Psalm 140
EasyEnglish Bible
This is a song that David wrote.
It is for the music leader.
Please help me, Lord
140 Lord, please save me from evil people.
Keep me safe from people who like to attack others.
2 They think of evil ideas to hurt people.
They only want to cause trouble!
3 Their words hurt people,
like the tongue of a snake.
They bite with poison,
like a dangerous snake.
Selah
4 Lord, keep me safe from the power of wicked people.
Keep me safe from violent people who want to attack me.
5 Proud people have prepared a trap to catch me.
They have put their nets across my path.[a]
Selah.
6 Lord, I say to you, ‘You are my God.’
Lord, hear my prayer for help!
7 Lord, my Lord, you are my strong helper.
You keep me safe when I fight in a battle.
8 Lord, do not let wicked people do what they want to do.
Stop them when they prepare to attack.
Selah.
9 Give trouble to the people who come round me to attack!
Let the bad things that they say against me
happen to them instead![b]
10 Drop burning coals on them like rain!
Throw those people into the fire!
Let them fall into deep holes that they cannot get out of!
11 People who tell cruel lies should not live in our land.
Trouble will happen to people who like to fight.
Bad trouble will knock them down!
12 I know that the Lord helps poor people.
He makes sure that they receive justice.
13 Your righteous people will always praise you.
Good, honest people will live near to you.
詩篇 140
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
大衛的詩。交給聖詠團長。
求耶和華護佑
140 耶和華啊，求你救我脫離邪惡的人，
保護我脫離殘暴的人！
2 他們心中圖謀奸惡，
日日不停挑起戰爭。
3 他們的舌頭銳利如蛇，
嘴唇裏有毒蛇的毒液。（細拉）
4 耶和華啊，求你庇護我脫離惡人的手，
保護我脫離殘暴的人，他們想要推倒我。
5 驕傲的人為我暗設羅網和繩索；
他們在路旁張開網，為我設下圈套。（細拉）
6 我曾對耶和華說：「你是我的 神。」
耶和華啊，求你側耳聽我懇求的聲音！
7 主—耶和華、我救恩的力量啊，
在戰爭的日子，你遮蔽了我的頭。
8 耶和華啊，求你不要遂惡人的心願；
不要成就他們的計謀，免得他們自高。（細拉）
9 至於那些昂首圍困我的人，
願他們嘴唇的奸惡陷害[a]自己！
10 願他們被丟在火中，火炭落在他們身上；
願他們被拋在深坑裏，不能再起來！
11 願說惡言的人在地上站立不住；
願禍患獵取殘暴的人，把他打倒。
12 我知道耶和華必為困苦人伸冤，
為貧窮人辯護。
13 義人必頌揚你的名，
正直人要在你面前居住。
Footnotes
- 140．9 「陷害」：原文是「遮蔽」。
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