Psalms 144

1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;

上主，我的磐石，他應該常受頌讚！他教我的手能鬥，教我的指能戰。

2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me.

他是我的力量，我的堡壘，他是我的干城，我的救主，我的盾牌及我的避難所，他使萬民都來屈服於我。

3 LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him?

上主，世人算什麼，您竟眷顧他，人子算什麼您竟懷念他？

4 Man is like unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

世人不過像一口氣，他的歲月如影消逝。

5 O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

上主，求您將天低垂，親自降凡，您一觸摸群山，群山立即冒煙。

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.

求您發出閃電，將敵人驅散，求您把箭射出，使他們混亂。

7 Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of strangers;

求您自高處伸出您的手，救拔我，求您由洪水和外人手中，拯救我！

8 Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.

他們的口舌只說虛言謊語，只是為發假誓而舉起右手。

9 O God, I will sing a new song unto Thee, upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto Thee;

天主，我要向您高唱新曲，我要彈十絃琴向您詠奏。

10 Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword.

是您賜給君王獲得了勝利，是您拯救了您的僕人達味。

11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying.

求您由凶險的刀劍救拔我，求您由外人的手掌拯救我！他們的口舌只說虛言謊語，只是為發假誓而舉起右手。

12 We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;

願我們的兒子們，從幼就像茂盛的果樹，願我們的女兒們，像宮殿中雕刻的砥柱！

13 Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

願我們倉廩裡的各種食糧常滿，願我們牧場上的羊群，蕃殖億萬！

14 Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places;

願我們的牲畜常滿載重量，城牆沒有缺口也沒有逃亡，我們的街市中也沒有悲傷。

15 Happy is the people that is in such a case. Yea, happy is the people whose God is the LORD.

身逢這些福樂的百姓，真是有福，認上主為天主的人民，真是有福。