Psalms 40
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
達味詩歌，交與樂官。 我慹切誠懇地期待了上主，祂便垂顧俯聽了我的哀訴。
2 And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.
祂把我從禍坑與污泥中救出，放我在磐石上，穩定我的腳步。
3 And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.
祂將新歌置於我口，為讚美我們的天主！眾人見了起敬起畏，都將全心信賴上主。
4 Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
凡全依靠上主，不對傲慢傾慕，且又不依附虛偽的，這人真有福！
5 You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.
上主，我的天主! 你行的奇蹟異事，真令人不知幾許！你對我們的計畫，無人能與你相輔，我縱願宣揚伸述，也多得不可勝數。
6 Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.
犧牲與素祭已非你所喜，就開了我的耳朵；全燔之祭以及贖罪之祭，也非你所要。
7 Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:
於是我說：你看，我已到來！關於我，書卷上已有記載：
8 that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.
我的天主，承行你的旨意為我所喜愛，你的法律常於我的心懷。
9 I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.
在盛大的集會中，我宣揚了你的正義，看，我並沒有閉口不言，上主，你全知悉。
10 I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.
我從沒有將你的義隱蔽在心間，對你的忠厚和救援時時各處宣傳；對於你的慈愛和忠義，在盛會中我沒有隱蔽，
11 O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.
上主，求你對我不要撤回你的憐憫，願你的慈愛和忠誠對我時加保存。
12 For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.
因為，四周困迫我的災禍，實不可勝數；我的罪過緊握著我，使我無法目睹；數目比我頭髮還多，真使我心痛苦。
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.
上主，求你開恩救我，上主，求你速來救我。
14 Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.
願那些圖謀害我的人，一同蒙恥受辱，願那些喜歡我遭難的人，一起含羞退走！
15 Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”
願那些哈哈戲笑我的人，都滿面羞慚地驚惶失神！
16 Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”
願那些尋求你的人，都因你而歡欣彭舞，願戀慕你的人，都常說：大哉上主！
17 But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.
我既然卑微貧苦，我主卻對我眷顧；你是我的助佑，我的救援，我的天主，求你不要遲延。
