¹祈求　神究治惡人耶和華啊！你為甚麼遠遠地站著？在患難的時候，你為甚麼隱藏起來呢？

¹Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

²惡人驕橫地追逼困苦人，願惡人陷入自己所設的陰謀中。

²In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

³惡人誇耀心中的慾望，他稱讚貪財的人，卻藐視耶和華（“他稱讚貪財的人，卻藐視耶和華”或譯：“貪財的人謗瀆耶和華，並藐視他”）。

³For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

⁴惡人面帶驕傲，說：“耶和華必不追究！”在他的一切思想中，都沒有　神。

⁴The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

⁵他的道路時常穩妥，你的判斷高超，他卻不放在眼內；他對所有的仇敵都嗤之以鼻。

⁵His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

⁶他心裡說：“我必永不搖動，我決不會遭遇災難。”

⁶He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”

⁷他口裡充滿咒詛、詭詐和欺壓的話，舌頭底下盡是毒害與奸惡。

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁸他在村莊裡埋伏等候，在隱密處殺害無辜的人，他的眼睛暗地裡窺探不幸的人。

⁸He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

⁹他在隱密處埋伏，像獅子埋伏在叢林中；他埋伏要擄走困苦人，他把困苦人拉入自己的網中，擄走了他們。

⁹He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

¹⁰他擊打，他屈身蹲伏，不幸的人就倒在他的爪下。

¹⁰The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

¹¹他心裡說：“　神已經忘記了，他已經掩面，永遠不看。”

¹¹He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”

¹²耶和華啊！求你起來；　神啊！求你舉起手來，不要忘記困苦的人。

¹²Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.

¹³惡人為甚麼藐視　神，心裡說：“你必不追究”呢？

¹³Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?”

¹⁴其實你已經看見了，憂患與愁苦你都已經看到，並且放在自己的手中；不幸的人把自己交託你；你是幫助孤兒的。

¹⁴But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

¹⁵願你打斷惡人和壞人的膀臂，願你追究他們的惡行，直到清清楚楚。

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

¹⁶耶和華作王直到永永遠遠，列國都從他的地上滅亡。

¹⁶Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

¹⁷耶和華啊！困苦人的心願你已經聽見，你必堅固他們的心，也必留心聽他們的呼求；

¹⁷Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

¹⁸好為孤兒和受欺壓的人伸冤，使地上的人不再施行恐嚇。

¹⁸to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.