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。

In God I Trust, I Shall Not Be Afraid

For the choir director. According to [a]Jonath Elem Rehokim. A [b]Mikhtam of David. [c]When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has [d](A)trampled upon me;
All day long, an attacker (B)oppresses me.
My foes have [e](C)trampled upon me all day long,
For many (D)attack me proudly.
[f]When I am (E)afraid,
[g]I will (F)trust in You.
(G)In God, whose word I praise,
In God I trust;
I shall not be afraid.
(H)What can mere [h]man do to me?
All day long they [i](I)distort my words;
All their [j](J)thoughts are against me for evil.
They [k](K)attack, they lurk,
They (L)watch my heels,
As they have (M)hoped to take my [l]life.
On account of their wickedness, (N)will they have an escape?
In anger, (O)bring down the peoples, O God!

You (P)have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my (Q)tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in (R)Your book?
Then my enemies will (S)turn back (T)in the day when I call;
This I know, [m]that (U)God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In Yahweh, whose word I praise,
11 In God I [n]trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your (V)vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will [o]fulfill thank offerings to You.
13 [p]For You have (W)delivered my soul from death,
Indeed (X)my feet from stumbling,
So that I may (Y)walk before God
In the (Z)light of the [q]living.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56 Title Or The silent dove of those who are far off, The dove of the distant terebinths
  2. Psalm 56 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
  3. Psalm 56 Title 1 Sam 21:10, 11
  4. Psalm 56:1 Or snapped at
  5. Psalm 56:2 Or snapped at
  6. Psalm 56:3 Lit In the day
  7. Psalm 56:3 Or I am one who puts
  8. Psalm 56:4 Lit flesh
  9. Psalm 56:5 Or trouble my affairs
  10. Psalm 56:5 Or purposes
  11. Psalm 56:6 Or stir up strife
  12. Psalm 56:6 Lit soul
  13. Psalm 56:9 Or because
  14. Psalm 56:11 Or trust without fear
  15. Psalm 56:12 Lit pay
  16. Psalm 56:13 Or Have You not delivered
  17. Psalm 56:13 Or life