| 聖詠集 |
Psalms |
| 1上主，你為什麼站在遠處！在困苦之時竟隱藏不露？ |
1Why, LORD, do you stand at a distance and pay no heed to these troubled times? |
| 2惡人蠻橫地難為弱小的人，叫他陷於預設的陰謀之中。 |
2Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap them by their cunning schemes. |
| 3惡人因隨心所欲而自慶，匪徒因輕慢上主而自幸； |
3The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the LORD. |
| 4惡人心高氣傲說：「他決不會追究！也決沒有天主！」這就是他的企圖。 |
4In their insolence the wicked boast: "God doesn't care, doesn't even exist." |
| 5他的道路時時彎曲錯謬；常把你的懲罰拋諸腦後，對一切私仇常怒氣詛咒。 |
5Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your judgment on high; they sneer at all who oppose them. |
| 6心下自語：「我永遠不會動搖！我永永遠遠不會遭受災禍！」 |
6They say in their hearts, "We will never fall; never will we see misfortune." |
| 7他滿口是欺詐與辱罵，舌下盡是惡毒與謊話。 |
7Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues. |
| 8他在村邊隱密處埋伏，他暗地裏要殺害無辜，他對不幸者窺伺注目， |
8They wait in ambush near towns; their eyes watch for the helpless. to murder the innocent in secret. |
| 9他在暗處伺伏，有如獅子蹲在洞口，要把貧困的人伺機刮搜，將貧困者拖入網中劫走。 |
9They lurk in ambush like lions in a thicket, hide there to trap the poor, snare them and close the net. |
| 10他俯下身子，蹲伏在地下，不幸者便陷入他的爪牙； |
10The helpless are crushed, laid low; they fall into the power of the wicked, |
| 11心下自語：「天主忘了，他掩了面，永不再看。」 |
11Who say in their hearts, "God pays no attention, shows no concern, never bothers to look." |
| 12上主天主，求你起來將手舉起，不要把窮苦人忘記。 |
12Rise up, LORD God! Raise your arm! Do not forget the poor! |
| 13為何讓惡人們輕慢天主，心下自語，「他決不會追究？」 |
13Why should the wicked scorn God, say in their hearts, "God doesn't care"? |
| 14其實你已看見欺壓與暴行，正考慮如何親手加以嚴懲；因此不幸的人向你投奔，惟有你是孤兒們的救星。 |
14But you do see; you do observe this misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans. |
| 15願你打斷罪犯與惡人的臂膊，報復他的罪孽直至不再發作。 |
15Break the arms of the wicked and depraved; make them account for their crimes; let none of them survive. |
| 16上主為王，直至於萬世無疆；野蠻人必由他領域中喪亡。 |
16The LORD is king forever; the nations have vanished from God's land. |
| 17上主，你垂允了謙卑者的心願，堅固他們的心靈，也側耳俯聽。 |
17You listen, LORD, to the needs of the poor; you encourage them and hear their prayers. |
| 18護衛孤兒和受壓迫者的特權，使塵世的人不再施恐怖手段。 |
18You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will cause terror again. |
