¹Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

¹祈求　神究治恶人耶和华啊！你为什么远远地站着？在患难的时候，你为什么隐藏起来呢？

²Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

²恶人骄横地追逼困苦人，愿恶人陷入自己所设的阴谋中。

³Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

³恶人夸耀心中的欲望，他称赞贪财的人，却藐视耶和华（“他称赞贪财的人，却藐视耶和华”或译：“贪财的人谤渎耶和华，并藐视他”）。

⁴The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. `God is not!` [are] all his devices.

⁴恶人面带骄傲，说：“耶和华必不追究！”在他的一切思想中，都没有　神。

⁵Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

⁵他的道路时常稳妥，你的判断高超，他却不放在眼内；他对所有的仇敌都嗤之以鼻。

⁶He hath said in his heart, `I am not moved,` To generation and generation not in evil.

⁶他心里说：“我必永不摇动，我决不会遭遇灾难。”

⁷Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,

⁷他口里充满咒诅、诡诈和欺压的话，舌头底下尽是毒害与奸恶。

⁸He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

⁸他在村庄里埋伏等候，在隐密处杀害无辜的人，他的眼睛暗地里窥探不幸的人。

⁹He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

⁹他在隐密处埋伏，像狮子埋伏在丛林中；他埋伏要掳走困苦人，他把困苦人拉入自己的网中，掳走了他们。

¹⁰He is bruised — he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

¹⁰他击打，他屈身蹲伏，不幸的人就倒在他的爪下。

¹¹He said in his heart, `God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.`

¹¹他心里说：“　神已经忘记了，他已经掩面，永远不看。”

¹²Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

¹²耶和华啊！求你起来；　神啊！求你举起手来，不要忘记困苦的人。

¹³Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, `It is not required.`

¹³恶人为什么藐视　神，心里说：“你必不追究”呢？

¹⁴Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

¹⁴其实你已经看见了，忧患与愁苦你都已经看到，并且放在自己的手中；不幸的人把自己交托你；你是帮助孤儿的。

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

¹⁵愿你打断恶人和坏人的膀臂，愿你追究他们的恶行，直到清清楚楚。

¹⁶Jehovah [is] king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

¹⁶耶和华作王直到永永远远，列国都从他的地上灭亡。

¹⁷The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

¹⁷耶和华啊！困苦人的心愿你已经听见，你必坚固他们的心，也必留心听他们的呼求；

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress — man of the earth!

¹⁸好为孤儿和受欺压的人伸冤，使地上的人不再施行恐吓。