< Psalms 66 >
1 For the choirmaster. A song. A Psalm. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
普世大地,請向天主歡呼!
2 Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.
請歌頌天主聖名的光榮,請獻給天主輝煌的讚頌。
3 Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
請您們向天主說:您的作為是何等驚人!您威赫的大能,您的仇敵都向您奉承。
4 All the earth bows down to You; they sing praise to You; they sing praise to Your name.”
天主,普世都要朝拜您,全球都要歌頌您的聖名。
5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
請您們前來觀看天主的作為,他對世人作的事實在可奇。
6 He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the waters on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
他曾使海洋乾涸,使人徒步走過江河,叫我們因他而喜樂。
7 He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.
他以自己的大能,永遠統治列國萬邦,他的眼睛鑒察萬民,不使叛逆者狂妄。
8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
萬民,請您們讚美我們的天主,請傳揚天主應受的榮耀。
9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
他曾使我們的性命存活,沒有讓我們的腳步滑倒。
10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
天主,因為您曾考驗我們,像鍊銀子一般,也鍊我們;
11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
您曾引領我們墜入了網羅,曾將鐵索繫在我們的身腰;
12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
您曾使異民騎在我們頭上,使我們經過水深火熱中央,最後您使我們獲得解放。
13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
我帶著全燔祭進入您的聖殿,我要向您償還我的各種誓願:
14 the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
就是我從前在困厄中間,我口所許,我唇所發的願。
15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats.
我要以肥大牲畜作全燔祭,要把公羊的馨香獻與您,要將牛犢和山羊祭奠您。
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
凡敬愛天主的人,請您們前來靜聽,我要敘述祂為我所作所行。
17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.
我親口呼號過他,我舌頭稱揚過他。
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
如果我真存心作惡,上主決不會俯聽我;
19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
然而天主終於俯聽了我,也傾聽了我哀號的祈禱,
20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
天主應受讚美:因祂從未拒絕我的懇求,從未在我身上撤回祂的仁慈。