< Psalms 90 >
1 Lord, you have always (been [like] a home for us/protected us) [MET].
天主的人梅瑟的祈禱。吾主,從永遠到永遠,您就作我們的靠山。
2 Before you created the mountains, before you formed the earth and everything that is in it, you were eternally God, and you will be God forever.
群山尚未形成,大地尚未生出,從永遠直到永遠,您已經是天主。
3 [When people die], you cause their corpses to become soil again; you change their corpses to become dirt like [the first man] was created from.
您命令世人歸於灰塵,說:歸來,亞當的子孫們!
4 When you (consider/think about) time, 1,000 years are [as short as] [SIM] one day which passes; [you consider that] [HYP] they are as short as a few hours in the night.
因為千年在您的眼前,好像是剛過去的昨天,好像夜裏的一更時間。
5 You cause people suddenly to die [MET]; they [live only a short time], like a dream lasts only a short time. They are like grass/weeds [SIM] that grow up.
您消滅他們,使他們有如清晨一覺,使他們有如剛出生的嫩苗青草,
6 In the morning [DOU] the grass sprouts and grows well, but in the evening it dries up and (completely withers/dies).
早晨雖然旺盛繁茂,傍晚就已凋謝枯槁。
7 [Similarly], [because of the sins that we have committed], you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us.
這樣,我們因了您的怒火,而消耗殆盡,我們我們因了您的怒忿,而昏厥不振。
8 [It is as though] you place our sins in front of you, you spread out even our secret sins where you can see them.
您把我們的罪惡全在您的面前擺出,在您儀容的光輝前,我們的隱惡全露。
9 Because you are angry with us, you cause our lives to end; the years that we live pass as quickly as a sigh does.
我們的日月,都在您義怒中消逝,我們的年歲,也不過像一聲嘆息。
10 People live for only 70 years; but if they are strong, some of them live for 80 years. But even during good years we have much pain and troubles; our lives soon end, and we die [EUP].
我們的壽數,不外七十春秋,若是強壯,也不過八十寒暑;但多半還是充滿勞苦與空虛,因轉眼即逝,我們也如飛而去。
11 No one [RHQ] has fully experienced the powerful things you can do to them when you are angry with them, and people are not afraid that you will greatly punish them because of your being angry with them.
誰能體會您怒憤的威力,誰能覺察您怒火的可畏?
12 So teach/help us to realize that we live for only a short time in order that we may [use our time] wisely.
求您教導我們詳數年歲,使我們達到內心的智慧。
13 Yahweh, how long [will you be angry with us]? Pity us who serve you.
上主,求您歸來,尚待何時?求您快來憐恤您的僕役!
14 Each morning show us that your faithfully loving us is enough for us in order that we may shout joyfully and be happy for the rest of our lives.
使我們清晨就飽享您的慈愛,讓我們能歡欣鼓舞天天愉快!
15 Cause us to now be as happy for as many years as you (afflicted us/caused us to be sad) and we experienced troubles.
您磨難我們,使我們受苦多少日子,求您也使我們多少年月時日歡喜。
16 Enable us to see the [great] things that you do and enable our descendants to [also] see your glorious power.
求使您的僕人得見您的化工,給他們的子孫彰顯您的尊榮。
17 Lord, our God, give us your blessings and enable us to be successful; yes, cause us to be successful in [everything] that we do [DOU]!
願上主我們的天主給我們廣施仁風,促使我們所做的工作順利成功,促使我們所做的工作順利成功。