Psalms 73
1 BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.
亞薩的詩。 上帝實在恩待以色列那些清心的人！
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
至於我，我的腳幾乎失閃； 我的腳險些滑跌。
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
我見惡人和狂傲人享平安就心懷不平。
4 For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.
他們死的時候沒有疼痛； 他們的力氣卻也壯實。
5 In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.
他們不像別人受苦， 也不像別人遭災。
6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.
所以，驕傲如鏈子戴在他們的項上； 強暴像衣裳遮住他們的身體。
7 Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.
他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出； 他們所得的，過於心裏所想的。
8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.
他們譏笑人，憑惡意說欺壓人的話； 他們說話自高。
9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
他們的口褻瀆上天； 他們的舌毀謗全地。
10 Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.
所以上帝的民歸到這裏， 喝盡了滿杯的苦水。
11 And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
他們說：上帝怎能曉得？ 至高者豈有知識呢？
12 Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.
看哪，這就是惡人； 他們既是常享安逸，財寶便加增。
13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
我實在徒然潔淨了我的心， 徒然洗手表明無辜。
14 For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.
因為，我終日遭災難； 每早晨受懲治。
15 If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.
我若說，我要這樣講， 這就是以奸詐待你的眾子。
16 And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
我思索怎能明白這事， 眼看實係為難，
17 Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.
等我進了上帝的聖所， 思想他們的結局。
18 Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.
你實在把他們安在滑地， 使他們掉在沉淪之中。
19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.
他們轉眼之間成了何等的荒涼！ 他們被驚恐滅盡了。
20 As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.
人睡醒了，怎樣看夢； 主啊，你醒了也必照樣輕看他們的影像。
21 For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.
因而，我心裏發酸， 肺腑被刺。
22 But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.
我這樣愚昧無知， 在你面前如畜類一般。
23 Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.
然而，我常與你同在； 你攙着我的右手。
24 Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.
你要以你的訓言引導我， 以後必接我到榮耀裏。
25 Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.
除你以外，在天上我有誰呢？ 除你以外，在地上我也沒有所愛慕的。
26 My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
我的肉體和我的心腸衰殘； 但上帝是我心裏的力量， 又是我的福分，直到永遠。
27 For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.
遠離你的，必要死亡； 凡離棄你行邪淫的，你都滅絕了。
28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.
但我親近上帝是與我有益； 我以主耶和華為我的避難所， 好叫我述說你一切的作為。
