Psalms 73
1 A psalm of Asaph. Yes, God is good to the upright, the Lord to the pure in heart.
亞薩的詩。 上帝實在恩待以色列那些清心的人！
2 But my feet were almost gone, my steps had nearly slipped,
至於我，我的腳幾乎失閃； 我的腳險些滑跌。
3 through envy of godless braggarts, when I saw how well they fared.
我見惡人和狂傲人享平安就心懷不平。
4 For never a pang have they, their body is sound and sleek.
他們死的時候沒有疼痛； 他們的力氣卻也壯實。
5 They have no trouble like mortals, no share in human pain.
他們不像別人受苦， 也不像別人遭災。
6 So they wear their pride like a necklace, they put on the garment of wrong,
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 out with fatness, their heart swells with riotous fancies.
他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出； 他們所得的，過於心裏所想的。
8 Their speech is mocking and evil, condescending and crooked their speech.
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 in the heavens, while their tongue struts about on the earth.
他們的口褻瀆上天； 他們的舌毀謗全地。
10 Small wonder that people resort to them, and drink deep draughts of their lore.
所以上帝的民歸到這裏， 喝盡了滿杯的苦水。
11 ‘How does God know?’ they say, ‘And has the Most High any knowledge?’
他們說：上帝怎能曉得？ 至高者豈有知識呢？
12 See! These are the godless, with wealth and ease ever increasing.
看哪，這就是惡人； 他們既是常享安逸，財寶便加增。
13 Yes, in vain have I kept my heart pure, and washed my hands in innocence;
我實在徒然潔淨了我的心， 徒然洗手表明無辜。
14 for all the day long was I plagued not a morning but I was chastised.
因為，我終日遭災難； 每早晨受懲治。
15 But to resolve to speak like they do would be treachery to your children.
我若說，我要這樣講， 這就是以奸詐待你的眾子。
16 So I sought to understand it, but a wearisome task it seemed:
我思索怎能明白這事， 眼看實係為難，
17 till I entered the holy world of God and saw clearly their destiny.
等我進了上帝的聖所， 思想他們的結局。
18 Yes, you set them on slippery places; down to destruction you hurl them.
你實在把他們安在滑地， 使他們掉在沉淪之中。
19 One moment and then what a horror of ruin! They are finished and ended in terrors.
他們轉眼之間成了何等的荒涼！ 他們被驚恐滅盡了。
20 Like a dream, when one wakes, shall they be, whose phantoms the waker despises.
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 So my bitterness of mind and the pain that stabbed my heart
因而，我心裏發酸， 肺腑被刺。
22 show how dull I was and stupid just like a beast before you.
我這樣愚昧無知， 在你面前如畜類一般。
23 But I am always with you, you have hold of my right hand.
然而，我常與你同在； 你攙着我的右手。
24 By a plan of yours you guide me and will afterward take me to 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 the heavens but you? And on earth there is none I desire beside you.
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 Though flesh and heart waste away, yet God is the rock of my heart, yet God is my portion forever.
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 see! Those who are far from you must perish, you destroy all who are false to you.
遠離你的，必要死亡； 凡離棄你行邪淫的，你都滅絕了。
28 But I am happy when close to God; the Lord my God I have made my refuge, that I may recount all the things you have done.
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。
