詩篇 28

1 上主，我在向你呼號；我的磐石，不要置若罔聞；你若對我沉默不語，我便無異向陰府裏沉淪。

A psalm of David. Lord, my rock, I'm calling out to you. Please listen to me! For if you don't respond, I'll be like those who go down into the grave.

2 當我朝著你的聖所向你呼號，高舉我手時，請俯聽我的哀禱！

Listen as I appeal for mercy, as I call for help, as I hold up my hands in prayer towards your holy Temple.

3 求你不要把我同敗類一起剿絕，不要把我同作惡的人一同消滅：他們與人談平安，但心中卻十分陰險。

Don't drag me off with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak nicely to their neighbors while in their minds they're plotting evil.

4 願你按他們的作為，照他們行為的邪惡，報復他們；按他們手中的事業，給他們應得的報應，處罰他們！

Give them what they deserve for their evil actions. Pay them back for what they've done. Give them the reward they've earned!

5 他們不關心上主的工程和祂手中所行，但願上主粉碎他們，不要再使他們復興！

For they don't pay any attention to what the Lord does, or to what he created. So he will destroy them—they will never be restored.

6 上主理應享受讚頌，因祂聽了我的禱聲。

Praise the Lord! For he has heard my appeal for mercy!

7 上主是我的力量，我的護佑，我對祂全心依賴，必獲扶助；為此我滿心歡喜，讚頌歌舞。

The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.

8 上主是自己人民的力量，祂是受傅者得救的保障；

The Lord gives strength to his people; he is a safe refuge for the one he has anointed.

9 求你拯救你的人民，祝福你的百姓，求你牧養他們，提攜他們直至永恒。

Save your people! Bless your “special possession”! Be their shepherd and carry them in your arms forever!