Psalms 27

1 A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

上主是我的光明，我的救援，我還畏懼何人﹖ 上主是我生命穩固的保障，我還害怕何人﹖

2 Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.

當惡人前來攻擊我，要吃我的肉時，我的對手，我的仇敵，反而跌倒斷氣。

3 If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this.

雖有大軍向我進攻，我的心毫不戰慄；雖然戰爭向我迫近，我依然滿懷依恃。

4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

我有一事祈求上主，我要懇切請求此事：使我一生的歲月，常居住在上主的殿裏，欣賞上主的甘飴慈祥，瞻仰上主聖所的堂皇。

5 For he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle.

因為在我困難的時他日，祂將我藏在祂的帳棚裏；將我藏在祂帳幕的深處，並將我高舉放在磐石。

6 He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.

現在我可昂首抬頭，卑視我周圍的仇人；我要在上主的帳幕裏，奉獻歡樂之祭，要向上主歡唱讚美的詩詞。

7 Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.

上主，求你俯聽我的呼號，上主，求你憐憫我，垂允我。

8 My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.

論及你，我心中時常在想：你應該尋求祂的儀容。

9 Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Savior.

求你不要向我掩住你的臉，你發怒時不要趕散你僕人。你向來就是我唯一的救援；救我的天主，不要棄我不管。

10 For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.

我的父母雖捨棄了我，然而上主卻收留了我。

11 O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.

上主，求你給我指示你的正路，為了我的仇敵，我踏上了坦途。

12 Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself.

求你不要將我交於仇人的私慾，因為殘暴的假見證來向我攻擊。

13 I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

我深信在此活人的地區，必定會享見上主的幸福。

14 Wait for the Lord, act manfully; and let your heart be strengthened, and remain with the Lord.

你要鼓起勇氣，期望上主！你要振作精神，期望上主！