信靠上帝的禱告

大衛作的詩,交給樂長,調用「遠方無聲鴿」,大衛在迦特被非利士人抓住時所作。

56 上帝啊,求你憐憫我,
因為仇敵攻擊我,整日迫害我。
我的仇敵整日攻擊我,
許多人狂妄地迫害我。
我害怕的時候,
仍要倚靠你。
我讚美上帝的應許,
我信靠祂,就不懼怕,
區區世人能把我怎樣?
他們整天歪曲我的話,
總是圖謀害我。
他們勾結起來,
暗中監視我的行蹤,
伺機害我。
上帝啊,
不要讓這些作惡的人逃脫,
求你在怒中毀滅他們。
你知道我的哀傷,
你把我的眼淚收在袋中。
我的遭遇都記錄在你的冊子上。
我向你求救的時候,
敵人都落荒而逃。
我知道上帝是我的幫助。
10 我因上帝的應許而讚美祂,
我因耶和華的應許而讚美祂。
11 我信靠上帝,就不懼怕,
區區世人能把我怎樣?
12 上帝啊,
我要恪守向你發的誓言,
獻上感恩祭。
13 因為你救我脫離死亡,
使我沒有跌倒,
讓我可以活在你面前,
沐浴生命之光。

Psalm 56

For the music leader. According to “The Silent Dove of Distant Places.” A miktam[a] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 God, have mercy on me because I’m being trampled.
    All day long the enemy oppresses me.
My attackers trample me all day long
    because I have so many enemies.
Exalted one, whenever I’m afraid,
    I put my trust in you—
        in God, whose word I praise.
        I trust in God; I won’t be afraid.
    What can mere flesh do to me?

All day long they frustrate my pursuits;
    all their thoughts are evil against me.
They get together and set an ambush—
    they are watching my steps,
    hoping for my death.
Don’t rescue them for any reason!
    In wrath bring down the people, God!

You yourself have kept track of my misery.
    Put my tears into your bottle—
    aren’t they on your scroll already?
Then my enemies will retreat when I cry out.
    I know this because God is mine.
10     God: whose word I praise.
        The Lord: whose word I praise.
11 I trust in God; I won’t be afraid.
    What can anyone do to me?

12 I will fulfill my promises to you, God.
    I will present thanksgiving offerings to you
13     because you have saved my life from death,
    saved my feet from stumbling
        so that I can walk before God in the light of life.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 Perhaps inscription

Psalm 56[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me,(A) my God,
    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(B)
    all day long they press their attack.(C)
My adversaries pursue me all day long;(D)
    in their pride many are attacking me.(E)

When I am afraid,(F) I put my trust in you.(G)
    In God, whose word I praise—(H)
in God I trust and am not afraid.(I)
    What can mere mortals do to me?(J)

All day long they twist my words;(K)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
They conspire,(L) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(M)
    hoping to take my life.(N)
Because of their wickedness do not[c] let them escape;(O)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(P)

Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll[d](Q)
    are they not in your record?(R)
Then my enemies will turn back(S)
    when I call for help.(T)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(U)

10 In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise—
11 in God I trust and am not afraid.
    What can man do to me?

12 I am under vows(V) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered me from death(W)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.(X)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
  2. Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
  4. Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin