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依赖耶和华求其救援

31 大卫的诗,交于伶长。

耶和华啊,我投靠你,求你使我永不羞愧,凭你的公义搭救我。
求你侧耳而听,快快救我,做我坚固的磐石、拯救我的保障。
因为你是我的岩石,我的山寨,所以求你为你名的缘故,引导我,指点我。
求你救我脱离人为我暗设的网罗,因为你是我的保障。
我将我的灵魂交在你手里,耶和华诚实的神啊,你救赎了我!
我恨恶那信奉虚无之神的人,我却倚靠耶和华。
我要为你的慈爱高兴欢喜,因为你见过我的困苦,知道我心中的艰难。
你未曾把我交在仇敌手里,你使我的脚站在宽阔之处。
耶和华啊,求你怜恤我,因为我在急难之中,我的眼睛因忧愁而干瘪,连我的身心也不安舒。
10 我的生命为愁苦所消耗,我的年岁为叹息所旷废,我的力量因我的罪孽衰败,我的骨头也枯干。
11 我因一切敌人成了羞辱,在我的邻舍跟前更甚。那认识我的都惧怕我,在外头看见我的都躲避我。
12 我被人忘记,如同死人,无人记念,我好像破碎的器皿。
13 我听见了许多人的谗谤,四围都是惊吓。他们一同商议攻击我的时候,就图谋要害我的性命。
14 耶和华啊,我仍旧倚靠你,我说:“你是我的神!”
15 我终身的事在你手中,求你救我脱离仇敌的手和那些逼迫我的人。
16 求你使你的脸光照仆人,凭你的慈爱拯救我。
17 耶和华啊,求你叫我不致羞愧,因为我曾呼吁你。求你使恶人羞愧,使他们在阴间缄默无声。
18 那撒谎的人逞骄傲轻慢,出狂妄的话攻击义人,愿他的嘴哑而无言!
19 敬畏你、投靠你的人,你为他们所积存的,在世人面前所施行的恩惠是何等大呢!
20 你必把他们藏在你面前的隐密处,免得遇见人的计谋;你必暗暗地保守他们在亭子里,免受口舌的争闹。
21 耶和华是应当称颂的!因为他在坚固城里,向我施展奇妙的慈爱。
22 至于我,我曾急促地说“我从你眼前被隔绝”,然而我呼求你的时候,你仍听我恳求的声音。
23 耶和华的圣民哪,你们都要爱他!耶和华保护诚实人,足足报应行事骄傲的人。
24 凡仰望耶和华的人,你们都要壮胆,坚固你们的心!

信靠上帝的禱告

大衛的詩,交給樂長。

31 耶和華啊,我尋求你的庇護,
求你讓我永不蒙羞;
你是公義的,求你拯救我。
求你側耳聽我的呼求,
快來救我,作我堅固的避難所,
作拯救我的堡壘。
你是我的磐石,我的堡壘,
求你為了自己的名而引導我,帶領我。
你是我的避難所,
求你救我脫離人們為我設下的陷阱。
我將靈魂交托給你。
信實的上帝耶和華啊,
你必救贖我。
我憎恨拜假神的人,
我信靠耶和華。
你已經看見我的困苦,
知道我心中的愁煩,
你的恩慈使我歡喜快樂。
你沒有將我交給仇敵,
而是領我到寬闊之地。
耶和華啊,我落在苦難之中,
求你憐憫我,
我雙眼哭腫,身心疲憊。
10 我的生命被愁苦吞噬,
歲月被哀傷耗盡,
力量因罪惡而消逝,
我成了枯骨一堆。
11 仇敵羞辱我,
鄰居厭棄我,
朋友害怕我,
路人紛紛躲避我。
12 我就像已死之人,被人遺忘;
又像破碎的陶器,被人丟棄。
13 我聽見許多人譭謗我,
驚恐籠罩著我。
他們圖謀不軌,
謀害我的性命。

14 然而,耶和華啊,
我依然信靠你;
我說:「你是我的上帝。」
15 我的時日都掌握在你手中,
求你救我脫離仇敵和追逼我的人。
16 求你笑顏垂顧僕人,
施慈愛拯救我。
17 耶和華啊,我曾向你呼求,
求你不要叫我蒙羞。
求你使惡人蒙羞,
寂然無聲地躺在陰間。
18 願你堵住撒謊之人的口,
他們驕傲自大,
狂妄地攻擊義人。
19 你的恩惠何其大——為敬畏你的人而預備,
在世人面前賜給投靠你的人。
20 你把他們藏在你那裡,
使他們得到庇護,
免遭世人暗算。
你使他們在你的居所安然無恙,
免受惡言惡語的攻擊。
21 耶和華當受稱頌!
因為我被困城中時,
祂以奇妙的愛待我。
22 我曾驚恐地說:
「你丟棄了我!」
其實你聽了我的呼求。
23 耶和華忠心的子民啊,
你們要愛祂。
祂保護忠心的人,
嚴懲驕傲的人。
24 凡仰望耶和華的人啊,
要剛強壯膽!

