诗篇 74
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
祈求 神記念他的子民
亞薩的訓誨詩。
74 神啊！你為甚麼永遠丟棄我們呢？
為甚麼你的怒氣向你草場上的羊群好像煙冒出呢？（本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題）
2 求你記念你在古時買贖的會眾，
就是你贖回作你產業的民族；
求你記念你所居住的錫安山。
3 求你舉步去看那些長久荒涼的地方，
去看仇敵在聖所裡所行的一切惡事。
4 你的敵人在敬拜你的聚會中吼叫，
他們豎起了自己的旗幟為記號。
5 他們好像那些舉起斧子，
在樹林中砍伐樹木的人。
6 聖殿中的一切雕刻，
他們都用斧子和銃子打碎了。
7 他們用火把你的聖所燒成焦土，
他們褻瀆你名的居所。
8 他們心裡說：“我們要把它們完全毀滅！”
他們燒毀了地上一切敬拜 神的聚會地方。
9 我們看不見我們的記號，
也不再有先知；
我們中間也沒有人知道這災禍要到幾時。
10 神啊！敵人辱罵你要到幾時呢？
仇敵褻慢你的名要到永遠嗎？
11 你為甚麼把你的手，就是你的右手收回呢？
求你從懷中抽出來毀滅他們。
12 神自古以來就是我的君王，
在地上施行拯救。
13 你曾用你的大能分開大海，
把海中怪獸的頭都打碎了。
14 你砸碎了利未亞坦（“利未亞坦”為原文音譯詞，或譯：“海怪”〔伯3:8〕或“鱷魚”〔伯41:1〕）的頭，
把牠給住在曠野的人作食物。
15 你曾開闢泉源和溪流，
又使長流不息的江河乾涸。
16 白晝是你的，黑夜也是你的，
月亮和太陽，都是你設立的。
17 地上的一切疆界都是你立定的，
夏天和冬天都是你制定的。
18 耶和華啊！仇敵辱罵你，
愚頑人褻瀆你的名，
求你記念這事。
19 求你不要把你斑鳩的性命交給野獸，
不要永遠忘記你困苦人的性命。
20 求你顧念所立的約，
因為地上黑暗的地方充滿了強暴的居所。
21 不要使受欺壓的人蒙羞回去，
要使困苦、貧窮的人讚美你的名。
22 神啊！求你起來，為你的案件辯護，
要記得愚頑人終日對你的辱罵。
23 求你不要忘記你敵人的聲音，
不要忘記那些起來與你為敵的人不住加劇地喧鬧。
Psalm 74
Expanded Bible
A Nation in Trouble Prays
A ·maskil [skillful psalm; meditation] of Asaph [C a Levitical musician, a descendant of Gershon, at the time of David; 1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 2 Chr. 5:12].
74 God, why have you rejected us ·for so long [forever]?
Why ·are you angry with us, [L does your anger smoke against] the sheep of your pasture [100:3]?
2 Remember the ·people [assembly; congregation] you ·bought [acquired] long ago.
You ·saved [redeemed] us, and we are ·your very own [L the tribe of your inheritance].
After all, you live on Mount Zion.
3 ·Make your way [Direct your steps] through ·these old [or the utter] ruins;
the enemy ·wrecked [destroyed] everything in the ·Temple [sanctuary; Holy Place; C perhaps a reference to the Babylonian destruction of the Temple; 2 Kin. 25:8–21; 2 Chr. 36:17–21; Lam. 2:6].
4 Those who were against you ·shouted [roared] in your meeting place
and ·raised their flags [L set their signs as signs] there.
5 ·They came with axes raised [or They hacked at the upper entrances]
as if to cut down a forest of trees.
6 They ·smashed [beat to pieces] the ·carved [engraved] panels
with their axes and ·hatchets [crowbars].
7 They ·burned your Temple to the ground [L set your sanctuary/Holy Place on fire];
they have made the ·place where you live [L residence of your name] ·unclean [profane].
8 They ·thought [L said in their hearts], “We will completely crush them!”
They burned ·every place where God was worshiped [L all the meeting places of God] in the land.
9 We do not see any signs.
There are no more prophets [C who can tell them what will happen],
and no one knows how long this will last.
10 God, how much longer will the enemy ·make fun of [scorn] you?
Will they ·insult [revile] ·you [L your name] forever?
11 Why do you ·hold back your power [L return your hand]?
·Bring your power out in the open [L Take your right hand out of your bosom] and ·destroy [annihilate] them!
12 God, you have been our king ·for a long time [of old; Ex. 15:18].
You bring ·salvation [victory] to the earth.
13 You split open the sea by your power
and broke the heads of the sea monster [C an ancient Near Eastern symbol of chaos].
14 You ·smashed [crushed in pieces] the heads of the monster Leviathan [C a sea monster and symbol of chaos; 104:26; Job 3:8; 41:1; Is. 27:1]
and gave it to the ·desert [wilderness] creatures as food.
15 You ·opened up [split] the springs and ·streams [wadis]
and made the flowing rivers run dry.
16 Both the day and the night are yours;
you made the sun and the moon [Gen. 1:14–18].
17 You set all the ·limits [borders] on the earth;
you ·created [formed] summer and winter [104:19–23; Gen. 8:22].
18 Lord, remember how the enemy ·insulted [scorned] you.
Remember how those foolish people ·made fun of you [L reviled your name].
19 Do not give us, your doves, to those wild animals.
Never forget your poor people.
20 ·Remember [Regard] the ·agreement [covenant] you made with us,
because violence fills every dark corner of this land.
21 Do not let your ·suffering [crushed] people be ·disgraced [humiliated].
Let the poor and ·helpless [needy] praise ·you [L your name].
22 God, arise and ·defend [contend for] yourself.
Remember the ·insults [scorn] that come from those foolish people all day long.
23 Don’t forget what your enemies said;
don’t forget their roar as they rise against you always.
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