Psalms 144
1 A Psalm. Of David. Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
上主，我的磐石，他應該常受頌讚！他教我的手能鬥，教我的指能戰。
2 He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people.
他是我的力量，我的堡壘，他是我的干城，我的救主，我的盾牌及我的避難所，他使萬民都來屈服於我。
3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?
上主，世人算什麼，您竟眷顧他，人子算什麼您竟懷念他？
4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.
世人不過像一口氣，他的歲月如影消逝。
5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.
上主，求您將天低垂，親自降凡，您一觸摸群山，群山立即冒煙。
6 With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.
求您發出閃電，將敵人驅散，求您把箭射出，使他們混亂。
7 Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men;
求您自高處伸出您的手，救拔我，求您由洪水和外人手中，拯救我！
8 In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
他們的口舌只說虛言謊語，只是為發假誓而舉起右手。
9 I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords.
天主，我要向您高唱新曲，我要彈十絃琴向您詠奏。
10 It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
是您賜給君王獲得了勝利，是您拯救了您的僕人達味。
11 Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
求您由凶險的刀劍救拔我，求您由外人的手掌拯救我！他們的口舌只說虛言謊語，只是為發假誓而舉起右手。
12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
願我們的兒子們，從幼就像茂盛的果樹，願我們的女兒們，像宮殿中雕刻的砥柱！
13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
願我們倉廩裡的各種食糧常滿，願我們牧場上的羊群，蕃殖億萬！
14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
願我們的牲畜常滿載重量，城牆沒有缺口也沒有逃亡，我們的街市中也沒有悲傷。
15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
身逢這些福樂的百姓，真是有福，認上主為天主的人民，真是有福。
