¹可拉子孫的訓誨詩，交給詩班長。　神啊！你在古時，在我們列祖的日子所作的事，我們親耳聽見了，我們的列祖也給我們述說過。

¹We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

²你曾親手把列國趕出去，卻栽培了我們的列祖；你曾苦待眾民，卻使我們的列祖昌盛。

²You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.

³因為他們取得那地，不是靠自己的刀劍；他們得勝，也不是靠自己的膀臂；而是靠你的右手、你的膀臂和你臉上的光，因為你喜悅他們。

³For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

⁴　神啊！你是我的王；求你出令，使雅各得勝。

⁴You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

⁵我們靠著你，必打倒我們的敵人；靠著你的名，必踐踏那些起來攻擊我們的。

⁵Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

⁶因為我不是倚靠我的弓，我的刀劍也不能使我得勝。

⁶For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

⁷但你使我們勝過了我們的敵人，使憎恨我們的人都羞愧。

⁷But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

⁸我們整天因　神誇耀，我們要永遠稱讚你的名。（細拉）

⁸In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

⁹現在，你卻棄絕我們，使我們受辱，不再和我們的軍隊一同出征。

⁹But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.

¹⁰你使我們在敵人面前轉身後退；憎恨我們的人都任意搶掠。

¹⁰You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

¹¹你使我們像給人宰吃的羊，把我們分散在列國中。

¹¹You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

¹²你把你的子民廉價出售；他們的售價並沒有使你得到利益。

¹²You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

¹³你使我們成為鄰居的羞辱，成為我們四周的人譏笑和諷刺的對象。

¹³You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

¹⁴你使我們在列國中成為話柄，在萬民中使人搖頭。

¹⁴You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵我的羞辱整天在我面前，我臉上的羞愧把我遮蓋了；

¹⁵All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶都因那辱罵和毀謗的人的聲音，並因仇敵和報仇者的緣故。

¹⁶At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷這一切臨到我們身上，我們卻沒有忘記你，也沒有違背你的約。

¹⁷All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

¹⁸我們的心沒有退後，我們的腳步也沒有偏離你的路。

¹⁸Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹但你竟在野狗之地把我們壓傷了，又以死亡的陰影籠罩我們。

¹⁹Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰如果我們忘記了我們　神的名，或是向別神伸手禱告；

²⁰If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

²¹　神不會查究這事嗎？因為他知道人心的隱祕。

²¹won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

²²為你的緣故，我們終日被置於死地；人看我們如同將宰的羊。

²²Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

²³主啊！求你醒來，為甚麼還睡著呢？求你起來，不要永遠棄絕我們。

²³Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

²⁴你為甚麼掩面，忘記了我們的苦難和壓迫呢？

²⁴Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

²⁵我們俯伏在塵土之上；我們的身體緊貼地面。

²⁵For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

²⁶求你起來幫助我們，為了你慈愛的緣故救贖我們。

²⁶Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.