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被擄於巴比倫者之哀歌

137 我們曾在巴比倫的河邊坐下,一追想錫安就哭了。
我們把琴掛在那裡的柳樹上。
因為在那裡,擄掠我們的要我們唱歌,搶奪我們的要我們作樂,說:「給我們唱一首錫安歌吧!」
我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢?
耶路撒冷啊,我若忘記你,情願我的右手忘記技巧!
我若不記念你,若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的,情願我的舌頭貼於上膛!
耶路撒冷遭難的日子,以東人說:「拆毀!拆毀!直拆到根基!」耶和華啊,求你記念這仇!
將要被滅的巴比倫[a]啊,報復你像你待我們的,那人便為有福!
拿你的嬰孩摔在磐石上的,那人便為有福!

歌頌耶和華之慈愛誠實

138 大衛的詩。

我要一心稱謝你,在諸神面前歌頌你。
我要向你的聖殿下拜,為你的慈愛和誠實稱讚你的名;因你使你的話顯為大,過於你所應許的[b]
我呼求的日子,你就應允我,鼓勵我,使我心裡有能力。
耶和華啊,地上的君王都要稱謝你,因他們聽見了你口中的言語。
他們要歌頌耶和華的作為,因耶和華大有榮耀。
耶和華雖高,仍看顧低微的人,他卻從遠處看出驕傲的人。
我雖行在患難中,你必將我救活。我的仇敵發怒,你必伸手抵擋他們,你的右手也必救我。
耶和華必成全關乎我的事。耶和華啊,你的慈愛永遠長存,求你不要離棄你手所造的。

讚美耶和華無所不知

139 大衛的詩,交於伶長。

耶和華啊,你已經鑒察我,認識我。
我坐下,我起來,你都曉得,你從遠處知道我的意念。
我行路,我躺臥,你都細察,你也深知我一切所行的。
耶和華啊,我舌頭上的話,你沒有一句不知道的。
你在我前後環繞我,按手在我身上。
這樣的知識奇妙,是我不能測的;至高,是我不能及的。

無所不在

我往哪裡去躲避你的靈?我往哪裡逃躲避你的面?

我若升到天上,你在那裡;我若在陰間下榻,你也在那裡。
我若展開清晨的翅膀,飛到海極居住,
10 就是在那裡,你的手必引導我,你的右手也必扶持我。
11 我若說「黑暗必定遮蔽我,我周圍的亮光必成為黑夜」,
12 黑暗也不能遮蔽我使你不見,黑夜卻如白晝發亮,黑暗和光明在你看都是一樣。

造物奇妙

13 我的肺腑是你所造的,我在母腹中,你已覆庇我。

14 我要稱謝你,因我受造奇妙可畏;你的作為奇妙,這是我心深知道的。
15 我在暗中受造,在地的深處被聯絡,那時我的形體並不向你隱藏。
16 我未成形的體質,你的眼早已看見了;你所定的日子,我尚未度一日[c],你都寫在你的冊上了。

恩惠無窮

17 神啊,你的意念向我何等寶貴!其數何等眾多!

18 我若數點,比海沙更多。我睡醒的時候,仍和你同在。
19 神啊,你必要殺戮惡人。所以你們好流人血的,離開我去吧!
20 因為他們說惡言頂撞你,你的仇敵也妄稱你的名。
21 耶和華啊,恨惡你的,我豈不恨惡他們嗎?攻擊你的,我豈不憎嫌他們嗎?
22 我切切地恨惡他們,以他們為仇敵。
23 神啊,求你鑒察我,知道我的心思;試煉我,知道我的意念。
24 看在我裡面有什麼惡行沒有,引導我走永生的道路。

Footnotes

  1. 詩篇 137:8 「城」原文作「女子」。
  2. 詩篇 138:2 或作:超乎你的名聲。
  3. 詩篇 139:16 或作:我被造的肢體尚未有其一。

Psalm 137

By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
    when we remembered Zion.(C)
There on the poplars(D)
    we hung our harps,(E)
for there our captors(F) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded(G) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(H)

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(I)
    while in a foreign land?
If I forget you,(J) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof(K) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(M)
    my highest joy.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(N) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(O)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(P)
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(Q)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them(R) against the rocks.

Psalm 138

Of David.

I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
    before the “gods”(S) I will sing(T) your praise.
I will bow down toward your holy temple(U)
    and will praise your name(V)
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,(W)
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.(X)
When I called,(Y) you answered me;(Z)
    you greatly emboldened(AA) me.

May all the kings of the earth(AB) praise you, Lord,
    when they hear what you have decreed.
May they sing(AC) of the ways of the Lord,
    for the glory of the Lord(AD) is great.

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(AE)
    though lofty, he sees them(AF) from afar.
Though I walk(AG) in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.(AH)
You stretch out your hand(AI) against the anger of my foes;(AJ)
    with your right hand(AK) you save me.(AL)
The Lord will vindicate(AM) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever(AN)
    do not abandon(AO) the works of your hands.(AP)

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(AQ) Lord,
    and you know(AR) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(AS)
    you perceive my thoughts(AT) from afar.
You discern my going out(AU) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(AV)
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.(AW)
You hem me in(AX) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(AY)
    too lofty(AZ) for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee(BA) from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens,(BB) you are there;
    if I make my bed(BC) in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(BD)
    your right hand(BE) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(BF) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;(BG)
    you knit me together(BH) in my mother’s womb.(BI)
14 I praise you(BJ) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,(BK)
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made(BL) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together(BM) in the depths of the earth.(BN)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained(BO) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](BP) God!(BQ)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(BR)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(BS)
    when I awake,(BT) I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(BU)
    Away from me,(BV) you who are bloodthirsty!(BW)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries(BX) misuse your name.(BY)
21 Do I not hate those(BZ) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor(CA) those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.(CB)
23 Search me,(CC) God, and know my heart;(CD)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(CE) in me,
    and lead me(CF) in the way everlasting.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

137 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

138 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.

Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

139 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.