求上帝荫庇

大卫的诗。

141 耶和华啊,
我向你呼求,求你快来帮助我;
我向你呼求的时候,求你垂听。
愿我的祷告如香升到你面前,
愿我举手所献的祷告如同晚祭。
耶和华啊,
求你守住我的口,
看住我的嘴。
耶和华啊,求你不要让我的心偏向邪恶,
免得我与恶人同流合污;
也不要让我吃他们的美食。
我情愿受义人出于爱心的责打,
他们的责打是良药,
我不会逃避。
我要不断地用祷告抵挡恶人的行径。
他们的首领被抛下悬崖的时候,
他们就会知道我所言不虚。
那些恶人的骨头散落在墓旁,
好像耕田翻起的土块。
主耶和华啊,
我仰望你,我投靠你,
求你不要让我遭害。
求你不要使我落入恶人设下的网罗,
不要掉进他们的陷阱。
10 愿他们作茧自缚,
而我可以安然逃脱。

求上帝蔭庇

大衛的詩。

141 耶和華啊,
我向你呼求,求你快來幫助我;
我向你呼求的時候,求你垂聽。
願我的禱告如香升到你面前,
願我舉手所獻的禱告如同晚祭。
耶和華啊,
求你守住我的口,
看住我的嘴。
耶和華啊,求你不要讓我的心偏向邪惡,
免得我與惡人同流合污;
也不要讓我吃他們的美食。
我情願受義人出於愛心的責打,
他們的責打是良藥,
我不會逃避。
我要不斷地用禱告抵擋惡人的行徑。
他們的首領被拋下懸崖的時候,
他們就會知道我所言不虛。
那些惡人的骨頭散落在墓旁,
好像耕田翻起的土塊。
主耶和華啊,
我仰望你,我投靠你,
求你不要讓我遭害。
求你不要使我落入惡人設下的網羅,
不要掉進他們的陷阱。
10 願他們作繭自縛,
而我可以安然逃脫。

Psalm 141[a]

Prayer for Deliverance from the Wicked

A psalm of David.

Lord, I call to you; hasten to me;
    listen to my plea when I call.
Let my prayer be incense[b] before you;
    my uplifted hands an evening offering.(A)
Set a guard, Lord, before my mouth,
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(B)
Do not let my heart incline to evil,
    to perform deeds in wickedness.
On the delicacies of evildoers
    let me not feast.
[c]Let a righteous person strike me; it is mercy if he reproves me.
    Do not withhold oil from my head(C)
    while my prayer opposes their evil deeds.
May their leaders be cast over the cliff,
    so that they hear that my speeches are pleasing.
Like the plowing and breaking up of the earth,
    our bones are strewn at the mouth of Sheol.
For my eyes are upon you, O Lord, my Lord;(D)
    in you I take refuge; do not take away my soul.
Guard me from the trap they have set for me,
    from the snares of evildoers.(E)
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
    while only I pass over them safely.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141 A lament of an individual (Ps 141:1–2) who is keenly aware that only the righteous can worship God properly and who therefore prays to be protected from the doomed wicked (Ps 141:3–10).
  2. 141:2 Incense: lit., “smoke,” i.e., the fragrant fumes arising from the altar at the burning of sacrificial animals or of aromatic spices; also used in Rev 5:8 as a symbol of prayer. My uplifted hands: the gesture of supplication, cf. Ps 28:2; 63:5; 88:10; 119:48; 134:2; 143:6.
  3. 141:5–7 The Hebrew text is obscure.

Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

I call to you, Lord, come quickly(A) to me;
    hear me(B) when I call to you.
May my prayer be set before you like incense;(C)
    may the lifting up of my hands(D) be like the evening sacrifice.(E)

Set a guard over my mouth,(F) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(G)
Do not let my heart(H) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(I)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(J)

Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(K)—that is oil on my head.(L)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(M)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
They will say, “As one plows(N) and breaks up the earth,(O)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(P) of the grave.”

But my eyes are fixed(Q) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge(R)—do not give me over to death.
Keep me safe(S) from the traps set by evildoers,(T)
    from the snares(U) they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall(V) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.(W)