Psalms 18
1 To victorie, the word of the Lord to Dauid; which spak the wordis of this song, in the dai in which the Lord delyuerede hym fro the hond of alle hise enemyes, and fro the hond of Saul; and he seide: Lord, my strengthe, Y schal loue thee; the Lord is my stidfastnesse, and my refuyt, and mi deliuerere.
【凱旋感恩歌】 上主的僕人達味作，向上主唱了這篇詩歌： 上主，我的力量，我愛慕你。
2 Mi God is myn helpere; and Y schal hope in to hym. My defendere, and the horn of myn helthe; and myn vptakere.
上主，你是我的磐石、我的保障，我的避難所；你是我的天主，我一心依靠的磐石；你是我的護盾，我救恩的角，我的堡壘。
3 I schal preise, and ynwardli clepe the Lord; and Y schal be saaf fro myn enemyes.
我一呼求應受頌揚的上主，我便會從仇敵的手中得救。
4 The sorewis of deth cumpassiden me; and the strondis of wickidnesse disturbliden me.
死亡的狂瀾環圍著我，凶惡的險波驚嚇著我，
陰府的繩韁纏繞著我，喪命的羅網拘絆著我。 (Sheol h7585)
6 In my tribulacioun Y inwardli clepide the Lord; and Y criede to my God. And he herde my vois fro his hooli temple; and my cry in his siyt entride in to hise eeris.
我在急難難當中呼求了上主，向我的天主求助；他由殿中聽我禱告，我的聲音進入祂的耳鼓。
7 The erthe was mouede togidere, and tremblede togidere; the foundementis of hillis weren troblid togidere, and weren moued togidere; for he was wrooth to hem.
因為上主憤怒填胸，大地立即戰慄震驚，山基陵根搖撼移動。
8 Smoke stiede in the ire of hym, and fier brente out fro his face; coolis weren kyndlid of hym.
由祂的鼻孔湧出濃煙，由祂的口中噴出烈焰，由祂身上射出火炭。
9 He bowide doun heuenes, and cam doun; and derknesse was vndur hise feet.
祂使諸天低垂，親自降臨，在祂的腳下面密布濃雲。
10 And he stiede on cherubym, and flei; he fley ouer the pennes of wyndis.
祂乘坐革魯賓飛揚；藉著風的翼羽翱翔。
11 And he settide derknesses his hidyng place, his tabernacle `in his cumpas; derk water was in the cloudes of the lowere eir.
祂四周以黑暗作帷帳，以含雨的濃雲為屏障。
12 Ful cleer cloudis passiden in his siyt; hail and the coolis of fier.
閃電在祂前輝煌，紅炭發出了火光。
13 And the Lord thundrid fro heuene; and the hiyeste yaf his vois, hail and the coolis of fier `camen doun.
上主由高天發出雷鳴，至高者吼出祂的呼聲。
14 And he sente hise arowis, and distriede tho men; he multipliede leytis, and disturblide tho men.
祂射出羽箭，將人驅散；祂發出閃電，使人逃竄。
15 And the wellis of watris apperiden; and the foundementis of the erthe weren schewid. Lord, of thi blamyng; of the brething of the spirit of thin ire.
