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愚頑世人必遭 神棄絕(A)篇)

大衛的訓誨詩,交給詩班長,調用“麻拉”。

53 愚頑人心裡說:“沒有 神。”

他們都是敗壞,行了可憎的不義;

沒有一個行善的。

 神從天上察看世人,

要看看有明慧的沒有,

有尋求 神的沒有,

他們各人都偏離了正道,一同變成污穢;

沒有行善的,連一個也沒有。

作惡的都是無知的嗎?

他們吞吃我的子民好像吃飯一樣,

並不求告 神。

他們在無可驚懼的時候,必大大震驚;

因為 神把那些紮營攻擊你的人的骨頭擊散了;

他們蒙羞受辱,因為 神棄絕了他們。

但願以色列的救恩從錫安而出;

 神給他子民帶來復興的時候(“ 神給他子民帶來復興的時候”或譯:“ 神把他被擄的子民帶回來的時候”),

雅各要快樂,以色列要歡喜。

53 (0) For the leader. On machalat. A maskil of David:

(1) A brutish fool tells himself,
“There isn’t any God.”
Such people are depraved, all their deeds are vile,
not one of them does what is good.
(2) God looks out from heaven
upon the human race
to see if even one is wise,
if even one seeks God.
(3) Every one of them is unclean,
altogether corrupt;
not one of them does what is good,
not a single one.

(4) Won’t these evildoers ever learn?
They devour my people
as if they were eating bread,
and they never call on God!
(5) They will be gripped with terror,
even though now they are not afraid;
for God will scatter the bones
of him who is besieging you.
You are putting them to shame,
because God has rejected them.

(6) If only salvation for Isra’el
would come out of Tziyon!
When God restores his people’s fortunes,
what joy for Ya‘akov! what gladness for Isra’el!

53 1-2 Bilious and bloated, they gas,
    “God is gone.”
It’s poison gas—
    they foul themselves, they poison
Rivers and skies;
    thistles are their cash crop.
God sticks his head out of heaven.
    He looks around.
He’s looking for someone not stupid—
    one man, even, God-expectant,
    just one God-ready woman.

He comes up empty. A string
    of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
    to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
    follow the one.

Don’t they know anything,
    all these predators?
Don’t they know
    they can’t get away with this,
Treating people like a fast-food meal
    over which they’re too busy to pray?

Night is coming for them, and nightmare—
    a nightmare they’ll never wake up from.
God will make hash of these squatters,
    send them packing for good.

Is there anyone around to save Israel?
    God turns life around.
Turned-around Jacob skips rope,
    turned-around Israel sings laughter.