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哀诉仇敌之虐害

56 非利士人在迦特拿住大卫。那时,他作这金诗,交于伶长。调用远方无声鸽。

神啊,求你怜悯我,因为人要把我吞了,终日攻击欺压我。
我的仇敌终日要把我吞了,因逞骄傲攻击我的人甚多。
我惧怕的时候要倚靠你。
我倚靠神,我要赞美他的话。我倚靠神,必不惧怕,血气之辈能把我怎么样呢?
他们终日颠倒我的话,他们一切的心思都是要害我。
他们聚集、埋伏,窥探我的脚踪,等候要害我的命。
他们岂能因罪孽逃脱吗?神啊,求你在怒中使众民堕落!
我几次流离,你都记数,求你把我眼泪装在你的皮袋里。这不都记在你册子上吗?
我呼求的日子,我的仇敌都要转身退后。神帮助我,这是我所知道的。

颂感神之救恩

10 我倚靠神,我要赞美他的话!我倚靠耶和华,我要赞美他的话!

11 我倚靠神,必不惧怕,人能把我怎么样呢?
12 神啊,我向你所许的愿在我身上,我要将感谢祭献给你。
13 因为你救我的命脱离死亡,你岂不是救护我的脚不跌倒,使我在生命光中行在神面前吗?

信靠上帝的禱告

大衛作的詩,交給樂長,調用「遠方無聲鴿」,大衛在迦特被非利士人抓住時所作。

56 上帝啊,求你憐憫我,
因為仇敵攻擊我,整日迫害我。
我的仇敵整日攻擊我,
許多人狂妄地迫害我。
我害怕的時候,
仍要倚靠你。
我讚美上帝的應許,
我信靠祂,就不懼怕,
區區世人能把我怎樣?
他們整天歪曲我的話,
總是圖謀害我。
他們勾結起來,
暗中監視我的行蹤,
伺機害我。
上帝啊,
不要讓這些作惡的人逃脫,
求你在怒中毀滅他們。
你知道我的哀傷,
你把我的眼淚收在袋中。
我的遭遇都記錄在你的冊子上。
我向你求救的時候,
敵人都落荒而逃。
我知道上帝是我的幫助。
10 我因上帝的應許而讚美祂,
我因耶和華的應許而讚美祂。
11 我信靠上帝,就不懼怕,
區區世人能把我怎樣?
12 上帝啊,
我要恪守向你發的誓言,
獻上感恩祭。
13 因為你救我脫離死亡,
使我沒有跌倒,
讓我可以活在你面前,
沐浴生命之光。

Prayer for Relief from Tormentors

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the (A)Philistines captured him in Gath.

56 Be (B)merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
Fighting all day he oppresses me.
My enemies would (C)hound me all day,
For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

Whenever I am afraid,
I will trust in You.
In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
(D)I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?

All day they twist my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They gather together,
They hide, they mark my steps,
When they lie in wait for my life.
Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God!

You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
(E)Are they not in Your book?
When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because (F)God is for me.
10 In God (I will praise His word),
In the Lord (I will praise His word),
11 In God I have put my trust;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;
I will render praises to You,
13 (G)For You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the (H)light of the living?

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 Heb. Jonath Elem Rechokim

Psalm 56[a]

Trust in God

For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim.[b] A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.(A)

I

Have mercy on me, God,
    for I am treated harshly;
    attackers press me all the day.
My foes treat me harshly all the day;
    yes, many are my attackers.
O Most High, when I am afraid,
    in you I place my trust.
I praise the word of God;
    I trust in God, I do not fear.(B)
    What can mere flesh do to me?(C)

II

All the day they foil my plans;
    their every thought is of evil against me.
They hide together in ambush;
    they watch my every step;
    they lie in wait for my life.(D)
They are evil; watch them, God!
    Cast the nations down in your anger!
My wanderings you have noted;
    are my tears not stored in your flask,[c]
    recorded in your book?(E)
10 My foes turn back when I call on you.
    This I know: God is on my side.
11 I praise the word of God,
    I praise the word of the Lord.
12 In God I trust, I do not fear.
    What can man do to me?

III

13 I have made vows to you, God;
    with offerings I will fulfill them,(F)
14 For you have snatched me from death,
    kept my feet from stumbling,
That I may walk before God
    in the light of the living.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56 Beset physically (Ps 56:2–3) and psychologically (Ps 56:6–7), the psalmist maintains a firm confidence in God (Ps 56:5, 9–10). Nothing will prevent the psalmist from keeping the vow to give thanks for God’s gift of life (Ps 56:13). A refrain (Ps 56:5, 11–12) divides the Psalm in two equal parts.
  2. 56:1 Yonath elem rehoqim: Hebrew words probably designating the melody to which the Psalm was to be sung.
  3. 56:9 Are my tears not stored in your flask: a unique saying in the Old Testament. The context suggests that the tears are saved because they are precious; God puts a high value on each of the psalmist’s troubles.

Psalm 56[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me,(A) my God,
    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(B)
    all day long they press their attack.(C)
My adversaries pursue me all day long;(D)
    in their pride many are attacking me.(E)

When I am afraid,(F) I put my trust in you.(G)
    In God, whose word I praise—(H)
in God I trust and am not afraid.(I)
    What can mere mortals do to me?(J)

All day long they twist my words;(K)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
They conspire,(L) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(M)
    hoping to take my life.(N)
Because of their wickedness do not[c] let them escape;(O)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(P)

Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll[d](Q)
    are they not in your record?(R)
Then my enemies will turn back(S)
    when I call for help.(T)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(U)

10 In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise—
11 in God I trust and am not afraid.
    What can man do to me?

12 I am under vows(V) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered me from death(W)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
  2. Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
  4. Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin