诗篇 18
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
稱頌 神的拯救(A)
耶和華的僕人大衛的詩，交給詩班長。在耶和華拯救他脫離所有仇敵和掃羅的手的日子，他向耶和華唱出這首歌的歌詞。他說：
18 耶和華我的力量啊！我愛你。
2 耶和華是我的巖石、我的山寨、我的救主、
我的 神、我的磐石、我所投靠的、
我的盾牌、我救恩的角、我的高臺。
3 我向那當受讚美的耶和華呼求，
就得到拯救，脫離我的仇敵。
4 死亡的繩索環繞我，
毀滅的急流淹沒了我。
5 陰間的繩索圍繞著我，
死亡的網羅迎面而來。
6 急難臨到我的時候，我求告耶和華，
我向我的 神呼求；
他從殿中聽了我的聲音，
我在他面前的呼求進了他的耳中。
7 那時大地搖撼震動，
群山的根基也都動搖，
它們搖撼，是因為耶和華發怒。
8 濃煙從他的鼻孔往上冒，
烈火從他的口中噴出來，
連炭也燒著了。
9 他使天下垂，親自降臨；
在他的腳下黑雲密布。
10 他乘著基路伯飛行，
藉著風的翅膀急飛。
11 他以黑暗作他的隱密處，
他以濃黑的水氣，就是天空的密雲，
作他四周的帷帳。
12 密雲、冰雹與火炭，
從他面前的光輝經過。
13 耶和華在天上打雷，
至高者發出聲音，
發出冰雹和火炭。
14 他射出箭來，使它們四散；
他連連發出閃電，使它們混亂。
15 耶和華斥責一發，
你鼻孔的氣一出，
海底就出現，
大地的根基也顯露。
16 他從高處伸手抓住我，
把我從大水中拉上來。
17 他救我脫離我的強敵，
脫離那些恨我的人，因為他們比我強盛。
18 在我遭難的日子，他們來攻擊我，
但耶和華是我的支持。
19 他又領我出去，到那寬闊之地；
他搭救我，因為他喜悅我。
20 耶和華按著我的公義報答我，
照著我手中的清潔回報我。
21 因為我謹守了耶和華的道，
未曾作惡離開我的 神。
22 因為他的一切典章常擺在我面前，
他的律例，我未曾丟棄。
23 我在他面前作完全的人，
我也謹慎自己，脫離我的罪孽。
24 所以耶和華按著我的公義，
照著我在他眼前手中的清潔回報我。
25 對慈愛的人，你顯出你的慈愛；
對完全的人，你顯出你的完全；
26 對清潔的人，你顯出你的清潔；
對狡詐的人，你顯出你的機巧。
27 謙卑的人，你要拯救；
高傲的眼睛，你要貶低。
28 耶和華啊！你點亮了我的燈；
我的 神照明了我的黑暗。
29 藉著你，我攻破敵軍；
靠著我的 神，我跳過牆垣。
30 這位 神，他的道路是完全的；
耶和華的話是煉淨的；
凡是投靠他的，他都作他們的盾牌。
31 除了耶和華，誰是 神呢？
除了我們的 神，誰是磐石呢？
32 他是那位以能力給我束腰的 神，
他使我的道路完全。
33 他使我的腳像母鹿的蹄，
又使我站穩在高處。
34 他教導我的手怎樣作戰，
又使我的手臂可以拉開銅弓。
35 你把你救恩的盾牌賜給我，
你的右手扶持我，
你的溫柔使我昌大。
36 你使我腳底下的路徑寬闊，
我的兩膝沒有動搖。
37 我追趕仇敵，把他們追上；
不消滅他們，我必不歸回。
38 我重創他們，使他們不能起來；
他們都倒在我的腳下。
39 你以能力給我束腰，使我能夠作戰；
你又使那些起來攻擊我的人都屈服在我的腳下。
40 你使我的仇敵在我面前轉背逃跑，
使我可以殲滅恨我的人。
41 他們呼叫，卻沒有人拯救；
就算向耶和華呼求，他也不答應他們。
42 我搗碎他們，像風前的塵土，
我傾倒他們，像街上的爛泥。
43 你救我脫離了人民的爭競，
你立我作列國的元首；
我不認識的人民要服事我。
44 他們一聽見，就服從我；
外族人都向我假意歸順。
45 外族人大勢已去，
戰戰兢兢地從他們的要塞走出來。
46 耶和華是永活的，我的磐石是應當稱頌的，
拯救我的 神是應當被尊為至高的。
47 他是那位為我伸冤的 神，
他使萬民服在我的腳下。
48 他救我脫離我的仇敵。
你還把我高舉起來，高過那些起來攻擊我的人，
又救我脫離了強暴的人。
49 因此，耶和華啊！我要在列國中稱讚你，歌頌你的名。
50 耶和華賜極大的救恩給他所立的王，
又向他的受膏者施慈愛，
就是向大衛和他的後裔施慈愛，直到永遠。
Psalm 18
New American Standard Bible
The Lord Praised for Rescuing David.
For the music director. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, [a]who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
18 “I love You, Lord, (A)my strength.”
2 The Lord is (B)my rock and (C)my fortress and my (D)savior,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My (E)shield and the (F)horn of my salvation, my (G)stronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is (H)worthy to be praised,
And I am (I)saved from my enemies.
4 The (J)ropes of death encompassed me,
And the (K)torrents of [b]destruction [c]terrified me.
5 The (L)ropes of [d]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my (M)distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice (N)from His temple,
And my (O)cry for help before Him came into His ears.
7 Then the (P)earth shook and quaked;
And the (Q)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up [e]out of His nostrils,
And (R)fire from His mouth was devouring;
Coals burned from it.
9 He also (S)bowed the heavens down low, and came down
With thick (T)darkness under His feet.
10 He rode on a (U)cherub and flew;
And He sped on the (V)wings of the wind.
11 He made (W)darkness His hiding place, (X)His [f]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
12 From the (Y)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and (Z)coals of fire.
13 The Lord also (AA)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 He (AB)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and [g]routed them.
15 Then the (AC)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your (AD)rebuke, Lord,
At the blast of the (AE)breath of Your nostrils.
16 He (AF)sent from on high, He took me;
He drew me out of (AG)many waters.
17 He (AH)saved me from my strong enemy,
And from those who hated me, for they were (AI)too mighty for me.
18 They confronted me in (AJ)the day of my disaster,
But (AK)the Lord was my support.
19 He also brought me out into an (AL)open place;
He rescued me, because (AM)He delighted in me.
20 The Lord has (AN)rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the (AO)cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
21 For I have (AP)kept the ways of the Lord,
And have (AQ)not acted wickedly against my God.
22 For all (AR)His judgments were before me,
And I did not put away His (AS)statutes from me.
23 I was also [h](AT)blameless with Him,
And I (AU)kept myself from my wrongdoing.
24 Therefore the Lord has (AV)repaid me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
25 With (AW)the faithful You show Yourself faithful;
With the [i]blameless (AX)You prove Yourself blameless;
26 With the pure You show Yourself (AY)pure,
And with the crooked (AZ)You show Yourself [j]astute.
27 For You (BA)save an afflicted people,
But You humiliate (BB)haughty eyes.
28 For You (BC)light my lamp;
The Lord my God (BD)illumines my darkness.
29 For by You I can (BE)run at a [k]troop of warriors;
And by my God I can (BF)leap over a wall.
30 As for God, His way is [l](BG)blameless;
The (BH)word of the Lord is refined;
He is a (BI)shield to all who take refuge in Him.
31 For (BJ)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is a (BK)rock, except our God,
32 The God who (BL)encircles me with strength,
And [m]makes my way [n](BM)blameless?
33 He (BN)makes my feet like deer’s feet,
And (BO)sets me up on my high places.
34 He (BP)trains my hands for battle,
So that my arms can (BQ)bend a bow of bronze.
35 You have also given me (BR)the shield of Your salvation,
And Your (BS)right hand upholds me;
And (BT)Your [o]gentleness makes me great.
36 You (BU)enlarge my steps under me,
And my [p](BV)feet have not slipped.
37 I (BW)pursued my enemies and overtook them,
And I did not turn back (BX)until they were consumed.
38 I shattered them, so that they were (BY)not able to rise;
They fell (BZ)under my feet.
