| 聖詠集 |
Psalms |
| 1達味詩歌，交與樂官耶杜通。 |
1 For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. |
| 2我已決定：「我要謹遵我的道路，免得我以口舌犯罪，當惡人在我面前時，我以口罩籠住我嘴。」 |
2I said, "I will watch my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will set a curb on my mouth." |
| 3我默不作聲，以免口出惡語，但我的痛楚，更因此而加劇。 |
3Dumb and silent before the wicked, I refrained from any speech. But my sorrow increased; |
| 4我的心在我腔內滾滾沸騰，我愈沉思愈覺得烈火如焚；我的舌頭便不耐煩地說： |
4my heart smoldered within me. In my thoughts a fire blazed up, and I broke into speech: |
| 5「上主，我懇求你明白啟示我：我的終期和壽數究有幾何，好使我知道我是何等脆弱。」 |
5LORD, let me know my end, the number of my days, that I may learn how frail I am. |
| 6看，你使我的歲月屈指可數，我的生命在你前算是虛無。世人的生存，只是一口呵噓。（休止） |
6You have given my days a very short span; my life is as nothing before you. All mortals are but a breath. Selah |
| 7人生實如泡影，只是白白操勞，他們所有積蓄，不知誰來得到。 |
7Mere phantoms, we go our way; mere vapor, our restless pursuits; we heap up stores without knowing for whom. |
| 8我主，現今我還有什麼希望？我的希望寄托在你的身上！ |
8And now, Lord, what future do I have? You are my only hope. |
| 9求你救我脫離我的種種罪愆，不要使我受愚人的恥笑侮慢。 |
9From all my sins deliver me; let me not be the taunt of fools. |
| 10我靜默不言，有口不開，因為這事是由你安排。 |
10I was silent and did not open my mouth because you were the one who did this. |
| 11求你由我身上除去這場災患，因你手的打擊，我已消瘦不堪。 |
11Take your plague away from me; I am ravaged by the touch of your hand. |
| 12你為了罰罪而把世人懲治，你像蛀蟲將他的珍寶侵蝕；至於人，不過只是一口氣。（休止） |
12You rebuke our guilt and chasten us; you dissolve all we prize like a cobweb. All mortals are but a breath. Selah |
| 13上主，求你俯聽我的祈禱，求你側耳靜聽我的哀告，莫要作聾不聽我的哭號。因為我在你前只是旅客，如我列祖一樣只是路過。 |
13Listen to my prayer, LORD, hear my cry; do not be deaf to my weeping! I sojourn with you like a passing stranger, a guest, like all my ancestors. |
| 14求你轉移你的目光，不要怒視我，使我一去不返之前，能得享安樂。 |
14Turn your gaze from me, that I may find peace before I depart to be no more. |
