¹亞薩的詩。　神實在善待以色列，善待那些內心清潔的人。（本節在《馬索拉抄本》包括細字標題）

¹Surely God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

²至於我，我的腳幾乎滑跌，我（“我”原文作“我的腳步”）險些跌倒。

²But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.

³我看見惡人興隆，我就嫉妒狂傲的人。

³For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

⁴他們沒有痛苦，他們的身體又健康又肥壯（本節原文作“他們到死都沒有痛苦，他們的身體肥壯”）。

⁴For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.

⁵他們沒有一般人所受的苦難，也不像普通人一樣遭遇災害。

⁵They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

⁶所以，驕傲像鍊子戴在他們的頸項上，強暴好像衣裳穿在他們的身上。

⁶Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

⁷他們的罪孽是出於麻木的心（“他們的罪孽是出於麻木的心”按照《馬索拉抄本》應作“他們的眼睛因體胖而凸出”；現參照《七十士譯本》翻譯），他們心裡的惡念氾濫。

⁷Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

⁸他們譏笑人，懷著惡意說欺壓人的話，他們說話自高。

⁸They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

⁹他們用口褻瀆上天，他們用舌頭毀謗全地。

⁹They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

¹⁰因此他的人民歸回那裡去，並且喝光了大量的水。

¹⁰Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

¹¹他們說：“　神怎會曉得？至高者有知識嗎？”

¹¹They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

¹²看這些惡人，他們常享安逸，財富卻增加。

¹²Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

¹³我謹守我心純潔實在徒然；我洗手表明清白也是枉然。

¹³Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocence,

¹⁴因為我終日受傷害，每天早晨受懲罰。

¹⁴For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

¹⁵如果我心裡說：“我要說這樣的話”，我就是對你這一代的眾兒女不忠了。

¹⁵If I had said, “I will speak thus”; behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

¹⁶我思想要明白這事，我就看為煩惱；

¹⁶When I tried to understand this, it was too painful for me;

¹⁷直到我進了　神的聖所，才明白他們的結局。

¹⁷Until I entered God’s sanctuary, and considered their latter end.

¹⁸你實在把他們安放在滑地，使他們倒下、滅亡。

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

¹⁹他們忽然間成了多麼荒涼，被突然的驚恐完全消滅。

¹⁹How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

²⁰人睡醒了怎樣看夢，主啊！你睡醒了，也要照樣輕看他們（“他們”原文作“他們的影像”）。

²⁰As a dream when one wakes up, so, Lord, The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

²¹我心中酸苦，我肺腑刺痛的時候，

²¹For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.

²²我是愚昧無知的；我在你面前就像畜類一般。

²²I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.

²³但是，我仍常與你同在；你緊握著我的右手。

²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.

²⁴你要以你的訓言引領我，以後還要接我到榮耀裡去。

²⁴You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

²⁵除你以外，在天上，我還有誰呢？除你以外，在地上，我也無所愛慕。

²⁵Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

²⁶我的肉身和我的內心雖然漸漸衰弱，　神卻永遠是我心裡的磐石，是我的業分。

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

²⁷看哪！遠離你的，必定滅亡；凡是對你不貞的，你都要滅絕。

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

²⁸對我來說，親近　神是美好的，我以主耶和華為我的避難所；我要述說你的一切作為。

²⁸But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.