< Psalms 28 >
1 [A Psalm] of David. To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.
上主,我在向你呼號;我的磐石,不要置若罔聞;你若對我沉默不語,我便無異向陰府裏沉淪。
2 Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.
當我朝著你的聖所向你呼號,高舉我手時,請俯聽我的哀禱!
3 Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.
求你不要把我同敗類一起剿絕,不要把我同作惡的人一同消滅:他們與人談平安,但心中卻十分陰險。
4 Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them.
願你按他們的作為,照他們行為的邪惡,報復他們;按他們手中的事業,給他們應得的報應,處罰他們!
5 Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.
他們不關心上主的工程和祂手中所行,但願上主粉碎他們,不要再使他們復興!
6 Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.
上主理應享受讚頌,因祂聽了我的禱聲。
7 The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him.
上主是我的力量,我的護佑,我對祂全心依賴,必獲扶助;為此我滿心歡喜,讚頌歌舞。
8 The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.
上主是自己人民的力量,祂是受傅者得救的保障;
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.
求你拯救你的人民,祝福你的百姓,求你牧養他們,提攜他們直至永恒。