Mazmur 44
44
Jeritan bangsa yang tertindas
44:1-27
1Untuk pemimpin biduan. Dari bani Korah. Nyanyian pengajaran.
2Ya Allah, dengan telinga kami sendiri telah kami dengar,
nenek moyang kami telah menceritakan kepada kami
perbuatan yang telah Kaulakukan pada zaman mereka,
pada zaman purbakala.
3Engkau sendiri, dengan tangan-Mu, telah menghalau bangsa-bangsa,
tetapi mereka ini Kaubiarkan bertumbuh;
suku-suku bangsa telah Kaucelakakan,
tetapi mereka ini Kaubiarkan berkembang.
4Sebab bukan dengan pedang mereka menduduki negeri,
bukan lengan mereka yang memberikan mereka kemenangan,
melainkan tangan kanan-Mu dan lengan-Mu dan cahaya wajah-Mu,
sebab Engkau berkenan kepada mereka.
5Engkaulah Rajaku dan Allahku
yang memerintahkan kemenangan bagi Yakub.
6Dengan Engkaulah kami menanduk para lawan kami,
dengan nama-Mulah kami menginjak-injak orang-orang yang bangkit menyerang kami.
7Sebab bukan kepada panahku aku percaya,
dan pedangku pun tidak memberi aku kemenangan,
8tetapi Engkaulah yang memberi kami kemenangan terhadap para lawan kami,
dan orang-orang yang membenci kami Kauberi malu.
9Karena Allah kami nyanyikan puji-pujian sepanjang hari,
dan bagi nama-Mu kami mengucapkan syukur selama-lamanya. Sela
10Namun Engkau telah membuang kami dan membiarkan kami kena umpat,
Engkau tidak maju bersama-sama dengan bala tentara kami.
11Engkau membuat kami mundur dari pada lawan kami,
dan orang-orang yang membenci kami mengadakan perampokan.
12Engkau menyerahkan kami sebagai domba sembelihan
dan menyerakkan kami di antara bangsa-bangsa.
13Engkau menjual umat-Mu dengan cuma-cuma
dan tidak mengambil keuntungan apa-apa dari penjualan itu.
14Engkau membuat kami menjadi cela bagi tetangga-tetangga kami,
menjadi olok-olok dan cemooh bagi orang-orang sekeliling kami.
15Engkau membuat kami menjadi sindiran di antara bangsa-bangsa,
menyebabkan suku-suku bangsa menggeleng-geleng kepala.
16Sepanjang hari aku dihadapkan dengan nodaku,
dan malu menyelimuti mukaku,
17karena kata-kata orang yang mencela dan menista,
di hadapan musuh dan pendendam.
18Semuanya ini telah menimpa kami, tetapi kami tidak melupakan Engkau,
dan tidak mengkhianati perjanjian-Mu.
19Hati kami tidak membangkang
dan langkah kami tidak menyimpang dari jalan-Mu,
20walaupun Engkau telah meremukkan kami di tempat serigala,
dan menyelimuti kami dengan kekelaman.
21Seandainya kami melupakan nama Allah kami,
dan menadahkan tangan kami kepada allah lain,
22masakan Allah tidak akan menyelidikinya?
Karena Ia mengetahui rahasia hati!
23 #
Rm. 8:36
Oleh karena Engkau kami ada dalam bahaya maut sepanjang hari,
kami dianggap sebagai domba-domba sembelihan.
24Terjagalah! Mengapa Engkau tidur, ya Tuhan?
Bangunlah! Janganlah membuang kami terus-menerus!
25Mengapa Engkau menyembunyikan wajah-Mu
dan melupakan penindasan dan impitan terhadap kami?
26Sebab jiwa kami tertanam dalam debu,
tubuh kami terhampar di tanah.
27Bersiaplah menolong kami,
bebaskanlah kami karena kasih setia-Mu!
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Psalms 44
44
For the choir director: A psalm#44:TITLE Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term. of the descendants of Korah.
1O God, we have heard it with our own ears—
our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
in days long ago:
2You drove out the pagan nations by your power
and gave all the land to our ancestors.
You crushed their enemies
and set our ancestors free.
3They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them.
4You are my King and my God.
You command victories for Israel.#44:4 Hebrew for Jacob. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.
5Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
only in your name can we trample our foes.
6I do not trust in my bow;
I do not count on my sword to save me.
7You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies;
you disgrace those who hate us.
8O God, we give glory to you all day long
and constantly praise your name. Interlude
9But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.
You no longer lead our armies to battle.
10You make us retreat from our enemies
and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.
11You have butchered us like sheep
and scattered us among the nations.
12You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.
13You let our neighbors mock us.
We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
14You have made us the butt of their jokes;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.
15We can’t escape the constant humiliation;
shame is written across our faces.
16All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.
All we see are our vengeful enemies.
17All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.
We have not violated your covenant.
18Our hearts have not deserted you.
We have not strayed from your path.
19Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home.
You have covered us with darkness and death.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
21God would surely have known it,
for he knows the secrets of every heart.
22But for your sake we are killed every day;
we are being slaughtered like sheep.
23Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
24Why do you look the other way?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
25We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.
26Rise up! Help us!
Ransom us because of your unfailing love.
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