诗篇 38
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
受苦者的祈求
大卫求上帝眷顾的诗。
38 耶和华啊，
求你不要在发怒时惩罚我，
不要在烈怒下管教我。
2 因为你的箭射穿我，
你的手击打我。
3 你的怒气使我浑身是病，
我的罪恶使我骨头朽烂。
4 我的罪恶滔天，使我不堪其重。
5 我因愚昧而伤口溃烂流脓。
6 我疼得弯腰驼背，
终日哀伤。
7 我的腰灼痛难忍，
我浑身是病。
8 我精疲力尽，彻底崩溃；
我心中悲伤，呻吟不止。
9 主啊，你知道我的渴望，
听见了我的叹息。
10 我的心砰砰直跳，
气力衰竭，
眼睛黯淡无光。
11 因我的疾病，朋友同伴回避我，
亲人远离我。
12 谋害我的人设下陷阱，
想害我的人威胁我，
整天图谋奸计。
13 但我像听不见的聋子，
无法说话的哑巴。
14 我就像一个不能听、不能辩的人。
15 耶和华啊，我等候你；
主，我的上帝啊，你必应允我。
16 我曾求告你，
别让他们幸灾乐祸，
在我失脚时沾沾自喜。
17 我快要跌倒，
我的痛苦无休无止。
18 我要承认我的罪过，
罪恶使我心里惴惴不安。
19 我的仇敌势力强大，
无故恨我的人不计其数。
20 我追求良善，
他们就恨我，以恶报善。
21 耶和华啊，求你不要撇弃我！
我的上帝啊，求你不要远离我！
22 拯救我的主啊，
求你快来帮助我！
Psalm 38
Living Bible
38 O Lord, don’t punish me while you are angry! 2 Your arrows have struck deep; your blows are crushing me. 3-4 Because of your anger, my body is sick, my health is broken beneath my sins. They are like a flood, higher than my head; they are a burden too heavy to bear. 5-6 My wounds are festering and full of pus. Because of my sins, I am bent and racked with pain. My days are filled with anguish. 7 My loins burn with inflammation,[a] and my whole body is diseased. 8 I am exhausted and crushed; I groan in despair.[b]
9 Lord, you know how I long for my health once more. You hear my every sigh. 10 My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind. 11 My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.
12 Meanwhile my enemies are trying to kill me. They plot my ruin and spend all their waking hours planning treachery. 13-14 But I am deaf to all their threats; I am silent before them as a man who cannot speak. I have nothing to say. 15 For I am waiting for you, O Lord my God. Come and protect me. 16 Put an end to their arrogance, these who gloat when I am cast down!
17 How constantly I find myself upon the verge of sin;[c] this source of sorrow always stares me in the face. 18 I confess my sins; I am sorry for what I have done. 19 But my enemies persecute with vigor and continue to hate me—though I have done nothing against them to deserve it. 20 They repay me evil for good and hate me for standing for the right.
21 Don’t leave me, Lord; don’t go away! 22 Come quickly! Help me, O my Savior.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:7 My loins burn with inflammation, implied.
- Psalm 38:8 in despair, or “because of the pains in my heart.”
- Psalm 38:17 How constantly I find myself upon the verge of sin, literally, “I am ready to fall.”
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