Psalms

（可拉後裔的詩歌，就是以斯拉人希幔的訓誨詩，交與伶長。調用麻哈拉利暗俄。）耶和華─拯救我的神啊，我晝夜在你面前呼籲。

[A Song {or} Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day {and} night before thee: {for the sons: or, of the sons} {Maschil...: or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction}

願我的禱告達到你面前；求你側耳聽我的呼求！

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

因為我心裡滿了患難；我的性命臨近陰間。

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

我算和下坑的人同列，如同無力（或譯：沒有幫助）的人一樣。

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength:

我被丟在死人中，好像被殺的人躺在墳墓裡。他們是你不再記念的，與你隔絕了。

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. {from: or, by}

你把我放在極深的坑裡，在黑暗地方，在深處。

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

你的忿怒重壓我身；你用一切的波浪困住我。（細拉）

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted {me} with all thy waves. Selah.

你把我所認識的隔在遠處，使我為他們所憎惡；我被拘困，不得出來。

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: {I am} shut up, and I cannot come forth.

我的眼睛因困苦而乾癟。耶和華啊，我天天求告你，向你舉手。

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

你豈要行奇事給死人看麼？難道陰魂還能起來稱讚你麼？（細拉）

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah.

豈能在墳墓裡述說你的慈愛麼？豈能在滅亡中述說你的信實麼？

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? {or} thy faithfulness in destruction?

你的奇事豈能在幽暗裡被知道麼？你的公義豈能在忘記之地被知道麼？

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

耶和華啊，我呼求你；我早晨的禱告要達到你面前。

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

耶和華啊，你為何丟棄我？為何掩面不顧我？

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? {why} hidest thou thy face from me?

我自幼受苦，幾乎死亡；我受你的驚恐，甚至慌張。

I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

你的烈怒漫過我身；你的驚嚇把我剪除。

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

這些終日如水環繞我，一齊都來圍困我。

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. {daily: or, all the day}

你把我的良朋密友隔在遠處，使我所認識的人進入黑暗裡。

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} mine acquaintance into darkness.