Capítulo 140

¹For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men

¹（大衛的詩，交與伶長。）耶和華啊，求你拯救我脫離凶惡的人，保護我脫離強暴的人！

²Who devise evil things in [their] hearts; They continually stir up wars.

²他們心中圖謀奸惡，常常聚集要爭戰。

³They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

³他們使舌頭尖利如蛇，嘴裡有虺蛇的毒氣。（細拉）

⁴Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet.

⁴耶和華啊，求你拯救我脫離惡人的手，保護我脫離強暴的人！他們圖謀推我跌倒。

⁵The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

⁵驕傲人為我暗設網羅和繩索；他們在路旁鋪下網，設下圈套。（細拉）

⁶I said to the LORD, 'You are my God; Give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications.

⁶我曾對耶和華說：你是我的神。耶和華啊，求你留心聽我懇求的聲音！

⁷'O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.

⁷主─耶和華、我救恩的力量啊，在爭戰的日子，你遮蔽了我的頭。

⁸'Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his [evil] device, [that] they [not] be exalted. Selah.

⁸耶和華啊，求你不要遂惡人的心願；不要成就他們的計謀，恐怕他們自高。（細拉）

⁹'As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.

⁹至於那些昂首圍困我的人，願他們嘴唇的奸惡陷害（原文是遮蔽自己）！

¹⁰'May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.

¹⁰願火炭落在他們身上！願他們被丟在火中，拋在深坑裡，不能再起來。

¹¹'May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.'

¹¹說惡言的人在地上必堅立不住；禍患必獵取強暴的人，將他打倒。

¹²I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor.

¹²我知道耶和華必為困苦人伸冤，必為窮乏人辨屈。

¹³Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence.

¹³義人必要稱讚你的名；正直人必住在你面前。