诗篇 31
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
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。
2 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。
3 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。
4 你是我的避难所，
求你救我脱离人们为我设下的陷阱。
5 我将灵魂交托给你。
信实的上帝耶和华啊，
你必救赎我。
6 我憎恨拜假神的人，
我信靠耶和华。
7 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。
8 你没有将我交给仇敌，
而是领我到宽阔之地。
9 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！
诗篇 31
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
于困厄中仰望 神的拯救
大卫的诗，交给诗班长。
31 耶和华啊！我投靠你；
求你使我永不羞愧，
求你按着你的公义搭救我。
2 求你留心听我，赶快拯救我；
求你作我坚固的盘石，
作拯救我的坚垒。
3 因为你是我的岩石、我的坚垒；
为你名的缘故，求你带领我，引导我。
4 求你救我脱离人为我暗设的网罗，
因为你是我的避难所。
5 我把我的灵魂交在你手里，
耶和华信实的 神啊！你救赎了我。
6 我恨恶那些信奉虚无偶像的人；
至于我，我却倚靠耶和华。
7 我要因你的慈爱欢喜快乐，
因为你看见了我的困苦，
知道我心中的痛苦；
8 你没有把我交在仇敌的手里，
你使我的脚站稳在宽阔之地。
9 耶和华啊！求你恩待我，因为我在患难之中；
我的眼睛因愁烦昏花，
我的身、我的心也都衰残。
10 我的生命因愁苦耗尽，
我的岁月在叹息中消逝，
我的力量因罪孽衰退，
我的骨头也枯干。
11 我因众仇敌的缘故，成了众人羞辱的对象，
在我的邻居面前更是这样；
认识我的人都惧怕我；
在街上看见我的，都避开我。
12 我被人完全忘记，如同死了的人，
我好象破碎的器皿，
13 我听见许多人的毁谤，
四周都有惊吓；
他们一同商议攻击我，
图谋要取我的性命。
14 但是，耶和华啊！我还是倚靠你；
我说：“你是我的 神。”
15 我的一生都在你的手中；
求你救我脱离我仇敌的手，和那些迫害我的人。
16 求你用你的脸光照你的仆人，
以你的慈爱拯救我。
17 耶和华啊！求你不要使我羞愧，
因为我向你呼求；
求你使恶人羞愧，使他们在阴间静寂无声。
18 那些逞骄傲，态度轻慢，
说话狂傲攻击义人的，
愿他们说谎的嘴唇哑而无声。
19 耶和华啊！你为敬畏你的人所珍藏的好处，
为投靠你的人在世人面前所施行的恩惠，
是多么丰盛。
20 你把他们藏在你面前的隐密处，
免得他们陷在世人的阴谋里；
又把他们保护在帐棚内，以免落在口舌的争竞中。
21 耶和华是应当称颂的，
因为我在被围困的城里，
他就向我显出他奇妙的慈爱。
22 至于我，我曾在惊恐中说：
“我从你眼前被隔绝”；
可是我向你呼求的时候，
你还是垂听了我恳求的声音。
23 耶和华的众圣民哪！你们都要爱耶和华；
耶和华保护诚实的人，
却严厉地报应行事骄傲的人。
24 所有仰望耶和华的人，
你们都要刚强，坚固你们的心。
Psalm 31
The Message
31 1-2 I run to you, God; I run for dear life.
Don’t let me down!
Take me seriously this time!
Get down on my level and listen,
and please—no procrastination!
Your granite cave a hiding place,
your high cliff nest a place of safety.
3-5 You’re my cave to hide in,
my cliff to climb.
Be my safe leader,
be my true mountain guide.
Free me from hidden traps;
I want to hide in you.
I’ve put my life in your hands.
You won’t drop me,
you’ll never let me down.
6-13 I hate all this silly religion,
but you, God, I trust.
I’m leaping and singing in the circle of your love;
you saw my pain,
you disarmed my tormentors,
You didn’t leave me in their clutches
but gave me room to breathe.
Be kind to me, God—
I’m in deep, deep trouble again.
I’ve cried my eyes out;
I feel hollow inside.
My life leaks away, groan by groan;
my years fade out in sighs.
My troubles have worn me out,
turned my bones to powder.
To my enemies I’m a monster;
I’m ridiculed by the neighbors.
My friends are horrified;
they cross the street to avoid me.
They want to blot me from memory,
forget me like a corpse in a grave,
discard me like a broken dish in the trash.
The street-talk gossip has me
“criminally insane”!
Behind locked doors they plot
how to ruin me for good.
14-18 Desperate, I throw myself on you:
you are my God!
Hour by hour I place my days in your hand,
safe from the hands out to get me.
Warm me, your servant, with a smile;
save me because you love me.
Don’t embarrass me by not showing up;
I’ve given you plenty of notice.
Embarrass the wicked, stand them up,
leave them stupidly shaking their heads
as they drift down to hell.
Gag those loudmouthed liars
who heckle me, your follower,
with jeers and catcalls.
19-22 What a stack of blessing you have piled up
for those who worship you,
Ready and waiting for all who run to you
to escape an unkind world.
You hide them safely away
from the opposition.
As you slam the door on those oily, mocking faces,
you silence the poisonous gossip.
Blessed God!
His love is the wonder of the world.
Trapped by a siege, I panicked.
“Out of sight, out of mind,” I said.
But you heard me say it,
you heard and listened.