39 For You have (CA)encircled me with strength for battle;
You have forced those who rose up against me (CB)to bow down under me.
40 You have also made my enemies (CC)turn their backs to me,
And I [q](CD)destroyed those who hated me.
41 They cried for help, but there was (CE)no one to save,
They cried to the Lord, but (CF)He did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them fine like the (CG)dust before the wind;
I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.
43 You have rescued me from the (CH)contentions of the people;
You have placed me as (CI)head of the nations;
A (CJ)people whom I have not known serve me.
44 As soon as they hear, they obey me;
Foreigners (CK)pretend to obey me.
45 Foreigners (CL)lose heart,
And (CM)come trembling out of their [r]fortresses.
46 The Lord (CN)lives, and blessed be (CO)my rock;
And exalted be (CP)the God of my salvation,
47 The God who (CQ)executes vengeance for me,
And (CR)subdues peoples under me.
48 He (CS)rescues me from my enemies;
You indeed (CT)lift me above those who rise up against me;
You rescue me from a (CU)violent man.
49 Therefore I will (CV)give thanks to You among the nations, Lord,
And I will (CW)sing praises to Your name.
50 He gives great [s](CX)salvation to His king,
And shows faithfulness to (CY)His anointed,
To David and (CZ)his [t]descendants forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 18 Title 2 Sam 22:1-51
- Psalm 18:4 Or ungodliness; Heb Belial
- Psalm 18:4 Or were assailing; or terrifying
- Psalm 18:5 I.e., the netherworld
- Psalm 18:8 Or in His wrath
- Psalm 18:11 Or pavilion
- Psalm 18:14 Lit confused
- Psalm 18:23 Lit complete; or having integrity; or perfect
- Psalm 18:25 See note v 23
- Psalm 18:26 Lit twisted
- Psalm 18:29 Or wall
- Psalm 18:30 Or perfect
- Psalm 18:32 Or has made
- Psalm 18:32 Lit complete; or having integrity
- Psalm 18:35 Or condescension
- Psalm 18:36 Lit ankles
- Psalm 18:40 Or silenced
- Psalm 18:45 Or prisons
- Psalm 18:50 I.e., victories; lit salvations
- Psalm 18:50 Lit seed
Psalm 18
King James Version
18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Salmi 18
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Espressioni di lode per la liberazione
18 (A)Al direttore del coro. Di *Davide, servo del Signore, il quale rivolse al Signore le parole di questo cantico, quando il Signore lo liberò dalla mano di *Saul. Egli disse:
«Io ti amo, o Signore, mia forza!
2 Il Signore è la mia ròcca, la mia
fortezza, il mio liberatore;
il mio Dio, la mia rupe, in cui mi rifugio,
il mio scudo, il mio potente salvatore[a], il mio alto rifugio.
3 Io invocai il Signore ch'è degno
d'ogni lode
e fui salvato dai miei nemici.
4 I legami della morte mi avevano
circondato,
i torrenti della distruzione mi avevano spaventato.
5 I legami del *soggiorno dei morti
mi avevano attorniato,
i lacci della morte m'avevano sorpreso.
6 Nella mia angoscia invocai il
Signore,
gridai al mio Dio.
Egli udí la mia voce dal suo tempio,
il mio grido giunse a lui, ai suoi orecchi.
7 Allora la terra fu scossa e tremò,
le fondamenta dei monti furono smosse e scrollate;
perch'egli era colmo di sdegno.
8 Un fumo saliva dalle sue narici;
un fuoco consumante gli usciva dalla bocca
e ne venivan fuori carboni accesi.
9 Egli abbassò i cieli e discese,
una fitta nube aveva sotto i piedi.
10 Cavalcava un *cherubino e volava;
volava veloce sulle ali del vento;
11 aveva fatto delle tenebre la sua
stanza nascosta;
aveva posto intorno a sé, per suo
padiglione, l'oscurità delle acque,
le dense nubi dei cieli.
12 Per lo splendore che emanava
da lui,
le dense nubi si sciolsero con grandine
e con carboni ardenti.
13 Il Signore tonò nei cieli,
l'Altissimo fece udire la sua voce
con grandine e con carboni ardenti.
