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大衛的紀念詩。

受苦者的祈禱

38 耶和華啊,求你不要在怒中責備我,
    不要在烈怒中懲罰我!
因為你的箭射入我身,
    你的手壓住我。

因你的惱怒,我的肉無一完全;
    因我的罪過,我的骨頭也不安寧。
我的罪孽高過我的頭,
    如同重擔叫我擔當不起。

因我的愚昧,
    我的傷發臭流膿。
我疼痛,大大蜷曲,
    整日哀痛。
我滿腰灼熱,
    我的肉無一完全。
我被壓碎,身心虛弱;
    因心裏痛苦,我就呻吟。

主啊,我的心願都在你面前,
    我的嘆息不向你隱瞞。
10 我心顫慄,體力衰微,
    眼中無光。
11 我遭遇災病,良朋密友都袖手旁觀,
    我的親戚本家也遠遠站立。

12 那尋索我命的設下羅網,
    那想要害我的口出惡言,
    整日思想詭計。
13 但我如聾子聽不見,
    像啞巴不能開口。
14 我如聽不見的人,
    無法用口答辯。

15 耶和華啊,我仰望你!
    主—我的 神啊,你必應允我!
16 我曾說:「恐怕他們向我誇耀,
    我失腳的時候,他們向我誇口。」

17 我就要跌倒,
    我的痛苦常在我面前。
18 我要承認我的罪孽,
    要因我的罪憂愁。
19 但我的仇敵又活潑又強壯,
    無理恨我的增多了。
20 以惡報善的與我作對,
    但我追求良善。

21 耶和華啊,求你不要撇棄我!
    我的 神啊,求你不要遠離我!
22 拯救我的主啊,
    求你快快幫助我!

Psalm 38[a]

A psalm of David. A petition.

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)

My wounds(G) fester and are loathsome(H)
    because of my sinful folly.(I)
I am bowed down(J) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.(K)
My back is filled with searing pain;(L)
    there is no health(M) in my body.
I am feeble and utterly crushed;(N)
    I groan(O) in anguish of heart.(P)

All my longings(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing(R) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(S) my strength fails(T) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(V)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(W)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(X)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(Y)

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(Z)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(AA) for you;
    you will answer,(AB) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(AC)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(AD)

17 For I am about to fall,(AE)
    and my pain(AF) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(AG)
    I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(AH) without cause[b];
    those who hate me(AI) without reason(AJ) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(AK)
    lodge accusations(AL) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

21 Lord, do not forsake me;(AM)
    do not be far(AN) from me, my God.
22 Come quickly(AO) to help me,(AP)
    my Lord and my Savior.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
  2. Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies