Psalms

耶和華啊，你為甚麼站在遠處？在患難的時候為甚麼隱藏？

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?

惡人在驕橫中把困苦人追得火急；願他們陷在自己所設的計謀裡。

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

因為惡人以心願自誇；貪財的背棄耶和華，並且輕慢他（或譯：他祝福貪財的，卻輕慢耶和華）。

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, {whom} the LORD abhorreth. {heart's: Heb. soul's} {blesseth...: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD}

惡人面帶驕傲，說：耶和華必不追究；他一切所想的都以為沒有神。

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}

凡他所做的，時常穩固；你的審判超過他的眼界。至於他一切的敵人，他都向他們噴氣。

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments {are} far above out of his sight: {as for} all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

他心裡說：我必不動搖，世世代代不遭災難。

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for {I shall} never {be} in adversity. {never: Heb. unto generation and generation}

他滿口是咒罵、詭詐、欺壓，舌底是毒害、奸惡。

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue {is} mischief and vanity. {deceit: Heb. deceits} {vanity: or, iniquity}

他在村莊埋伏等候；他在隱密處殺害無辜的人。他的眼睛窺探無倚無靠的人；

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}

他埋伏在暗地，如獅子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要擄去困苦人；他拉網，就把困苦人擄去。

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. {secretly: Heb. in the secret places}

他屈身蹲伏，無倚無靠的人就倒在他爪牙（爪牙：或譯強暴人）之下。

He croucheth, {and} humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. {He...: Heb. He breaketh himself} {by...: or, into his strong parts}

他心裡說：神竟忘記了；他掩面永不觀看。

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.

耶和華啊，求你起來！神啊，求你舉手，不要忘記困苦人！

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}

惡人為何輕慢神，心裡說：你必不追究？

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}.

其實你已經觀看；因為奸惡毒害，你都看見了，為要以手施行報應。無倚無靠的人把自己交託你；你向來是幫助孤兒的。

Thou hast seen {it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite {it} with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. {committeth: Heb. leaveth}

願你打斷惡人的膀臂；至於壞人，願你追究他的惡，直到淨盡。

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil {man}: seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none.

耶和華永永遠遠為王；外邦人從他的地已經滅絕了。

The LORD {is} King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

耶和華啊，謙卑人的心願，你早已知道（原文是聽見）。你必預備他們的心，也必側耳聽他們的祈求，

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {prepare: or, establish}

為要給孤兒和受欺壓的人伸冤，使強橫的人不再威嚇他們。

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. {oppress: or, terrify}