Chapter 73

¹A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart!

¹（亞薩的詩。）神實在恩待以色列那些清心的人！

²But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped.

²至於我，我的腳幾乎失閃；我的腳險些滑跌。

³For I was envious of the arrogant [As] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

³我見惡人和狂傲人享平安就心懷不平。

⁴For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.

⁴他們死的時候沒有疼痛；他們的力氣卻也壯實。

⁵They are not in trouble [as other] men, Nor are they plagued like mankind.

⁵他們不像別人受苦，也不像別人遭災。

⁶Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them.

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。

⁷Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of [their] heart run riot.

⁷他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出；他們所得的，過於心裡所想的。

⁸They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high.

⁸他們譏笑人，憑惡意說欺壓人的話；他們說話自高。

⁹They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.

⁹他們的口褻瀆上天；他們的舌毀謗全地。

¹⁰Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them.

¹⁰所以神的民歸到這裡，喝盡了滿杯的苦水。

¹¹They say, 'How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?'

¹¹他們說：神怎能曉得？至高者豈有知識呢？

¹²Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased [in] wealth.

¹²看哪，這就是惡人；他們既是常享安逸，財寶便加增。

¹³Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence;

¹³我實在徒然潔淨了我的心，徒然洗手表明無辜。

¹⁴For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.

¹⁴因為，我終日遭災難；每早晨受懲治。

¹⁵If I had said, 'I will speak thus,' Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.

¹⁵我若說，我要這樣講，這就是以奸詐待你的眾子。

¹⁶When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight

¹⁶我思索怎能明白這事，眼看實係為難，

¹⁷Until I came into the sanctuary of God; [Then] I perceived their end.

¹⁷等我進了神的聖所，思想他們的結局。

¹⁸Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

¹⁸你實在把他們安在滑地，使他們掉在沉淪之中。

¹⁹How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!

¹⁹他們轉眼之間成了何等的荒涼！他們被驚恐滅盡了。

²⁰Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form.

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。

²¹When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within,

²¹因而，我心裡發酸，肺腑被刺。

²²Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was [like] a beast before You.

²²我這樣愚昧無知，在你面前如畜類一般。

²³Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand.

²³然而，我常與你同在；你攙著我的右手。

²⁴With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory.

²⁴你要以你的訓言引導我，以後必接我到榮耀裡。

²⁵Whom have I in heaven [but You]? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.

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。

²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

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。

²⁷For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

²⁷遠離你的，必要死亡；凡離棄你行邪淫的，你都滅絕了。

²⁸But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.

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。