信靠上帝的祷告

大卫的诗,交给乐长。

31 耶和华啊,我寻求你的庇护,
求你让我永不蒙羞;
你是公义的,求你拯救我。
求你侧耳听我的呼求,
快来救我,作我坚固的避难所,
作拯救我的堡垒。
你是我的磐石,我的堡垒,
求你为了自己的名而引导我,带领我。
你是我的避难所,
求你救我脱离人们为我设下的陷阱。
我将灵魂交托给你。
信实的上帝耶和华啊,
你必救赎我。
我憎恨拜假神的人,
我信靠耶和华。
你已经看见我的困苦,
知道我心中的愁烦,
你的恩慈使我欢喜快乐。
你没有将我交给仇敌,
而是领我到宽阔之地。
耶和华啊,我落在苦难之中,
求你怜悯我,
我双眼哭肿,身心疲惫。
10 我的生命被愁苦吞噬,
岁月被哀伤耗尽,
力量因罪恶而消逝,
我成了枯骨一堆。
11 仇敌羞辱我,
邻居厌弃我,
朋友害怕我,
路人纷纷躲避我。
12 我就像已死之人,被人遗忘;
又像破碎的陶器,被人丢弃。
13 我听见许多人毁谤我,
惊恐笼罩着我。
他们图谋不轨,
谋害我的性命。

14 然而,耶和华啊,
我依然信靠你;
我说:“你是我的上帝。”
15 我的时日都掌握在你手中,
求你救我脱离仇敌和追逼我的人。
16 求你笑颜垂顾仆人,
施慈爱拯救我。
17 耶和华啊,我曾向你呼求,
求你不要叫我蒙羞。
求你使恶人蒙羞,
寂然无声地躺在阴间。
18 愿你堵住撒谎之人的口,
他们骄傲自大,
狂妄地攻击义人。
19 你的恩惠何其大——为敬畏你的人而预备,
在世人面前赐给投靠你的人。
20 你把他们藏在你那里,
使他们得到庇护,
免遭世人暗算。
你使他们在你的居所安然无恙,
免受恶言恶语的攻击。
21 耶和华当受称颂!
因为我被困城中时,
祂以奇妙的爱待我。
22 我曾惊恐地说:
“你丢弃了我!”
其实你听了我的呼求。
23 耶和华忠心的子民啊,
你们要爱祂。
祂保护忠心的人,
严惩骄傲的人。
24 凡仰望耶和华的人啊,
要刚强壮胆!

31 (0) For the leader. A psalm of David:

(1) In you, Adonai, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your justice, save me!
(2) Turn your ear toward me,
come quickly to my rescue,
be for me a rock of strength,
a fortress to keep me safe.
(3) Since you are my rock and fortress,
lead me and guide me for your name’s sake.
(4) Free me from the net they have hidden to catch me,
because you are my strength.
(5) Into your hand I commit my spirit;
you will redeem me, Adonai, God of truth.

(6) I hate those who serve worthless idols;
as for me, I trust in Adonai.
(7) I will rejoice and be glad in your grace,
for you see my affliction,
you know how distressed I am.
(8) You did not hand me over to the enemy;
you set my feet where I can move freely.

10 (9) Show me favor, Adonai, for I am in trouble.
My eyes grow dim with anger,
my soul and body as well.
11 (10) For my life is worn out with sorrow
and my years with sighing;
my strength gives out under my guilt,
and my bones are wasting away.

12 (11) I am scorned by all my adversaries,
and even more by my neighbors;
even to acquaintances
I am an object of fear —
when they see me in the street,
they turn away from me.
13 (12) Like a dead man, I have passed from their minds;
I have become like a broken pot.
14 (13) All I hear is whispering,
terror is all around me;
they plot together against me,
scheming to take my life.

15 (14) But I, I trust in you, Adonai;
I say, “You are my God.”
16 (15) My times are in your hand;
rescue me from my enemies’ power,
from those who persecute me.

17 (16) Make your face shine on your servant;
in your grace, save me.
18 (17) Adonai, don’t let me be put to shame,
for I have called on you;
let the wicked be put to shame,
let them be silenced in Sh’ol.
19 (18) May lying lips be struck dumb,
that speak insolently against the righteous
with such pride and contempt.

20 (19) But oh, how great is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you,
which you do for those who take refuge in you,
before people’s very eyes!
21 (20) In the shelter of your presence
you hide them from human plots,
you conceal them in your shelter,
safe from contentious tongues.

22 (21) Blessed be Adonai!
For he has shown me his amazing grace
when I was in a city under siege.
23 (22) As for me, in my alarm I said,
“I have been cut off from your sight!”
Nevertheless, you heard my pleas
when I cried out to you.

24 (23) Love Adonai, you faithful of his.
Adonai preserves the loyal,
but the proud he repays in full.
25 (24) Be strong, and fill your hearts with courage,
all of you who hope in Adonai.

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.

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!