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亚萨的训诲诗。

求主解救国家

74  神啊,你为何永远丢弃我们呢?
    为何向你草场的羊发怒,如烟冒出呢?
求你记念你古时得来的会众,
    就是你所赎、作你产业支派的,
并记念你向来居住的锡安山
求你举步去看那日久荒凉之地,
    看仇敌在圣所中所做的一切恶事。

你的敌人在你会中吼叫,
    他们竖起自己的标帜为记号,
好像人扬起斧子[a]
    对着林中的树,
现在将圣所中的雕刻[b]
    全都用斧子锤子打坏。
他们用火焚烧你的圣所,
    亵渎你名的居所于地。
他们心里说“我们要尽行毁灭”;
    就在遍地烧毁敬拜 神聚会的所在。

我们看不见自己的标帜,不再有先知,
    我们当中也无人知道这灾祸要到几时。
10  神啊,敌人辱骂要到几时呢?
    仇敌藐视你的名要到永远吗?
11 你为什么缩回你的右手?
    求你从怀中伸出手来,毁灭他们。

12  神自古以来是我的王,
    在这地上施行拯救。
13 你曾用能力将海分开,
    你打破水里大鱼的头。
14 你曾压碎力威亚探[c]的头,
    把它给旷野的禽兽作食物。
15 你曾分裂泉源和溪流;
    使长流的江河枯干。
16 白昼属你,黑夜也属你;
    亮光和太阳是你预备的。
17 地的一切疆界是你立的,
    夏天和冬天是你定的。

18 耶和华啊,仇敌辱骂,愚顽之辈藐视你的名;
    求你记念这事。
19 不要将属你的斑鸠[d]交给野兽,
    不要永远忘记你困苦人的性命。

20 求你顾念所立的约,
    因为地上黑暗之处遍满了凶暴。
21 不要让受欺压的人蒙羞回去;
    要使困苦贫穷的人赞美你的名。

22  神啊,求你起来为自己辩护!
    求你记念愚顽人怎样终日辱骂你。
23 不要忘记你敌人的喧闹,
    就是那时常上升、起来对抗你之人的喧哗。

Footnotes

  1. 74.5 “好像人扬起斧子”:七十士译本和其他古译本是“好像斧子在入口处”。
  2. 74.6 “雕刻”:七十士译本是“门扉”。
  3. 74.14 “力威亚探”是音译,一种海兽。
  4. 74.19 “斑鸠”:七十士译本和其他古译本是“赞美”。

A Prayer for National Deliverance[a]

74 Why have you abandoned us like this, O God?
    Will you be angry with your own people forever?
Remember your people, whom you chose for yourself long ago,
    whom you brought out of slavery to be your own tribe.
    Remember Mount Zion, where once you lived.
Walk over these total ruins;
    our enemies have destroyed everything in the Temple.

Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple;
    they have placed their flags there as signs of victory.
They looked like woodsmen
    cutting down trees with their axes.[b]
They smashed all the wooden panels
    with their axes and sledge hammers.
They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire;
    they desecrated the place where you are worshiped.
They wanted to crush us completely;
    they burned down every holy place in the land.

All our sacred symbols are gone;
    there are no prophets left,
    and no one knows how long this will last.
10 How long, O God, will our enemies laugh at you?
    Will they insult your name forever?
11 Why have you refused to help us?
    Why do you keep your hands behind you?[c]

12 But you have been our king from the beginning, O God;
    you have saved us many times.
13 (A)With your mighty strength you divided the sea
    and smashed the heads of the sea monsters;
14 (B)you crushed the heads of the monster Leviathan[d]
    and fed his body to desert animals.[e]
15 You made springs and fountains flow;
    you dried up large rivers.
16 You created the day and the night;
    you set the sun and the moon in their places;
17 you set the limits of the earth;
    you made summer and winter.

18 But remember, O Lord, that your enemies laugh at you,
    that they are godless and despise you.
19 Don't abandon your helpless people to their cruel enemies;
    don't forget your persecuted people!

20 Remember the covenant you made with us.
    There is violence in every dark corner of the land.
21 Don't let the oppressed be put to shame;
    let those poor and needy people praise you.

22 Rouse yourself, God, and defend your cause!
    Remember that godless people laugh at you all day long.
23 Don't forget the angry shouts of your enemies,
    the continuous noise made by your foes.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 HEBREW TITLE: A poem by Asaph.
  2. Psalm 74:5 Verse 5 in Hebrew is unclear.
  3. Psalm 74:11 Probable text Why do you keep your hands behind you; Hebrew unclear.
  4. Psalm 74:14 A legendary monster which was a symbol of the forces of chaos and evil.
  5. Psalm 74:14 animals; or people.

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
    the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)
    Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)
Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(J)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Your foes roared(K) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(L) as signs.
They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(M)
They smashed all the carved(N) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(O) the dwelling place(P) of your Name.(Q)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(R) them completely!”
    They burned(S) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

We are given no signs from God;(T)
    no prophets(U) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(V) will the enemy mock(W) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(X) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(Y)
    Take it from the folds of your garment(Z) and destroy them!

12 But God is my King(AA) from long ago;
    he brings salvation(AB) on the earth.

13 It was you who split open the sea(AC) by your power;
    you broke the heads of the monster(AD) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(AE)
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(AF)
15 It was you who opened up springs(AG) and streams;
    you dried up(AH) the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.(AI)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(AJ) of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.(AK)

18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
    how foolish people(AL) have reviled your name.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(AM) to wild beasts;
    do not forget the lives of your afflicted(AN) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(AO)
    because haunts of violence fill the dark places(AP) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(AQ) retreat in disgrace;
    may the poor and needy(AR) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(AS) O God, and defend your cause;
    remember how fools(AT) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(AU) of your adversaries,(AV)
    the uproar(AW) of your enemies,(AX) which rises continually.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term