23 Love God, all you saints;
God takes care of all who stay close to him,
But he pays back in full
those arrogant enough to go it alone.
24 Be brave. Be strong. Don’t give up.
Expect God to get here soon.
Psalm 31
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 31[a]
Prayer of Trust and Thanksgiving
1 For the director.[b] A psalm of David.
2 [c]In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me.
3 Turn your ear to me,
and act quickly to save me.
Be to me a rock[d] of refuge,
a strong fortress to save me.
4 You are truly my rock and my fortress;
for the sake of your name,[e] lead and guide me.
5 Deliver me from the snare that has been set for me,
for you are my refuge.
6 Into your hands I commend my spirit;[f]
you will redeem me, O Lord, God of truth.
7 You hate those who cling to false idols,
but I put my trust in the Lord.
8 I will rejoice and exult in your kindness[g]
because you have witnessed my affliction
and have taken note of my anguish.
9 You have not abandoned me into the power of the enemy;
rather, you have set my feet in the open.
10 [h]Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for I am in trouble.
My weeping is laying waste to my eyes
as well as my soul[i] and my body.
11 My life is consumed with sorrow
and my years with sighing.
My strength ebbs because of my misery,
and my bones are wasting away.
12 I am an object of scorn
to all my enemies,
a loathsome sight to my neighbors,
and an object of dread to my friends.
When people catch sight of me outside,
they quickly turn away.
13 I have passed out of their minds
like someone who has died;
I have become like a broken vessel.[j]
14 I have heard the hissing of many:
“There is terror on every side,”[k]
as they conspire together against me
and plot to end my life.
15 But I place my trust in you, O Lord.
I say, “You are my God.”
16 My life is in your hands;[l]
deliver me from the power of my enemies,
from the clutches of those who pursue me.
17 Let your face shine[m] upon your servant;
save me in your kindness.
18 [n]Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord,
for I have cried out to you.
Let the wicked be put to shame
and lie silent in the netherworld.
19 Let their lying lips be struck dumb,
lips that speak insolently against the righteous
with pride and contempt.
20 [o]How great is your goodness, O Lord,
which you have stored up[p] for those who fear you
and which you bestow on those who take refuge in you,
in the presence of all the people.
21 You hide them in the safety of your presence
from those who conspire against them;
you keep them safe in your shelter,
far away from contentious tongues.
22 Blessed[q] be the Lord,
for he has manifested his wondrous kindness to me
when I was under siege.
23 I had cried out in terror,
“I have been cut off from your sight.”
But you heard my plea
when I cried out to you for assistance.
24 Love the Lord, all his saints.[r]
The Lord protects his loyal servants,
but the arrogant he repays beyond measure.
25 Be strong and courageous in your hearts,
all you who place your hope in the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:1 Faith, distress, and gratitude alternate in this prayer, evoking the “confessions” of the prophet Jeremiah, his dolorous destiny, and his intimacy with the Lord (Jer 17:14-18; 20:7-18). At the moment of death on the cross, Jesus will use this psalm to express his trusting abandonment to the Father (see Lk 23:46).
We should be mindful that God will often place us in a situation in which we can unite our voice to that of Christ in reciting this psalm, especially by letting us share his sufferings and making us become like him in death so that we may rise with him from the dead (see Phil 3:10f). - Psalm 31:1 For the director: these words are thought to be a musical or liturgical notation.
- Psalm 31:2 No matter what may be the conflict in which we are enmeshed, God remains the one certitude. The images of the rock and the fortress attest to a serene and unshakable trust in God.
- Psalm 31:3 Rock: see note on Ps 18:3.
- Psalm 31:4 Name: see note on Ps 5:12.
- Psalm 31:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit: last words of Christ on the cross (see Lk 23:46) and St. Stephen (see Acts 7:59). Spirit: life itself.
- Psalm 31:8 Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.
- Psalm 31:10 The prayer changes tone; after serenity comes a gasping cry. The stricken person is also one who is despised and rejected, an object of utter contempt by others. This is the despairing cry at times when we seem completely alone.
- Psalm 31:10 Soul: see note on Ps 6:4.
- Psalm 31:13 Like a broken vessel: a customary comparison for something that has been rendered useless (see Isa 30:14; Jer 19:11; 22:28).
- Psalm 31:14 There is terror on every side: a cry used when danger lurks (see Jer 6:25; 20:10; 46:5; 49:29).
- Psalm 31:16 My life is in your hands: God is the ultimate master of every moment of everyone’s life.
- Psalm 31:17 Face shine: see note on Ps 13:2.
- Psalm 31:18 See notes on Pss 5:11; 35.
- Psalm 31:20 A moment arrives when the believer experiences anew the power of God’s presence. This holds good despite the mockery and false accusations of enemies, that is, the war of words that constitutes one of the greatest trials of our human relationships. Certain of God, the believer does not let himself become enmeshed in conflicts.
- Psalm 31:20 Stored up: the psalmist relies on the Lord who has stored up his goodness (his covenant promises) for his faithful ones.
- Psalm 31:22 Blessed: see note on Ps 18:47. Kindness: see note on Ps 4:8.
- Psalm 31:24 Saints: see notes on Pss 4:4; 16:3; and 34:10. The arrogant: often equal to the wicked, for the arrogant act as if they have no need of God and are a law to themselves (see Pss 10:2-11; 73:6; 94:2-7; Deut 8:14; Isa 2:17; Ezek 28:2, 5; Hos 13:6).
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