祈求上帝保护

大卫的诗,交给乐长。

140 耶和华啊!
求你拯救我脱离恶人,
保护我脱离残暴之徒。
他们心怀叵测,整天挑拨离间。
他们的言语恶毒如蛇,
嘴唇有蛇的毒液。(细拉)

耶和华啊,
求你使我免遭恶人的毒手,
保护我脱离残暴之徒。
他们图谋害我。
傲慢人在我的路上暗设网罗,
布下圈套,挖了陷阱。(细拉)

耶和华啊,
我说:“你是我的上帝。”
耶和华啊,求你垂听我的呼求。
主耶和华,我大能的拯救者啊,
在战争的日子,你保护我。
耶和华啊,
求你不要让恶人的愿望实现,
不要让他们的阴谋得逞,
免得他们狂妄自大。(细拉)

愿那些围攻我的人自食恶果。
10 愿火炭落在他们身上,
愿他们被丢进火里,
被抛进深坑,不得翻身。
11 愿毁谤者在地上无法立足,
愿祸患毁灭残暴之徒。
12 我知道耶和华必为贫穷人伸张正义,
为困苦者申冤。
13 义人必赞美你的名,
正直人必活在你面前。

祈求 神保护脱离恶人阴谋

大卫的诗,交给诗班长。

140 耶和华啊!求你拯救我脱离恶人,

求你保护我脱离强暴的人。

他们心中图谋恶事,

整天挑启争端。

他们使自己的舌头尖利,如同蛇的舌头;

他们嘴里有虺蛇的毒。(细拉)

耶和华啊!求你保护我脱离恶人的手,

保护我脱离强暴的人,

因为他们图谋推倒我。

骄傲的人暗中布下陷阱害我,

他们在路旁张开绳索作网,

设下圈套陷害我。(细拉)

我曾对耶和华说:“你是我的 神;

耶和华啊!求你留心听我恳求的声音!”

主耶和华,拯救我的力量啊,

在争战的日子,你保护了我的头。

耶和华啊!求你不要容恶人的心愿得偿,

不要使他们的计谋成功,

免得他们自高自大。(细拉)

至于那些围困我的人,

愿他们的头被自己嘴唇的奸恶遮盖。

10 愿炭火落在他们身上;

愿他们掉在深坑里,

不能再起来。

11 愿搬弄是非的人在地上站立不住;

愿灾祸连连猎取强暴的人。

12 我知道耶和华必为困苦人伸冤,

必替穷乏人辨屈。

13 义人必称赞你的名,

正直的人必住在你面前。

Rescue Me, O Yahweh, from Evil Men

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

140 (A)Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men;
Guard me from (B)violent men
Who (C)think up evil things in their hearts;
They (D)continually stir up wars.
They (E)sharpen their tongues as a serpent;
(F)Poison of an asp is under their lips. [a]Selah.

(G)Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked;
(H)Guard me from violent men
Who [b]give thought to [c](I)trip up my steps.
The proud have (J)hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a (K)net by the [d]wayside;
They have set (L)snares for me. Selah.

I (M)said to Yahweh, “You are my God;
(N)Give ear, O Yahweh, to the (O)voice of my supplications.
O Yahweh, O Lord, (P)the strength of my salvation,
You have (Q)covered my head in the day of [e]battle.
Do not grant, O Yahweh, the (R)desires of the wicked;
Do not promote (S)his evil [f]scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah.

“As for the head of those who surround me,
May the (T)trouble from their lips cover them.
10 May (U)burning coals be shaken out upon them;
May He (V)cause them to fall into the fire,
Into [g]bottomless pits from which they (W)can never rise.
11 May a [h]slanderer not be established in the earth;
(X)May evil hunt the violent man [i]speedily.”

12 I know that Yahweh will (Y)maintain the cause for the afflicted
And (Z)judgment for the needy.
13 Surely the (AA)righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The (AB)upright will abide in Your presence.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 140:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  2. Psalm 140:4 Or devised
  3. Psalm 140:4 Lit push violently my steps
  4. Psalm 140:5 Lit track
  5. Psalm 140:7 Lit weapons
  6. Psalm 140:8 Or plan
  7. Psalm 140:10 Lit watery
  8. Psalm 140:11 Lit man of tongue
  9. Psalm 140:11 Lit thrust upon thrust