今日讀經

眾水要淹沒我

¹（大衛的詩，交與伶長。調用百合花。）　神啊，求你救我！因為眾水要淹沒我。For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.

²我陷在深淤泥中，沒有立腳之地；我到了深水中，大水漫過我身。I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

³我因呼求困乏，喉嚨發乾；我因等候　神，眼睛失明。I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

⁴無故恨我的，比我頭髮還多；無理與我為仇、要把我剪除的，甚為強盛。我沒有搶奪的，要叫我償還。Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

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⁵神啊，我的愚昧，你原知道；我的罪愆不能隱瞞。You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

⁶萬軍的主─耶和華啊，求你叫那等候你的，不要因我蒙羞！以色列的　神啊，求你叫那尋求你的，不要因我受辱！May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.

為你的緣故受辱罵

⁷因我為你的緣故受了辱罵，滿面羞愧。For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

⁸我的弟兄看我為外路人；我的同胞看我為外邦人。I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

⁹因我為你的殿心裡焦急，如同火燒，並且辱罵你人的辱罵都落在我身上。because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

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¹⁰我哭泣，以禁食刻苦我心；這倒算為我的羞辱。I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.

¹¹我拿麻布當衣裳，就成了他們的笑談。I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

¹²坐在城門口的談論我；酒徒也以我為歌曲。Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.

求你按豐盛的慈愛應允我

¹³但我在悅納的時候向你─耶和華祈禱。　神啊，求你按你豐盛的慈愛，憑你拯救的誠實應允我！But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

¹⁴求你搭救我出離淤泥，不叫我陷在其中；求你使我脫離那些恨我的人，使我出離深水。Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.

¹⁵求你不容大水漫過我，不容深淵吞滅我，不容坑坎在我以上合口。Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

¹⁶耶和華啊，求你應允我！因為你的慈愛本為美好；求你按你豐盛的慈悲回轉眷顧我！Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

¹⁷不要掩面不顧你的僕人；我是在急難之中，求你速速地應允我！Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

¹⁸求你親近我，救贖我！求你因我的仇敵把我贖回！Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

沒有人體恤，沒有人安慰

¹⁹你知道我受的辱罵、欺凌、羞辱；我的敵人都在你面前。You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.

²⁰辱罵傷破了我的心，我又滿了憂愁。我指望有人體恤，卻沒有一個；我指望有人安慰，卻找不著一個。Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

²¹他們拿苦膽給我當食物；我渴了，他們拿醋給我喝。They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

願他們的筵席變為網羅

²²願他們的筵席在他們面前變為網羅，在他們平安的時候變為機檻。May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

²³願他們的眼睛昏矇，不得看見；願你使他們的腰常常戰抖。May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

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²⁴求你將你的惱恨倒在他們身上，叫你的烈怒追上他們。Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵願他們的住處變為荒場；願他們的帳棚無人居住。May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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²⁶因為，你所擊打的，他們就逼迫；你所擊傷的，他們戲說他的愁苦。For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

²⁷願你在他們的罪上加罪，不容他們在你面前稱義。Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

²⁸願他們從生命冊上被塗抹，不得記錄在義人之中。May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

以詩歌讚美神的名

²⁹但我是困苦憂傷的；　神啊，願你的救恩將我安置在高處。But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

³⁰我要以詩歌讚美　神的名，以感謝稱他為大！I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

³¹這便叫耶和華喜悅，勝似獻牛，或是獻有角有蹄的公牛。And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.

³²謙卑的人看見了就喜樂；尋求　神的人，願你們的心甦醒。The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

³³因為耶和華聽了窮乏人，不藐視被囚的人。For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

³⁴願天和地、洋海和其中一切的動物都讚美他！Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵因為　神要拯救錫安，建造猶大的城邑；他的民要在那裡居住，得以為業。For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.

³⁶他僕人的後裔要承受為業；愛他名的人也要住在其中。The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

求你快快搭救我

¹（大衛的記念詩，交與伶長。）　神啊，求你快快搭救我！耶和華啊，求你速速幫助我！For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!

²願那些尋索我命的，抱愧蒙羞；願那些喜悅我遭害的，退後受辱。May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

³願那些對我說阿哈、阿哈的，因羞愧退後。May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

⁴願一切尋求你的，因你高興歡喜；願那些喜愛你救恩的，常說：當尊　神為大！May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

⁵但我是困苦窮乏的；　神啊，求你速速到我這裡來！你是幫助我的，搭救我的。耶和華啊，求你不要耽延！But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

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從年幼就倚靠你

¹耶和華啊，我投靠你；求你叫我永不羞愧！In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

²求你憑你的公義搭救我，救拔我；側耳聽我，拯救我！In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.

³求你作我常住的磐石；你已經命定要救我，因為你是我的巖石，我的山寨。Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

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⁴我的　神啊，求你救我脫離惡人的手，脫離不義和殘暴之人的手。Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.

⁵主─耶和華啊，你是我所盼望的；從我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

⁶我從出母胎被你扶持；使我出母腹的是你。我必常常讚美你！I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.

