詩篇 140

1 上主，求您救拔我脫離兇惡的人； 上主，求您保護我脫離強暴的人！

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,

2 他們心中策劃惡謀，他們終日挑撥爭鬥；

who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.

3 他們磨快自己的舌尖，有如蛇蝮，他們的雙脣的下面，含有蛇毒。 （休止）

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips.

4 上主，求您拯救我脫離兇惡的人；上主，求您保護我擺脫強暴的人，因他們企圖要我腳步滑倒。

Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.

5 驕傲人給我暗暗設網羅，張起繩索作為圈套，設下陷井等我路過。 （休止）

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me.

6 我求上主說：您是我的天主；上主，求您聽我哀禱的苦訴！

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.

7 上主天主，您是我有力的救助，在作戰時，請您掩護我的頭顱。

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.

8 上主，求您不要順隨惡人的奢欲；上主，請不要完成他們的計謀。 （休止）

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted.

9 願那些顯露頭而圍困我的人，出於他們口脣的詛咒，反歸己身。

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

10 願火降落在他們的身上，將他們拋入深坑免再高昂。

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

11 搬弄是非的人，不得在世久存，災禍會突然使強暴的人被擒。

May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

12 我確知上主必為受壓迫的人伸冤，也必為貧窮的人主持正義的判斷。

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

13 義人必定將您的聖名頌讚，善人必定居住在您的面前。

Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.