14 Scagliò le sue saette e disperse
i nemici;
lanciò folgori in gran numero e li mise in fuga.
15 Allora apparve il fondo del mare,
e le fondamenta del mondo furono
scoperte
al tuo rimprovero, o Signore,
al soffio del vento delle tue narici.
16 Egli tese dall'alto la mano e mi prese,
mi trasse fuori dalle grandi acque.
17 Mi liberò dal mio potente nemico,
da quelli che mi odiavano, perch'eran piú forti di me.
18 Essi mi erano piombati addosso nel dí della mia calamità,
ma il Signore fu il mio sostegno.
19 Egli mi trasse fuori al largo,
mi liberò, perché mi gradisce.
20 Il Signore mi ha ricompensato
secondo la mia giustizia,
mi ha reso secondo la purezza delle mie mani,
21 poiché ho osservato le vie del
Signore
e non mi sono allontanato dal mio Dio, comportandomi da empio.
22 Poiché ho tenuto tutte le sue leggi davanti a me
e non ho rifiutato i suoi precetti.
23 Sono stato integro verso di lui,
mi son guardato dalla mia *iniquità.
24 Perciò il Signore mi ha ripagato
secondo la mia giustizia,
secondo la purezza delle mie mani in sua presenza.
25 Tu ti mostri pietoso verso il pio,
integro verso l'uomo integro;
26 ti mostri puro con il puro
e ti mostri astuto con il perverso;
27 poiché tu sei colui che salva la gente afflitta
e fa abbassare gli occhi alteri.
28 Sí, tu fai risplendere la mia
lampada;
il Signore, il mio Dio, illumina le mie tenebre.
29 Con te io assalgo tutta una schiera,
con il mio Dio salgo sulle mura.
30 La via di Dio è perfetta;
la parola del Signore è purificata con
il fuoco;
egli è lo scudo di tutti quelli che
sperano in lui.
31 Poiché chi è Dio all'infuori del
Signore?
E chi è Ròcca all'infuori del nostro Dio,
32 il Dio che mi cinge di forza e rende la via retta?
33 Egli rende i miei piedi simili a quelli delle cerve,
mi rende saldo sulle mie alture;
34 addestra le mie mani alla battaglia
e le mie braccia tendono un arco
di rame.
35 Tu m'hai anche dato lo scudo della tua salvezza,
la tua destra mi ha sostenuto,
la tua bontà mi ha reso grande.
36 Tu hai allargato la via davanti ai
miei passi
e i miei piedi non hanno vacillato.
37 Ho inseguito i miei nemici e li ho
raggiunti;
non son tornato indietro prima d'averli distrutti.
38 Li ho abbattuti e non son potuti
risorgere;
sono caduti sotto i miei piedi.
39 Tu m'hai cinto di forza per la guerra;
tu hai fatto piegare sotto di me i miei avversari;
40 hai fatto voltar le spalle davanti
a me ai miei nemici,
e ho distrutto quelli che mi odiavano.
41 Hanno gridato, ma nessuno li ha
salvati;
hanno gridato al Signore, ma egli non ha risposto.
42 Io li ho tritati come polvere al vento,
li ho spazzati via come il fango delle
strade.
43 Tu m'hai liberato dal popolo in
rivolta,
m'hai costituito capo di nazioni;
un popolo che non conoscevo mi è stato sottomesso.
44 Al solo udir parlare di me,
mi hanno ubbidito;
i figli degli stranieri mi hanno reso
omaggio.
45 I figli degli stranieri si son persi
d'animo,
sono usciti tremanti dai loro
nascondigli.
46 Il Signore vive: sia benedetta la mia Ròcca!
Sia esaltato il Dio della mia salvezza!
47 Il Dio che fa la mia vendetta e mi sottomette i popoli,
48 che mi libera dai miei nemici.
Sí, tu m'innalzi sopra i miei avversari,
mi salvi dall'uomo violento.
49 Perciò, o Signore, ti loderò tra
le nazioni
e salmeggerò al tuo nome.
50 Grandi liberazioni egli accorda
al suo re,
usa benevolenza verso il suo *unto,
verso Davide e la sua discendenza in eterno».
Footnotes
- Salmi 18:2 Il mio potente salvatore, lett. il corno della mia salvezza.
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