祈求上帝佑护

大卫作的诗,交给乐长,调用“休要毁坏”。当时扫罗派人去监视大卫的家,要杀害大卫。

59 我的上帝啊,
求你救我脱离仇敌,
保护我免遭其害。
求你救我脱离作恶之徒,
脱离嗜血成性之人。
看啊,他们要暗害我。
耶和华啊,我并未犯罪作恶,
凶残的人却攻击我。
我没有过错,
他们却准备攻击我。
求你起来帮助我,
顾念我的困境。
万军之耶和华,以色列的上帝啊,
求你起来惩罚列国,
不要姑息奸诈的恶人。(细拉)

他们夜晚回来,
嚎叫如狗,在城中游荡。
他们出口伤人,舌如利剑,
还说:“谁听得见?”
但你耶和华必嗤笑他们,
嘲讽列国。
上帝啊,
你是我的力量,我的堡垒,
我仰望你。
10 我的上帝爱我,
祂会帮助我,
让我欣然看见仇敌遭报。

11 保护我们的主啊,
求你不要杀掉他们,
免得我的百姓忘记教训。
求你用你的能力驱散他们,
使他们沦为卑贱。
12 他们的嘴巴充满罪恶,
口中尽是咒诅和谎言,
愿他们陷在狂傲中不能自拔。
13 求你发烈怒毁灭他们,
彻底铲除他们,
使普天下都知道上帝在雅各家掌权。(细拉)

14 他们夜晚回来,
嚎叫如狗,在城中游荡,
15 四处觅食,
吃不饱就狂吠不止。
16 但我要歌颂你的能力,
在清晨颂扬你的慈爱,
因为你是我的堡垒,
是我患难时的避难所。
17 上帝啊,你是我的力量,
我要颂赞你,
你是我的堡垒,
是爱我的上帝。

祈求上帝佑護

大衛作的詩,交給樂長,調用「休要毀壞」。當時掃羅派人去監視大衛的家,要殺害大衛。

59 我的上帝啊,
求你救我脫離仇敵,
保護我免遭其害。
求你救我脫離作惡之徒,
脫離嗜血成性之人。
看啊,他們要暗害我。
耶和華啊,我並未犯罪作惡,
兇殘的人卻攻擊我。
我沒有過錯,
他們卻準備攻擊我。
求你起來幫助我,
顧念我的困境。
萬軍之耶和華,以色列的上帝啊,
求你起來懲罰列國,
不要姑息奸詐的惡人。(細拉)

他們夜晚回來,
嚎叫如狗,在城中遊蕩。
他們出口傷人,舌如利劍,
還說:「誰聽得見?」
但你耶和華必嗤笑他們,
嘲諷列國。
上帝啊,
你是我的力量,我的堡壘,
我仰望你。
10 我的上帝愛我,
祂會幫助我,
讓我欣然看見仇敵遭報。

11 保護我們的主啊,
求你不要殺掉他們,
免得我的百姓忘記教訓。
求你用你的能力驅散他們,
使他們淪為卑賤。
12 他們的嘴巴充滿罪惡,
口中盡是咒詛和謊言,
願他們陷在狂傲中不能自拔。
13 求你發烈怒毀滅他們,
徹底剷除他們,
使普天下都知道上帝在雅各家掌權。(細拉)

14 他們夜晚回來,
嚎叫如狗,在城中遊蕩,
15 四處覓食,
吃不飽就狂吠不止。
16 但我要歌頌你的能力,
在清晨頌揚你的慈愛,
因為你是我的堡壘,
是我患難時的避難所。
17 上帝啊,你是我的力量,
我要頌讚你,
你是我的堡壘,
是愛我的上帝。

To the director: To the tune “Don’t Destroy.” A miktam of David written when Saul sent people to watch David’s house to try to kill him.

59 God, save me from my enemies.
    Protect me from those who stand against me.
Save me from those who do wrong.
    Save me from those murderers.
Look, powerful men are waiting for me.
    Lord, they are waiting to kill me,
    even though I did not sin or commit a crime.
I have done nothing wrong, but they are rushing to attack me.
    Come and see for yourself!
You are the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel!
    Get up and punish them.
    Don’t show any mercy to those traitors. Selah

Those evil men are like dogs
    that come into town in the evening,
    growling and roaming the streets.
Listen to their threats and insults.
    They say such cruel things,
    and they don’t care who hears them.

Lord, laugh at them.
    Make fun of them all.
God, my strength, I look to you for help.[a]
    You are my place of safety, high in the mountains.
10 God loves me, and he will help me win.
    He will help me defeat my enemies.
11 Don’t just kill them, or my people might forget.
    My Lord and Protector, scatter and defeat them with your strength.
12 Those evil people curse and tell lies.
    Punish them for what they said.
    Let their pride trap them.
13 Destroy them in your anger.
    Destroy them completely!
Then people all over the world will know
    that God rules over the people of Jacob. Selah

14 Those evil men are like dogs
    that come into town in the evening, growling and roaming the streets.
15 They roam around looking for food,
    but even if they eat their fill, they still growl and complain.
16 But I will sing about your strength.
    I will rejoice in your love every morning.
You have been my place of safety,
    the place I can run to when troubles come.
17 I will sing praises to you, my source of strength.
    You, God, are my place of safety.
    You are the God who loves me!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:9 God … help Or “I will sing my songs of praise to you.” See Ps. 59:17.