Psalms 10

1 Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction?

【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 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

惡人蠻橫地難為弱小的人，叫他陷於預設的陰謀之中。

3 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

惡人因隨心所欲而自慶，匪徒因輕慢上主而自幸；

4 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him.

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 are profane at all times; your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

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 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.

心下自語：我永遠不會動搖！我永永遠遠不會遭受災禍！

7 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

他他滿口是欺詐與辱罵，舌下盡是惡毒與謊話。

8 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

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 lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare.

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 will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

他俯下身子，蹲伏在地下，不幸者便陷入他的爪牙；

11 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

心下自語說：天主忘了，祂掩了面，永不再看。

12 Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

上主天主，求你起來將手舉起，不要把窮苦人忘記。

13 Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it].

為何讓人們輕慢天主，心下自語，「祂絕不會追究？」

14 You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan.

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 you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not 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 shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out 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 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

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 plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.

護衛孤兒和受壓迫者的特權，使塵世的人不再施恐怖手段