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祈求 神懲罰入侵的外族

亞薩的詩。

79  神啊!外族人侵入你的產業,

污穢了你的聖殿,

使耶路撒冷成為廢墟。(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)

他們把你僕人的屍首,

給空中的飛鳥啄食;

把你聖民的肉,

給地上的野獸吞噬。

他們在耶路撒冷的周圍把聖民的血像水一般倒出,

沒有人埋葬他們。

我們成為鄰國羞辱的對象,

成為四周的人嗤笑和譏刺的目標。

耶和華啊!要到幾時呢?

你要永遠懷怒嗎?

你的憤恨要像火焚燒嗎?

願你把你的烈怒,傾倒在不認識你的外族人,

和不求告你名的列國身上。

因為他們吞吃了雅各,

使他的住處荒涼。

求你不要記住我們祖先的罪孽;

願你的憐憫快快臨到我們,

因為我們落到極卑微的地步。

拯救我們的 神啊!

求你因你名的榮耀幫助我們;

為你名的緣故,

搭救我們,赦免我們的罪。

10 為甚麼容外族人說:

“他們的 神在哪裡呢?”

願我們親眼看見你在列邦中,

使人知道你要為你僕人所流的血伸冤。

11 願被囚的人的唉哼,達到你面前;

願你用你的大能,使那些已定死罪的人可以存留。

12 主啊!願你把我們鄰國羞辱你的羞辱,

七倍歸還在他們身上。

13 這樣,我們作你的子民,作你牧場上的羊的,

要永遠稱謝你;

我們要世世代代述說你可稱頌的事。

A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.
(C)The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
We have become a reproach to our (D)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

(E)How long, Lord?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your (F)jealousy burn like fire?
(G)Pour out Your wrath on the [c]nations that (H)do not know You,
And on the kingdoms that (I)do not call on Your name.
For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.

(J)Oh, do not remember [d]former iniquities against us!
Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
(K)For Your name’s sake!
10 (L)Why should the [e]nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.

11 Let (M)the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your [f]power
Preserve those who are appointed to die;
12 And return to our neighbors (N)sevenfold into their bosom
(O)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

13 So (P)we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
(Q)We will show forth Your praise to all generations.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 79:1 in ruins
  3. Psalm 79:6 Gentiles
  4. Psalm 79:8 Or against us the iniquities of those who were before us
  5. Psalm 79:10 Gentiles
  6. Psalm 79:11 Lit. arm