祈求上帝幫助

上聖殿朝聖之詩。

120 我在患難中向耶和華禱告,
祂就應允了我。
耶和華啊,
求你救我遠離虛謊詭詐之徒。
詭詐之徒啊!
你會受到怎樣的懲罰呢?
你會有什麼下場呢?
等待你的是勇士的利箭和炙熱的炭火。
我寄居在米設和基達的人當中有禍了!
我住在憎惡和平的人當中太久了。
我愛和平,
但我倡導和平的時候,
他們卻要戰爭。

祈求 神拯救脫離詭詐的人

朝聖之歌(原文作“往上行之歌”)。

120 我在急難中呼求耶和華,

他就應允我。(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)

耶和華啊!求你救我脫離說謊的嘴唇,

救我脫離詭詐的舌頭。

詭詐的舌頭啊!他要給你甚麼呢?

他要加給你甚麼呢?

就是勇士的利箭,

和羅騰木燒的炭火。

我寄居在米設,

住在基達的帳棚中,有禍了。

我和恨惡和平的人,

同住得太久。

我希望有和平,

但我一說話,他們就要爭戰。

Plea for Relief from Bitter Foes

A Song of Ascents.

120 In (A)my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!

Woe is me, that I dwell in (B)Meshech,
(C)That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
My soul has dwelt too long
With one who hates peace.
I am for peace;
But when I speak, they are for war.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 120:4 mighty one

Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord(A) in my distress,(B)
    and he answers me.
Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(C)
    and from deceitful tongues.(D)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(E)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(F)
Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.