Psalms 7
1 Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite. O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;
【苦中投奔於主】 達味有感於本雅明族人的話，向上主唱流離之歌。 上主，我的天主！我一心投奔你；求你助我逃脫一切追逐我的人，求你救拔我；
2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
免得有人像獅子一般撕裂我時，無人搭救我。
3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;
上主！如果我真做了這事，我主！在我手中就真有罪！
4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
我若真加害過我的友好，或無故把我的仇敵劫掠；
5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah)
就讓敵人追逐我，擒獲我，把我的性命踐踏在污地，將我的光榮歸諸於泥灰。
6 Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.
上主，求你震怒奮起，前來克制我仇的暴慢。我的天主，求你醒起助我，施行你定的斷案。
7 The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.
願萬民聚齊環繞著你。願你回駕由高處鑒視。
8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
上主，萬民的審判者! 上主，請照我的正義，請按我的無罪，護衛我的權利。
9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
公義的天主! 惟你洞察肺腑和人心，願惡人的毒害停止，求你堅固義人!
10 God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.
天主是我的護盾，給心正的人助陣。
11 God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.
天主是公義的審判者，對怙惡的人終日怒嚇。
12 If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
仇人雖然磨刀擦劍，開弓拉弦準備射箭；
13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.
那只是為自己預備死亡的武器，為自己製造帶火的箭矢。
14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
試看，他既孕惡懷毒，自然就要產生虛無，
15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
他挖掘坑穴，擺布陷阱，勢必落在自備的窖中。
16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
他的兇惡必反轉到自己頭上，他的橫暴必降落在自己的頂上。
17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
我要稱謝上主的公道，歌頌至高上主的名號。
