Psalms 10

1 Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

【求主隡除惡霸】上主，你為什麼站在遠處！在困苦之時竟隱藏不露？

2 Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

惡人蠻橫地難為弱小的人，叫他陷於預設的陰謀之中。

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

惡人因隨心所欲而自慶，匪徒因輕慢上主而自幸；

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

惡人心高氣傲說：他絕不會追究！也絕沒有天主！這就是他的企圖。

5 His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

他的道路時時彎曲錯謬；常把你的懲罰拋諸腦後，對一切私仇常怒氣詛咒。

6 He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

心下自語：我永遠不會動搖！我永永遠遠不會遭受災禍！

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

他他滿口是欺詐與辱罵，舌下盡是惡毒與謊話。

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

他在村邊隱密處埋伏，他暗地裏要殺害無辜，他對不幸者窺伺注目，

9 He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

他在暗處伺伏，有如獅子蹲在洞口，要把貧困的人，伺機刮搜，將貧困者拖入網中劫走。

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

他俯下身子，蹲伏在地下，不幸者便陷入他的爪牙；

11 He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

心下自語說：天主忘了，祂掩了面，永不再看。

12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

上主天主，求你起來將手舉起，不要把窮苦人忘記。

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

為何讓人們輕慢天主，心下自語，「祂絕不會追究？」

14 Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

其實你已看見欺壓與罪行，正考慮如何親手加以嚴懲；因此不幸的人向你投奔，唯有你是孤兒們的救星。

15 Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

願你打斷罪犯與惡人的臂膊，報復他的罪孽直至不再發作。

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

上主為王，直至於萬世無疆；野蠻人必由祂領域中喪亡。

17 LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

上主，你垂允了謙卑者的心願，堅固他們的心靈，也側耳俯聽。

18 To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

護衛孤兒和受壓迫者的特權，使塵世的人不再施恐怖手段