Psalms 38
1 “A psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.” O LORD! rebuke me not in thy wrath, Nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure!
達味紀念歌。 上主，求你不要在你的震怒中責罰我，求你不要在你的氣憤中懲戒我。
2 For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon me.
因為你的箭射中了我，你的手重壓了我。
3 There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.
因了你的盛怒，我已體無完膚；因了我的罪行，我已粉身碎骨。
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.
因為我的罪過高出我的頭頂，好似重擔把我壓得過分沉重。
5 My wounds putrefy and are loathsome on account of my folly.
我的創痍漬爛流膿，完全由於我的愚矇。
6 I am bent; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
我悲傷得身已傴僂，終日行動滿懷憂愁。
7 For my loins are full of burning heat, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
因為我的腰肢焦灼難受，我的肉體已無完膚。
8 I am weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.
我已筋疲力盡，奄奄一息；我已心痛欲絕，嗟嘆不已。
9 O Lord! thou knowest all my desire, And my groaning is not hidden from thee!
我主，我的呻吟常在你的面前，我的悲歎不向你隱瞞；
10 My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.
我的心顫慄，我的精力衰退，我眼目的光明也已消逝。
11 My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:
我遭難時，我的友朋都袖手旁觀，我的親人都站得很遠。
12 While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.
追尋我命的人，張設網羅，設法害我的人，散布惡謨，他們行詭計日夜思索。
13 But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.
但我好像是一個有耳聽不見的聾子，我又好像是一個有口不能言的啞巴。
14 I am like one who heareth nothing, And in whose mouth is no reply.
我竟成了一個沒有聽覺的人，成了一個口中沒有辯詞的人。
15 For in thee, O LORD! do I put my trust; Thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God!
因為我唯有仰慕你，上主，你必應允我，我主我天主！
16 For I have prayed, “Let them not rejoice over me; Let them not exult at the slipping of my feet!”
我原來說過：「不要讓他們洋洋得意，不要讓他們因我的失足而沾沾自喜。」
17 For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;
我生來就易於失足，因此我常心懷痛苦。
18 For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.
我的確承認我犯了罪愆，我為了我的過惡而憂慚。
19 But my enemies flourish and are strong; They who hate me without cause are multiplied.
無故加害我的人，力強兇暴，無理憎恨我的人，成群結伙；
20 They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.
他們都以怨報德而對待我，因我追求正義而惱恨我。
21 Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!
上主，求你不要捨棄我，我主，求你不要遠離我。
22 Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!
我的上主，我的救助，求你速來給我護祐。
