詩篇 第 73 篇

¹（亞薩的詩。）神實在恩待以色列那些清心的人！Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

²至於我，我的腳幾乎失閃；我的腳險些滑跌。But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

³我見惡人和狂傲人享平安就心懷不平。For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴他們死的時候沒有疼痛；他們的力氣卻也壯實。For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

⁵他們不像別人受苦，也不像別人遭災。They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶所以，驕傲如鏈子戴在他們的項上；強暴像衣裳遮住他們的身體。Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

⁷他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出；他們所得的，過於心裡所想的。Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

⁸他們譏笑人，憑惡意說欺壓人的話；他們說話自高。They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

⁹他們的口褻瀆上天；他們的舌毀謗全地。They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

¹⁰所以神的民歸到這裡，喝盡了滿杯的苦水。Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

¹¹他們說：神怎能曉得？至高者豈有知識呢？And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

¹²看哪，這就是惡人；他們既是常享安逸，財寶便加增。Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

¹³我實在徒然潔淨了我的心，徒然洗手表明無辜。Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

¹⁴因為，我終日遭災難；每早晨受懲治。For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

¹⁵我若說，我要這樣講，這就是以奸詐待你的眾子。If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

¹⁶我思索怎能明白這事，眼看實係為難，When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁷等我進了神的聖所，思想他們的結局。Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

¹⁸你實在把他們安在滑地，使他們掉在沉淪之中。Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

¹⁹他們轉眼之間成了何等的荒涼！他們被驚恐滅盡了。How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰人睡醒了，怎樣看夢；主啊，你醒了也必照樣輕看他們的影像。As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

²¹因而，我心裡發酸，肺腑被刺。Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

²²我這樣愚昧無知，在你面前如畜類一般。So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

²³然而，我常與你同在；你攙著我的右手。Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

²⁴你要以你的訓言引導我，以後必接我到榮耀裡。Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁵除你以外，在天上我有誰呢？除你以外，在地上我也沒有所愛慕的。Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

²⁶我的肉體和我的心腸衰殘；但神是我心裡的力量，又是我的福分，直到永遠。My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

²⁷遠離你的，必要死亡；凡離棄你行邪淫的，你都滅絕了。For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

²⁸但我親近神是與我有益；我以主耶和華為我的避難所，好叫我述說你一切的作為。But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.