1向 神求救的祷告
1Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.
2耶和华啊！求你施恩给我们；我们等候你。每天早晨，愿你作我们的膀臂，在遭难的时候，作我们的拯救。
2O Jehovah, favour us, for thee we have waited, Be their arm, in the mornings, Yea, our salvation in time of adversity.
3喧嚷的声音一发，众民必逃跑；你一兴起，列国就四散。
3From the voice of a multitude fled have peoples, From thine exaltation scattered have been nations.
4列国啊！你们所掳掠的必被收取，像蚂蚱收取禾稼一样；蝗虫怎样为食物忙碌走动，人也怎样在掳物上忙乱。
4And gathered hath been your spoil, A gathering of the caterpillar, As a running to and fro of locusts is he running on it.
5耶和华必被尊崇，因为他居住在高天；他必以公平与公义充满锡安。
5Set on high is Jehovah, for He is dwelling on high, He filled Zion [with] judgment and righteousness,
6他是你一生一世的保障、丰盛的救恩、智慧和知识；敬畏耶和华就是你的至宝。
6And hath been the stedfastness of thy times, The strength of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, Fear of Jehovah — it [is] His treasure.
7看哪！他们的勇士在街上呼叫；和平的使者在痛苦哭泣。
7Lo, `Their Ariel,` they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
8大路荒凉，过路的人绝迹；敌人背约，藐视约章，不尊重任何人。
8Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.
9大地悲哀衰残，黎巴嫩羞惭枯干；沙仑好像荒原，巴珊和迦密的树木凋零。
9Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
10 神彰显大能加以干预耶和华说：“现在我要起来，现在我要兴起，现在我要被人尊崇。
10Now, do I arise, saith Jehovah, Now I am exalted, now I am lifted up.
11你们所怀的是糠秕，所生的是碎秸；我的气息必像火一般吞灭你们。
11Ye conceive chaff, ye bear stubble, Your spirit! — fire devoureth you.
12众民必像燃烧的石灰，又像被割下的荆棘，在火中焚烧。
12And peoples have been [as] burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
13远方的人哪！你们要听我所作的事；近处的人哪！你们要承认我的大能。”
13Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might.
14在锡安的罪人都恐惧；战兢抓住了不敬虔的人：“我们中间谁能与吞灭一切的火同住呢？我们中间谁能与不断燃烧的火同住呢？”
14Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us — consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us — burnings of the age?
15那行事公义，说话正直，拒绝不义的财利，摇手不受贿赂，塞耳不听血腥的事，闭眼不看邪恶的事的，
15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,
16这样的人必居住在高处，他的保障必在坚固的磐石上，他的粮食必有供应，他的水源永不断绝。
16He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock [are] his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.
17幸福美好的将来你必亲眼看见王的荣美，必看见辽阔之地。
17A king in his beauty, see do thine eyes, They see a land afar off.
18你的心必默想已往的恐惧，说：“那记数目的在哪里？那称贡银的在哪里？那数点城楼的在哪里呢？”
18Thy heart doth meditate terror, Where [is] he who is counting? Where [is] he who is weighing? Where [is] he who is counting the towers?
19你必不再见那强暴的民了，就是那说话深奥，难以明白，舌头结巴，难以听懂的民。
19The strong people thou seest not, A people deeper of lip than to be understood, Of a scorned tongue, there is no understanding.
20你要看着锡安，就是我们举行制定节期的城，你必看见耶路撒冷，是一个安全的居所，一个不挪移的帐幕，它的橛子永不会拔起来，它的绳索也不会扯断。
20See Zion, the city of our meetings, Thine eyes see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, A tent not taken down, Not removed are its pins for ever, And none of its cords are broken.
21在那里，威严的耶和华必作我们江河宽渠溢流之地。必没有荡桨摇橹的船只能在其上往来，威武的战船也不能经过。
21But there mighty [is] Jehovah for us, A place of rivers — streams broad of sides, No ship with oars doth go into it, And a mighty ship doth not pass over it.
22因为耶和华是我们的审判者，耶和华是我们的立法者，耶和华是我们的君王，他必拯救我们。
22For Jehovah our judge, Jehovah our lawgiver, Jehovah our king — He doth save us.
23现在你的绳索虽然松开，不能绑紧桅杆，也不能扬起帆来，但到那时，许多掳物必被你们瓜分，甚至瘸腿的也能把掠物掠去。
23Left have been thy ropes, They strengthen not rightly their mast, They have not spread out a sail, Then apportioned hath been a prey of much spoil, The lame have taken spoil.
24以色列的居民必不再说：“我有病”；因为在其中居住的，罪孽必得赦免。
24Nor doth an inhabitant say, `I was sick,` The people that is dwelling in it, is forgiven of iniquity!