Psalms 73
1 A Melody of Asaph. Nothing but good, is God, Unto Israel, Unto 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, as for me, —My feet had, almost stumbled, 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 of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless, used I to look.
我見惡人和狂傲人享平安就心懷不平。
4 For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;
他們死的時候沒有疼痛； 他們的力氣卻也壯實。
5 Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.
他們不像別人受苦， 也不像別人遭災。
6 For this cause, doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
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 iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the 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 mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
他們譏笑人，憑惡意說欺壓人的話； 他們說話自高。
9 They have set, in the heavens, their mouth, And, their tongue, marcheth through the earth.
他們的口褻瀆上天； 他們的舌毀謗全地。
10 Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained 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 Lo! these, are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
看哪，這就是惡人； 他們既是常享安逸，財寶便加增。
13 Altogether in vain, Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness, my hands;
我實在徒然潔淨了我的心， 徒然洗手表明無辜。
14 And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!
因為，我終日遭災難； 每早晨受懲治。
15 If I had thought, I will relate it thus, Lo! the circle of thy sons, had I betrayed.
我若說，我要這樣講， 這就是以奸詐待你的眾子。
16 When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
我思索怎能明白這事， 眼看實係為難，
17 Until I could enter the holy places of God, —Could give heed to their hereafter: —
等我進了上帝的聖所， 思想他們的結局。
18 Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, —Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
你實在把他們安在滑地， 使他們掉在沉淪之中。
19 How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end, by reason of calamities.
他們轉眼之間成了何等的荒涼！ 他們被驚恐滅盡了。
20 As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.
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 But my heart had grown embittered, And, in my reins, had I received wounds;
因而，我心裏發酸， 肺腑被刺。
22 But, I, was brutish, and could not perceive, Like the beasts, had I become before thee.
我這樣愚昧無知， 在你面前如畜類一般。
23 Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
然而，我常與你同在； 你攙着我的右手。
24 By thy counsel, wilt thou guide me, And, afterwards, unto glory, wilt thou take me.
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? And, compared with thee, there is nothing I desire on 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 Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion, is God unto times age-abiding.
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 who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely 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 drawing near of God, is my blessedness, —I have made, of My Lord Yahweh, my refuge, —That I may recount 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。