上主的呵斥一呼，鼻孔的怒氣一出，滄海的海底出現，大地的地基露綻。
16 He sente fro the hiyeste place, and took me; and he took me fro many watris.
祂由高處伸手將我拉住，祂由洪水之中將我提出；
17 He delyuerede me fro my strongeste enemyes; and fro hem that hatiden me, fro thei weren coumfortid on me.
救我脫離了我的敵手，擺脫了強於我的仇讎。
18 Thei camen bifor me in the dai of my turment; and the Lord was maad my defendere.
他們在我困厄之日襲擊我，然而上主卻作了我的城堡；
19 And he ledde out me in to breede; he maad me saaf, for he wolde me.
祂引領我步入廣闊的平原，祂因喜愛我而給了我救援。
20 And the Lord schal yelde to me bi my riytfulnesse; and he schal yelde to me bi the clennesse of myn hondis.
上主照我的正義酬答了我，按我隻手的清白賞報了我；
21 For Y kepte the weies of the Lord; and Y dide not vnfeithfuli fro my God.
因我遵行了上主的道路，沒有作惡背棄我的天主。
22 For alle hise domes ben in my siyt; and Y puttide not awei fro me hise riytfulnessis.
祂的一切法令常在我的眼前，祂的任何誡命我總沒有棄損；
23 And Y schal be vnwemmed with hym; and Y schal kepe me fro my wickidnesse.
我在祂前常保持成全，我自知防範各種罪愆。
24 And the Lord schal yelde to me bi my riytfulnesse; and bi the clennesse of myn hondis in the siyt of hise iyen.
因此，上主我在祂眼前的正道，並我隻手的清白給了我賞報。
25 With the hooli, thou schalt be hooli; and with `a man innocent, thou schalt be innocent.
仁慈的人，你待他仁慈；正直的人，你待他正直；
26 And with a chosun man, thou schalt be chosun; and with a weiward man, thou schalt be weiward.
純潔的人，你待他純潔；乖戾的人，你待他乖戾。
27 For thou schalt make saaf a meke puple; and thou schalt make meke the iyen of proude men.
卑微的人，你必要救起；傲慢的人，你必要輕視。
28 For thou, Lord, liytnest my lanterne; my God, liytne thou my derknessis.
上主，是你使我的燈籠放光，我主，是你把我的黑暗照亮。
29 For bi thee Y schal be delyuered fro temptacioun; and in my God Y schal `go ouer the wal.
仗著你的助祐，我衝上了戰場；靠著我的天主，我跳過了城牆。
30 Mi God, his weie is vndefoulid, the speches of the Lord ben examyned bi fier; he is defendere of alle men hopynge in hym.
天主的道路是完善的；上主的言語是精鍊的；凡是投奔祂的人，祂必作他的後盾。
31 For whi, who is God out takun the Lord? ethir who is God outakun oure God?
除了上主以外，還有誰是天主？我們天主以外，還有誰是磐石？
32 God that hath gird me with vertu; and hath set my weie vnwemmed.
是天主使我腰纏英武，使我的道路平坦無阻；
33 Which made perfit my feet as of hertis; and ordeynynge me on hiye thingis.
使我的雙腳敏捷與鹿蹄相同，使我能穩立於高山的危峰；
34 Which techith myn hondis to batel; and thou hast set myn armys as a brasun bouwe.
是祂教導我的手上陣進攻，使我伸出臂膊開張了銅弓。
35 And thou hast youe to me the kyueryng of thin helthe; and thi riythond hath vptake me. And thi chastisyng amendide me in to the ende; and thilke chastisyng of thee schal teche me.
你把救生的盾賜給了我，你的右手不斷扶持了我，使我日漸強大因你愛我。
36 Thou alargidist my paaces vndur me; and my steppis ben not maad vnstidefast.
你為我的腳步拓展了道路，我的雙腳總沒有顛簸躊躇。
37 Y schal pursue myn enemyes, and Y schal take hem; and Y schal not turne til thei failen.
我追擊我的仇敵，並且把他們捕捉，決不返回，直到將他們除盡滅絕。
38 I schal al to-breke hem, and thei schulen not mowe stonde; thei schulen falle vndur my feet.
我將他們打得一敗塗地，叫他們在我的腳下倒斃。
39 And thou hast gird me with vertu to batel; and thou hast `supplauntid, ether disseyued, vndur me men risynge ayens me.
你使我腰纏英武奮勇作戰，叫敵對我的人都向我就範；
40 And thou hast youe myn enemyes abac to me; and thou hast distried `men hatynge me.
使我的敵人在我前轉背逃竄，使我把一切仇恨我的人驅散。
41 Thei crieden, and noon was that maad hem saaf; `thei crieden to the Lord, and he herde not hem.
他們吶喊，卻沒有人救援，呼號上主，也得不到矜憐。
42 And Y schal al to-breke hem, as dust bifor the face of wynd; Y schal do hem awei, as the cley of stretis.
我粉碎他們像風吹的灰塵，我踐踏他們似道上的糞土。
43 Thou schalt delyuere me fro ayenseiyngis of the puple; thou schalt sette me in to the heed of folkis.
你救我脫離了判亂的人民，又封立了我為列國的元勳，我不認識的民族，也都來給我服務。
44 The puple, which Y knewe not, seruede me; in the herynge of eere it obeiede to me.
外邦的子民向我諂媚奉承，一聽到是我，即刻向我服膺。
45 Alien sones lieden to me, alien sones wexiden elde; and crokiden fro thi pathis.
外方的子民驚惶失色，戰戰兢兢走出了堡壘。
46 The Lord lyueth, and my God be blessid; and the God of myn helthe be enhaunsid.
上主萬歲! 願我的磐石備受讚頌！救我的天主備受尊崇！
47 God, that yauest veniaunces to me, and makist suget puplis vndur me; my delyuerere fro my wrathful enemyes.
天主，是你為我伸冤復仇，求你使萬民都向我屈服；
48 And thou schalt enhaunse me fro hem, that risen ayens me; thou schalt delyuere me fro a wickid man.
是你拯救我脫離我的仇敵，從凌駕我者的拳下，把我提起，救我免於向我施暴人的手裏。
49 Therfor, Lord, Y schal knouleche to thee among naciouns; and Y schal seie salm to thi name.
上主，為此，我要在異民中稱謝你，我要對你的聖名讚不已：
50 Magnyfiynge the helthis of his kyng; and doynge merci to his crist Dauid, and to his seed til in to the world.
因為是你使你的君王大獲勝利，對你的受傅者：達味和他的後裔，廣施仁愛慈惠，至於無窮之世。
