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哀陳苦況求主眷顧

69 大衛的詩,交於伶長。調用百合花。

神啊,求你救我!因為眾水要淹沒我。
我陷在深淤泥中,沒有立腳之地;我到了深水中,大水漫過我身。
我因呼求困乏,喉嚨發乾;我因等候神,眼睛失明。
無故恨我的,比我頭髮還多;無理與我為仇,要把我剪除的,甚為強盛;我沒有搶奪的,要叫我償還。
神啊,我的愚昧你原知道,我的罪愆不能隱瞞。
萬軍的主耶和華啊,求你叫那等候你的不要因我蒙羞。以色列的神啊,求你叫那尋求你的不要因我受辱。
因我為你的緣故受了辱罵,滿面羞愧。
我的弟兄看我為外路人,我的同胞看我為外邦人。
因我為你的殿心裡焦急,如同火燒,並且辱罵你人的辱罵都落在我身上。
10 我哭泣,以禁食刻苦我心,這倒算為我的羞辱。
11 我拿麻布當衣裳,就成了他們的笑談。
12 坐在城門口的談論我,酒徒也以我為歌曲。
13 但我在悅納的時候,向你耶和華祈禱。神啊,求你按你豐盛的慈愛,憑你拯救的誠實,應允我!
14 求你搭救我出離淤泥,不叫我陷在其中;求你使我脫離那些恨我的人,使我出離深水。
15 求你不容大水漫過我,不容深淵吞滅我,不容坑坎在我以上合口。
16 耶和華啊,求你應允我,因為你的慈愛本為美好。求你按你豐盛的慈悲,回轉眷顧我。
17 不要掩面不顧你的僕人,我是在急難之中,求你速速地應允我。
18 求你親近我,救贖我,求你因我的仇敵把我贖回。
19 你知道我受的辱罵、欺凌、羞辱,我的敵人都在你面前。
20 辱罵傷破了我的心,我又滿了憂愁。我指望有人體恤,卻沒有一個;我指望有人安慰,卻找不著一個。
21 他們拿苦膽給我當食物,我渴了,他們拿醋給我喝。

求神懲罰仇敵

22 願他們的筵席在他們面前變為網羅,在他們平安的時候變為機檻。

23 願他們的眼睛昏矇,不得看見,願你使他們的腰常常戰抖。
24 求你將你的惱恨倒在他們身上,叫你的烈怒追上他們。
25 願他們的住處變為荒場,願他們的帳篷無人居住。
26 因為你所擊打的,他們就逼迫;你所擊傷的,他們戲說他的愁苦。
27 願你在他們的罪上加罪,不容他們在你面前稱義。
28 願他們從生命冊上被塗抹,不得記錄在義人之中。
29 但我是困苦憂傷的,神啊,願你的救恩將我安置在高處!
30 我要以詩歌讚美神的名,以感謝稱他為大。
31 這便叫耶和華喜悅,勝似獻牛,或是獻有角有蹄的公牛。
32 謙卑的人看見了,就喜樂。尋求神的人,願你們的心甦醒。
33 因為耶和華聽了窮乏人,不藐視被囚的人。
34 願天和地,洋海和其中一切的動物,都讚美他。
35 因為神要拯救錫安,建造猶大的城邑,他的民要在那裡居住,得以為業。
36 他僕人的後裔要承受為業,愛他名的人也要住在其中。

Psalm 69

A Plea for Rescue

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.”[a] Davidic.

Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.(A)
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing;
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.(B)
I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.(C)
Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.(D)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.(E)

God, You know my foolishness,
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.(F)
Do not let those who put their hope in You
be disgraced because of me,
Lord God of Hosts;
do not let those who seek You
be humiliated because of me,
God of Israel.(G)
For I have endured insults because of You,
and shame has covered my face.(H)
I have become a stranger to my brothers
and a foreigner to my mother’s sons(I)
because zeal for Your house has consumed me,(J)
and the insults of those who insult You
have fallen on me.(K)
10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.(L)
11 I wore sackcloth as my clothing,
and I was a joke to them.
12 Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,
and drunkards make up songs about me.(M)

13 But as for me, Lord,
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.(N)
14 Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.
Let me be rescued from those who hate me
and from the deep waters.(O)
15 Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.(P)
16 Answer me, Lord,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.(Q)
17 Don’t hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!(R)
18 Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.(S)

19 You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.(T)
20 Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.(U)
21 Instead, they gave me gall[b] for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.(V)

22 Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.(W)
23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.(X)
24 Pour out Your rage on them,
and let Your burning anger overtake them.(Y)
25 Make their fortification desolate;
may no one live in their tents.(Z)
26 For they persecute the one You struck
and talk about the pain of those You wounded.(AA)
27 Add guilt to their guilt;
do not let them share in Your righteousness.(AB)
28 Let them be erased from the book of life
and not be recorded with the righteous.(AC)

29 But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.(AD)
30 I will praise God’s name with song
and exalt Him with thanksgiving.(AE)
31 That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.(AF)
32 The humble will see it and rejoice.
You who seek God, take heart!(AG)
33 For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.(AH)

34 Let heaven and earth praise Him,
the seas and everything that moves in them,(AI)
35 for God will save Zion
and build up[c] the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.(AJ)
36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.(AK)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 Possibly a tune; Pss 45; 60; 80
  2. Psalm 69:21 A bitter substance
  3. Psalm 69:35 Or and rebuild

Psalm 69[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,
    for the waters(A) have come up to my neck.(B)
I sink in the miry depths,(C)
    where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
    the floods engulf me.
I am worn out calling for help;(D)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(E)
    looking for my God.
Those who hate me(F) without reason(G)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(H)
    those who seek to destroy me.(I)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

You, God, know my folly;(J)
    my guilt is not hidden from you.(K)

Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    may those who hope in you
    not be disgraced because of me;
God of Israel,
    may those who seek you
    not be put to shame because of me.
For I endure scorn(L) for your sake,(M)
    and shame covers my face.(N)
I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(O)
for zeal for your house consumes me,(P)
    and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.(Q)
10 When I weep and fast,(R)
    I must endure scorn;
11 when I put on sackcloth,(S)
    people make sport of me.
12 Those who sit at the gate(T) mock me,
    and I am the song of the drunkards.(U)

13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(V)
in your great love,(W) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.
14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(X)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(Y) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(Z)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(AA)

16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;(AB)
    in your great mercy turn to me.
17 Do not hide your face(AC) from your servant;
    answer me quickly,(AD) for I am in trouble.(AE)
18 Come near and rescue me;
    deliver(AF) me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned,(AG) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(AH) but I found none.(AI)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(AJ) for my thirst.(AK)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[b] a trap.(AL)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(AM)
24 Pour out your wrath(AN) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(AO)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(AP)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(AQ)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(AR)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(AS)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(AT)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(AU)

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.(AV)

30 I will praise God’s name in song(AW)
    and glorify him(AX) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(AY)
32 The poor will see and be glad(AZ)
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!(BA)
33 The Lord hears the needy(BB)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(BC)
35 for God will save Zion(BD)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.(BE)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
36     the children of his servants will inherit it,(BF)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 69:1 In Hebrew texts 69:1-36 is numbered 69:2-37.
  2. Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become