1 〔亞薩的詩。〕 神阿、外邦人進入你的產業、污穢你的聖殿、使耶路撒冷變成荒堆.
A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. |
2 把你僕人的屍首、交與天空的飛鳥為食、把你聖民的肉、交與地上的野獸.
They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. |
3 在耶路撒冷周圍流他們的血如水、無人葬埋。
They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. |
4 我們成為鄰國的羞辱、成為我們四圍人的嗤笑譏刺。
We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. |
5 耶和華阿、這到幾時呢.你要動怒到永遠麼.你的憤恨要如火焚燒麼。
How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire? |
6 願你將你的忿怒倒在那不認識你的外邦、和那不求告你名的國度。
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name; |
7 因為他們吞了雅各、把他的住處變為荒場。
for they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his homeland. |
8 求你不要記念我們先祖的罪孽、向我們追討.願你的慈悲快迎著我們.因為我們落到極卑微的地步。
Do not hold against us the sins of the fathers; may your mercy come quickly to meet us, for we are in desperate need. |
9 拯救我們的 神阿、求你因你名的榮耀、幫助我們、為你名的緣故、搭救我們、赦免我們的罪。
Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name's sake. |
10 為何容外邦人說、他們的 神在那裡呢.願你使外邦人知道你在我們眼前、伸你僕人流血的冤。
Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants. |
11 願被囚之人的歎息、達到你面前.願你按你的大能力、存留那些將要死的人。
May the groans of the prisoners come before you; by the strength of your arm preserve those condemned to die. |
12 主阿、願你將我們鄰邦所羞辱你的羞辱、加七倍歸到他們身上。
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the reproach they have hurled at you, O Lord. |
13 這樣、你的民、你草場的羊、要稱謝你、直到永遠.要述說讚美你的話、直到萬代。
Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will praise you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise. |