engkau atau mengkhianati perjanjian-Mu dengan kami.
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 Hati kami tidak mengingkari Engkau; perintah-Mu tidak kami kesampingkan.
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19 Tetapi Kautinggalkan kami dalam kegelapan; kami tak berdaya di antara binatang buas.
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20 Andaikata kami tidak lagi menyembah Allah, melainkan berdoa kepada ilah lain,
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 Allah pasti akan mengetahuinya, sebab Ia menyelami rahasia hati kami.
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Demi Engkau kami terus terancam maut, dan diperlakukan seperti domba sembelihan.
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Bangunlah, ya TUHAN! Mengapa Engkau tidur? Bangkitlah! Jangan menolak kami untuk selamanya.
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24 Mengapa Engkau bersembunyi, dan melupakan sengsara serta kesusahan kami?
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 Kami jatuh hancur di tanah, terbaring dalam debu karena kalah.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Bangkitlah dan datanglah menolong kami, selamatkanlah kami karena kasih-Mu.
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
