Mazmur 73

Mazmur 73

Psalms 73

Pergumulan dan pengharapan 73:1 Mazmur Asaf. Sesungguhnya Allah itu baik bagi mereka yang tulus hatinya, bagi mereka yang bersih hatinya. 73:2 Tetapi aku, sedikit lagi maka kakiku terpeleset, nyaris aku tergelincir. 73:3 Sebab aku cemburu kepada pembual-pembual, kalau aku melihat kemujuran orang-orang fasik. 73:4 Sebab kesakitan tidak ada pada mereka, sehat dan gemuk tubuh mereka; 73:5 mereka tidak mengalami kesusahan manusia, dan mereka tidak kena tulah seperti orang lain. 73:6 Sebab itu mereka berkalungkan kecongkakan dan berpakaian kekerasan. 73:7 Karena kegemukan, kesalahan mereka menyolok, hati mereka meluap-luap dengan sangkaan. 73:8 Mereka menyindir dan mengata-ngatai dengan jahatnya, hal pemerasan dibicarakan mereka dengan tinggi hati. 73:9 Mereka membuka mulut melawan langit, dan lidah mereka membual di bumi. 73:10 Sebab itu orang-orang berbalik kepada mereka, mendapatkan mereka seperti air yang berlimpah-limpah. 73:11 Dan mereka berkata: "Bagaimana Allah tahu hal itu, adakah pengetahuan pada Yang Mahatinggi?" 73:12 Sesungguhnya, itulah orang-orang fasik: mereka menambah harta benda dan senang selamanya! 73:13 Sia-sia sama sekali aku mempertahankan hati yang bersih, dan membasuh tanganku, tanda tak bersalah. 73:14 Namun sepanjang hari aku kena tulah, dan kena hukum setiap pagi. 73:15 Seandainya aku berkata: "Aku mau berkata-kata seperti itu," maka sesungguhnya aku telah berkhianat kepada angkatan anak-anakmu. 73:16 Tetapi ketika aku bermaksud untuk mengetahuinya, hal itu menjadi kesulitan di mataku, 73:17 sampai aku masuk ke dalam tempat kudus Allah, dan memperhatikan kesudahan mereka. 73:18 Sesungguhnya di tempat-tempat licin Kautaruh mereka, Kaujatuhkan mereka sehingga hancur. 73:19 Betapa binasa mereka dalam sekejap mata, lenyap, habis oleh karena kedahsyatan! 73:20 Seperti mimpi pada waktu terbangun, ya Tuhan, pada waktu terjaga, rupa mereka Kaupandang hina. 73:21 Ketika hatiku merasa pahit dan buah pinggangku menusuk-nusuk rasanya, 73:22 aku dungu dan tidak mengerti, seperti hewan aku di dekat-Mu. 73:23 Tetapi aku tetap di dekat-Mu; Engkau memegang tangan kananku. 73:24 Dengan nasihat-Mu Engkau menuntun aku, dan kemudian Engkau mengangkat aku ke dalam kemuliaan. 73:25 Siapa gerangan ada padaku di sorga selain Engkau? Selain Engkau tidak ada yang kuingini di bumi. 73:26 Sekalipun dagingku dan hatiku habis lenyap, gunung batuku dan bagianku tetaplah Allah selama-lamanya. 73:27 Sebab sesungguhnya, siapa yang jauh dari pada-Mu akan binasa; Kaubinasakan semua orang, yang berzinah dengan meninggalkan Engkau. 73:28 Tetapi aku, aku suka dekat pada Allah; aku menaruh tempat perlindunganku pada Tuhan ALLAH, supaya dapat menceritakan segala pekerjaan-Nya.

73:1 <> Truly God [is] good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart.
73:2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped.
73:3 For I [was] envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73:4 For [there are] no pangs in their death, But their strength [is] firm.
73:5 They [are] not in trouble [as other] men, Nor are they plagued like [other] men.
73:6 Therefore pride serves as their necklace; Violence covers them [like] a garment.
73:7 Their eyes bulge with abundance; They have more than heart could wish.
73:8 They scoff and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression; They speak loftily.
73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.
73:10 Therefore his people return here, And waters of a full [cup] are drained by them.
73:11 And they say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?"
73:12 Behold, these [are] the ungodly, Who are always at ease; They increase [in] riches.
73:13 Surely I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, And washed my hands in innocence.
73:14 For all day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning.
73:15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
73:16 When I thought [how] to understand this, It [was] too painful for me
73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [Then] I understood their end.
73:18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
73:19 Oh, how they are [brought] to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
73:20 As a dream when [one] awakes, [So], Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image.
73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind.
73:22 I [was] so foolish and ignorant; I was [like] a beast before You.
73:23 Nevertheless I [am] continually with You; You hold [me] by my right hand.
73:24 You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me [to] glory.
73:25 Whom have I in heaven [but You]? And [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire besides You.
73:26 My flesh and my heart fail; [But] God [is] the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
73:27 For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.
73:28 But [it is] good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all Your works.

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