Psalm 31[a](A)

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(B)
    let me never be put to shame;
    deliver me in your righteousness.(C)
Turn your ear to me,(D)
    come quickly to my rescue;(E)
be my rock of refuge,(F)
    a strong fortress to save me.
Since you are my rock and my fortress,(G)
    for the sake of your name(H) lead and guide me.
Keep me free from the trap(I) that is set for me,
    for you are my refuge.(J)
Into your hands I commit my spirit;(K)
    deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.(L)

I hate those who cling to worthless idols;(M)
    as for me, I trust in the Lord.(N)
I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction(O)
    and knew the anguish(P) of my soul.
You have not given me into the hands(Q) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.(R)

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;(S)
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,(T)
    my soul and body(U) with grief.
10 My life is consumed by anguish(V)
    and my years by groaning;(W)
my strength fails(X) because of my affliction,[b](Y)
    and my bones grow weak.(Z)
11 Because of all my enemies,(AA)
    I am the utter contempt(AB) of my neighbors(AC)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
    those who see me on the street flee from me.
12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;(AD)
    I have become like broken pottery.
13 For I hear many whispering,(AE)
    “Terror on every side!”(AF)
They conspire against me(AG)
    and plot to take my life.(AH)

14 But I trust(AI) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times(AJ) are in your hands;
    deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
    from those who pursue me.
16 Let your face shine(AK) on your servant;
    save me in your unfailing love.(AL)
17 Let me not be put to shame,(AM) Lord,
    for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
    and be silent(AN) in the realm of the dead.
18 Let their lying lips(AO) be silenced,
    for with pride and contempt
    they speak arrogantly(AP) against the righteous.

19 How abundant are the good things(AQ)
    that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,(AR)
    on those who take refuge(AS) in you.
20 In the shelter(AT) of your presence you hide(AU) them
    from all human intrigues;(AV)
you keep them safe in your dwelling
    from accusing tongues.

21 Praise be to the Lord,(AW)
    for he showed me the wonders of his love(AX)
    when I was in a city under siege.(AY)
22 In my alarm(AZ) I said,
    “I am cut off(BA) from your sight!”
Yet you heard my cry(BB) for mercy
    when I called to you for help.

23 Love the Lord, all his faithful people!(BC)
    The Lord preserves those who are true to him,(BD)
    but the proud he pays back(BE) in full.
24 Be strong and take heart,(BF)
    all you who hope in the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:1 In Hebrew texts 31:1-24 is numbered 31:2-25.
  2. Psalm 31:10 Or guilt

The Lord a Fortress in Adversity

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

31 In (A)You, O Lord, I [a]put my trust;
Let me never be ashamed;
Deliver me in Your righteousness.
(B)Bow down Your ear to me,
Deliver me speedily;
Be my rock of [b]refuge,
A [c]fortress of defense to save me.

(C)For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, (D)for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
(E)Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord God of (F)truth.

I have hated those (G)who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have (H)known my soul in [d]adversities,
And have not (I)shut[e] me up into the hand of the enemy;
(J)You have set my feet in a wide place.

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
(K)My eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my [f]body!
10 For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
11 (L)I am a [g]reproach among all my enemies,
But (M)especially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances;
(N)Those who see me outside flee from me.
12 (O)I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a [h]broken vessel.
13 (P)For I hear the slander of many;
(Q)Fear is on every side;
While they (R)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

14 But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in Your (S)hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
16 (T)Make Your face shine upon Your servant;
Save me for Your mercies’ sake.
17 (U)Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;
Let the wicked be ashamed;
(V)Let them be silent in the grave.
18 (W)Let the lying lips be put to silence,
Which (X)speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 (Y)Oh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!
20 (Z)You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
(AA)You shall keep them secretly in a [i]pavilion
From the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord,
For (AB)He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a [j]strong city!
22 For I said in my haste,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.

23 Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
24 (AC)Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 31:1 have taken refuge
  2. Psalm 31:2 strength
  3. Psalm 31:2 Lit. house of fortresses
  4. Psalm 31:7 troubles
  5. Psalm 31:8 given me over
  6. Psalm 31:9 Lit. belly
  7. Psalm 31:11 despised thing
  8. Psalm 31:12 Lit. perishing
  9. Psalm 31:20 shelter
  10. Psalm 31:21 fortified

31 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.