⁷許多人以我為怪，但你是我堅固的避難所。I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.

⁸你的讚美，你的榮耀終日必滿了我的口。My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.

年老時求你不要離棄我

⁹我年老的時候，求你不要丟棄我！我力氣衰弱的時候，求你不要離棄我！Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

¹⁰我的仇敵議論我；那些窺探要害我命的彼此商議，For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

¹¹說：　神已經離棄他；我們追趕他，捉拿他吧！因為沒有人搭救。saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

¹²神啊，求你不要遠離我！我的　神啊，求你速速幫助我！Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

¹³願那與我性命為敵的，羞愧被滅；願那謀害我的，受辱蒙羞。May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

我要常常盼望

¹⁴我卻要常常盼望，並要越發讚美你。But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.

¹⁵我的口終日要述說你的公義和你的救恩，因我不計其數。My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

¹⁶我要來說主─耶和華大能的事；我單要提說你的公義。I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

¹⁷神啊，自我年幼時，你就教訓我；直到如今，我傳揚你奇妙的作為。O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.

¹⁸神啊，我到年老髮白的時候，求你不要離棄我！等我將你的能力指示下代，將你的大能指示後世的人。Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.

¹⁹神啊，你的公義甚高；行過大事的　神啊，誰能像你！Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?

²⁰你是叫我們多經歷重大急難的，必使我們復活，從地的深處救上來。Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

²¹求你使我越發昌大，又轉來安慰我。You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

²²我的　神啊，我要鼓瑟稱讚你，稱讚你的誠實！以色列的聖者啊，我要彈琴歌頌你！So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

²³我歌頌你的時候，我的嘴唇和你所贖我的靈魂都必歡呼；When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

²⁴並且我的舌頭必終日講論你的公義，因為那些謀害我的人已經蒙羞受辱了。My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.

求你將公義賜給王

¹（所羅門的詩。）　神啊，求你將判斷的權柄賜給王，將公義賜給王的兒子。Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

²他要按公義審判你的民，按公平審判你的困苦人。May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

³大山小山都要因公義使民得享平安。May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

⁴他必為民中的困苦人伸冤，拯救窮乏之輩，壓碎那欺壓人的。May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

⁵太陽還存，月亮還在，人要敬畏你，直到萬代！May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

⁶他必降臨，像雨降在已割的草地上，如甘霖滋潤田地。May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

⁷在他的日子，義人要發旺，大有平安，好像月亮長存。May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.

萬國都要事奉他

⁸他要執掌權柄，從這海直到那海，從大河直到地極。May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

⁹住在曠野的，必在他面前下拜；他的仇敵必要舔土。May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

¹⁰他施和海島的王要進貢；示巴和西巴的王要獻禮物。May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

¹¹諸王都要叩拜他；萬國都要事奉他。May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

他要搭救窮乏人

¹²因為，窮乏人呼求的時候，他要搭救；沒有人幫助的困苦人，他也要搭救。For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.

¹³他要憐恤貧寒和窮乏的人，拯救窮苦人的性命。He will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.

¹⁴他要救贖他們脫離欺壓和強暴；他們的血在他眼中看為寶貴。He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their blood is precious in his sight.

¹⁵他們要存活。示巴的金子要奉給他；人要常常為他禱告，終日稱頌他。Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

¹⁶在地的山頂上，五穀必然茂盛（或譯：有一把五穀）；所結的穀實要響動，如黎巴嫩的樹林；城裡的人要發旺，如地上的草。May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

¹⁷他的名要存到永遠，要留傳如日之久。人要因他蒙福；萬國要稱他有福。May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

第二卷結尾的頌讚

¹⁸獨行奇事的耶和華─以色列的　神是應當稱頌的！Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

¹⁹他榮耀的名也當稱頌，直到永遠。願他的榮耀充滿全地！阿們！阿們！And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

²⁰耶西的兒子─大衛的祈禱完畢。Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.

保羅寫信給哥林多教會

¹奉　神旨意，蒙召作耶穌基督使徒的保羅，同兄弟所提尼，Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

²寫信給在哥林多　神的教會，就是在基督耶穌裡成聖、蒙召作聖徒的，以及所有在各處求告我主耶穌基督之名的人。基督是他們的主，也是我們的主。To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

恩惠、平安的祝福

³願恩惠、平安從　神我們的父並主耶穌基督歸與你們。Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

為他們所得的恩典感謝神

⁴我常為你們感謝我的　神，因　神在基督耶穌裡所賜給你們的恩惠；I always thank my God for you because of the grace He has given you in Christ Jesus.

⁵又因你們在他裡面凡事富足，口才、知識都全備，For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,

⁶正如我為基督作的見證，在你們心裡得以堅固，because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

⁷以致你們在恩賜上沒有一樣不及人的，等候我們的主耶穌基督顯現。Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

神是信實的

⁸他也必堅固你們到底，叫你們在我們主耶穌基督的日子無可責備。He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹神是信實的，你們原是被他所召，好與他兒子─我們的主耶穌基督一同得分。God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.