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 神是正直人的倚靠

大衛的詩,交給詩班長。

11 我投靠耶和華,你們怎麼對我說:

“你要像飛鳥逃到你的山上去。(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)

看哪!惡人的弓已經拉開,

箭已經上弦,

要從暗處射那心裡正直的人。

根基既然毀壞,

義人還能作甚麼呢?”

耶和華在他的聖殿裡,

耶和華的寶座在天上,

他的眼睛觀看,他的目光察驗世人。

耶和華試驗義人和惡人,

他的心恨惡喜愛強暴的人。

耶和華必使火炭落在惡人身上,

烈火、硫磺和旱風是他們杯中的分。

因為耶和華是公義的,他喜愛公義的行為,

正直的人必得見他的面。

信靠上帝

大衛的詩,交給樂長。

11 我投靠耶和華,
你們怎能對我說:「要像飛鳥一樣逃到山裡。
看啊,惡人彎弓搭箭,
要暗射心地正直的人。
根基若遭毀壞,
義人還能做什麼?」
耶和華在祂的聖殿裡,
坐在天上的寶座上,
放眼巡視,察看世人。
耶和華察驗義人和惡人,
祂憎恨邪惡和殘暴之徒。
祂要把烈焰熊熊的火炭和硫磺降在惡人身上,
用炙熱的風懲罰他們。
因為耶和華是公義的,
祂喜愛公義。
正直的人必見祂的面。

Confidence in Yahweh’s Righteousness

For the music director. Of David.[a]

11 In Yahweh I have taken refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
“Flee to your mountain like a bird”?
For look: The wicked string the bow.[b]
They have fitted their arrow to the string,
to shoot from the darkness
at the upright of heart.
When the foundations are destroyed
what can the righteous do?[c]
Yahweh is in his holy temple;
Yahweh is in the heavens on his throne.
His eyelids see;
they test the children of humankind.
Yahweh tests the righteous,
but the wicked and the lover of violence
his soul hates.
He will rain coals[d] on the wicked.
Burning sulfur and scorching wind
will be the portion of their cup.
For Yahweh is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds.
The upright shall see his face.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. Psalm 11:2 Literally “tread the bow,” that is, placing the foot on the bow to bend and string it
  3. Psalm 11:3 Or “what has the righteous done”
  4. Psalm 11:6 According to Symmachus (compare also Targum Psalms) a form slightly different from the MT’s “snares”

Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

In the Lord I take refuge.(A)
    How then can you say to me:
    “Flee(B) like a bird to your mountain.(C)
For look, the wicked bend their bows;(D)
    they set their arrows(E) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(F)
    at the upright in heart.(G)
When the foundations(H) are being destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”

The Lord is in his holy temple;(I)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(J)
He observes everyone on earth;(K)
    his eyes examine(L) them.
The Lord examines the righteous,(M)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(N)
On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;(O)
    a scorching wind(P) will be their lot.

For the Lord is righteous,(Q)
    he loves justice;(R)
    the upright(S) will see his face.(T)