诗篇 39
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
人生虛幻,主是唯一指望
大衛的詩,交給詩班長耶杜頓。
39 我曾說:“我要謹慎我的行為,
不讓我的舌頭犯罪;
惡人在我面前的時候,
我總要用罩子約束我的嘴。”
2 我靜默不出聲,
甚至連好話也不說(“甚至連好話也不說”或譯:“我安靜也得不到安慰”),
我的痛苦就更加劇烈。
3 我的心在我裡面發熱;
我默想的時候,心裡火燒;
我就用舌頭說話:
4 “耶和華啊!求你使我知道我的結局,
我的壽數有多少,
使我知道我的生命多麼短促。
5 你使我的日子窄如手掌,
我的一生在你面前如同無有;
各人站得最穩的時候,也只不過是一口氣。(細拉)
6 世人來來往往只是幻影,
他們忙亂也是虛空;
積聚財物,卻不知道誰要來收取。
7 主啊!現在我還等候甚麼呢?
我的指望在乎你。
8 求你救我脫離我的一切過犯,
不要使我遭受愚頑人的羞辱。
9 因為是你作了這事,
我就靜默不開口。
10 求你除掉你降在我身上的災禍;
因你手的責打,我就消滅。
11 你因人的罪孽,藉著責罰管教他們,
叫他們所寶貴的消失,像被蟲蛀蝕;
世人都不過是一口氣。(細拉)
12 耶和華啊!求你垂聽我的禱告,
留心聽我的呼求;
我流淚,求你不要緘默;
因為我在你面前是客旅,
是寄居的,像我所有的祖先一樣。
13 求你不要怒視我,
使我在去而不返之先,可以喜樂。”
Psalm 39
New International Version
Psalm 39[a]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will watch my ways(A)
and keep my tongue from sin;(B)
I will put a muzzle on my mouth(C)
while in the presence of the wicked.”
2 So I remained utterly silent,(D)
not even saying anything good.
But my anguish(E) increased;
3 my heart grew hot(F) within me.
While I meditated,(G) the fire(H) burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;(I)
let me know how fleeting(J) my life is.(K)
5 You have made my days(L) a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(M)
even those who seem secure.[b]
6 “Surely everyone goes around(N) like a mere phantom;(O)
in vain they rush about,(P) heaping up wealth(Q)
without knowing whose it will finally be.(R)
7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.(S)
8 Save me(T) from all my transgressions;(U)
do not make me the scorn(V) of fools.
9 I was silent;(W) I would not open my mouth,(X)
for you are the one who has done this.(Y)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow(Z) of your hand.(AA)
11 When you rebuke(AB) and discipline(AC) anyone for their sin,
you consume(AD) their wealth like a moth(AE)—
surely everyone is but a breath.(AF)
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:1 In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.
- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Psalm 39
Lexham English Bible
The Brevity of Human Life
For the music director. For Jeduthun.[a] A psalm of David.[b]
39 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin[c] with my tongue.
I will keep a muzzle over my mouth
as long as the wicked are before me.”
2 I was mute with silence. I was silent even from saying good things,
and my pain was stirred up.
3 My heart grew hot inside me;
in my sighing a fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue,
4 “Let me know, O Yahweh, my end,
and what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how transient I am.”
5 Look, you have made my days mere handbreadths,
and my lifespan as nothing next to you.
Surely every person standing firm is complete vanity. Selah
6 Surely a man walks about as a mere shadow;[d]
surely in vain they bustle about.
He heaps up possessions but does not know who will gather them in.
7 And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is for you.
8 From all my transgressions deliver me;
do not make me the taunt of the fool.
9 I am mute. I do not open my mouth,
for you, yourself, have done it.
10 Remove from me your affliction.
By the opposition of your hand I perish.
11 When with rebukes you chastise a man for sin,
you[e] consume[f] like a moth his delightful things.
Surely everyone is a mere vapor.[g] Selah
12 Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and listen to my cry for help;
do not be deaf to my tears.
For I am an alien[h] with you,
a sojourner like all my ancestors.[i]
13 Look away from me that I may be cheerful,
before I depart and I am no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:1 One of David’s musicians (1 Chr 16:41)
- Psalm 39:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
- Psalm 39:1 Literally “from sinning”
- Psalm 39:6 Literally “image”
- Psalm 39:11 Hebrew “and/then you”
- Psalm 39:11 Literally “cause to melt”
- Psalm 39:11 The word translated “vanity” in vv. 6, 7
- Psalm 39:12 Or “stranger”
- Psalm 39:12 Or “fathers”
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