< Psalms 145 >
1 A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
我的天主,君王,我要頌揚您,歌頌您的名,世世代代不停止。
2 Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
我要每日不斷讚美您,頌揚您的名,永遠不停止。
3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
偉大的上主,實在應受讚美,上主的偉大,高深不可推測;
4 One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
世世代代應宣揚上主的工程,世世代代應傳述上主的大能:
5 the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
講述您的威嚴尊榮,彰明您的奇異化工,
6 They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
述說您驚天動地的威能,不斷宣揚您的偉大無朋;
7 They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.
廣傳您無窮慈愛的事跡,歡呼歌唱您的公義無限。
8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
主慈悲為懷,寬宏大方;他常緩於發怒,仁愛無量。
9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
上主對待萬有,溫和善良,對他的受造物,仁愛慈祥。
10 All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
上主,願您的一切受造物稱謝您,上主,願您的一切聖徒們讚美您,
11 They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
宣傳您王國的光榮,講處述您的威力大能,
12 to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.
讓世人盡知您的威能,您王國的偉大光榮。
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful in all His words and kind in all His actions.
您的王國,是萬代的王國,您的王權,存留於無窮世;上主對自己的一切諾言,忠信不欺,上主對自己的一切受造,勝善無比。
14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
凡跌倒的,上主必要扶持,凡被壓抑的,使他們起立。
15 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
眾生的眼睛都仰望您,您準時賞給他們糧食。
16 You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
您伸出了您的雙手,滿足了眾生的需求。
17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
上主在他的一切路徑上,至公至義;上主在他的一切化工上,聖善無比。
18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
上主接近一切呼求祂的人,就是一切誠心呼求祂的人。
19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
他必成全敬愛自己者的心願,聽到他們的呼號,必施以救援。
20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
凡愛慕上主的,上主必保護他們;凡作惡犯罪的,上主必消除他們。
21 My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
願我的口舌稱述上主的光榮,願眾生讚美他的聖名於無窮!