詩篇 79
1 亞薩的詩。 上帝啊，外邦人進入你的產業， 污穢你的聖殿，使耶路撒冷變成荒堆，
A Melody of Asaph. O God, nations, Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple, —Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:
2 把你僕人的屍首交與天空的飛鳥為食， 把你聖民的肉交與地上的野獸，
They have given, The dead bodies of thy servants, As food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy men of lovingkindness, Unto the wild beast of the earth:
3 在耶路撒冷周圍流他們的血如水， 無人葬埋。
They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.
4 我們成為鄰國的羞辱， 成為我們四圍人的嗤笑譏刺。
We have become, A reproach to our neighbours, —A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.
5 耶和華啊，這到幾時呢？ 你要動怒到永遠嗎？ 你的憤恨要如火焚燒嗎？
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?
6 願你將你的忿怒倒在那不認識你的外邦 和那不求告你名的國度。
Pour out thy wrath, Upon the nations that have not known thee—and, Upon the kingdoms that, on thy Name, have not called.
7 因為他們吞了雅各， 把他的住處變為荒場。
For he hath devoured Jacob, —And, his dwelling-place, have they laid waste.
8 求你不要記念我們先祖的罪孽，向我們追討； 願你的慈悲快迎着我們， 因為我們落到極卑微的地步。
Do not remember against us former iniquities, —Haste thee, let thy compassions, come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!
9 拯救我們的上帝啊，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。
Help us, O God of our salvation, on account of the glory of thy Name, —Rescue us then, and put a propitiatory-covering over our sins, For the sake of thy Name.
10 為何容外邦人說「他們的上帝在哪裏」呢？ 願你使外邦人知道你在我們眼前 伸你僕人流血的冤。
Wherefore should the nations say—Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! [Yea! By] the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!
11 願被囚之人的歎息達到你面前； 願你按你的大能力存留那些將要死的人。
Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee, —According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death.
12 主啊，願你將我們鄰邦所羞辱你的羞辱 加七倍歸到他們身上。
Return, therefore, unto our neighbours—Sevenfold, into their own bosom, The reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Adonay!
13 這樣，你的民，你草場的羊， 要稱謝你，直到永遠； 要述說讚美你的話，直到萬代。
So, we, thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee, to times age-abiding, —To generation after generation, will we recount thy praise.
