Psalms 56

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

達味金詩，交與樂官。 天主，求你憐憫我，因為人要謀害我，時時處處有人欺壓我。

2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

我的仇敵終日謀害我，攻擊我的人實在眾多。

3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

至高者！恐惶侵襲我的時日，我只有全心仰賴你。

4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

我全心倚賴天主，並歌頌祂的許諾；我決不怕血肉的人，對我要做什麼。

5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

他們終日破壞我的生活，千方百計地想加害於我；

6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

他們群集埋伏，窺伺我的行徑，他們等待時機，謀圖我的性命。

7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

天主，求你審判他們的罪行；求你在盛怒中將異民敉平。

8 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?

我多次流離失所，你都知悉，我的眼淚聚在你皮囊裏；豈不是也寫在你的書卷內？

9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

我幾時呼號你，我的仇敵便退卻，從此我也全知道，天主常扶助我。

10 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

我全心倚賴天主，歌頌祂的許諾；

11 in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

決不怕脆弱的人，對我要做什麼。

12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.

天主，我必遵守向你所許的願，我必要向你償還頌謝的祭獻。

13 For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

因為你救我脫離死亡，使我的腳免於跌仆，使我能在活人的光明中，在天主的面前行走。