¹Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

¹困苦人沮丧的时候，在耶和华面前倾吐苦情的祷告。耶和华啊！求你听我的祷告；愿我的呼求达到你那里。

²Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.

²我在患难的日子，求你不要向我掩面；我呼求的时候，求你留心听我，并且迅速应允我。

³For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

³因为我的年日好像烟一般消散；我的骨头烧焦像炉中的炭。

⁴My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

⁴我的心受创伤，好像草一般枯干，以致我连饭也忘了吃。

⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

⁵因我唉哼的声音，我就渐渐消瘦（“我就渐渐消瘦”原文作“我的骨头紧贴着肉”）。

⁶I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

⁶我像旷野的鹈鹕，又像废墟里的猫头鹰。

⁷我躺在床上警醒着，就像屋顶上孤单的麻雀。

⁸My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

⁸我的仇敌终日辱骂我；嘲弄我的指着我赌咒。

⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,

⁹我吃炉灰像吃饭一样；我所喝的与眼泪混和。

¹⁰Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.

¹⁰这都是因为你的愤恨和烈怒；你把我举起来，又把我摔下去。

¹¹My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

¹¹我的年日好像日影偏斜，我也好像草一般枯干。

¹²But you, Yahweh, will remain forever; your renown endures to all generations.

¹²耶和华啊！你却永远坐着为王，你可记念的名也必存到万代。

¹³You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

¹³你要起来，怜悯锡安，因为现在是恩待锡安的时候；所定的日期已经到了。

¹⁴For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust.

¹⁴因为你的众仆人喜爱它的石头，爱惜它的尘土。

¹⁵So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh; all the kings of the earth your glory.

¹⁵万国都必敬畏耶和华的名；世上列王都敬畏你的荣耀。

¹⁶For Yahweh has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory.

¹⁶因为耶和华必建造锡安，在他自己的荣耀里显现。

¹⁷He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

¹⁷他要垂顾困苦人的祷告，必不藐视他们的祈求。

¹⁸This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

¹⁸这些事要记下来，传给后代，好使将来出生的人民可以赞美耶和华。

¹⁹For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;

¹⁹因为耶和华从他至高的圣所里垂看，从天上观看大地，

²⁰to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;

²⁰为要垂听被囚的人的叹息，解救定了死罪的人；

²¹that men may declare the name of Yahweh in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

²¹使人在锡安传扬耶和华的名，在耶路撒冷传扬赞美他的话。

²²when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.

²²那时，万民和万国必一同聚集，要事奉耶和华。

²³He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.

²³耶和华在我壮年的时候，使我的力量衰弱，缩短我的年日。

²⁴I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

²⁴所以我说：“我的　神啊！求你不要使我中年去世，你的年数万代无疆。

²⁵Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

²⁵你起初立了地的根基；天也是你手的工作。

²⁶They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.

²⁶天地都要毁灭，你却长存；天地都要像衣服一样渐渐残旧；你要更换天地如同更换衣物一样，天地就被更换。

²⁷But you are the same. Your years will have no end.

²⁷只有你永不改变，你的年数也没有穷尽。

²⁸The children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”

²⁸你仆人的子孙必安然居住；他们的后裔必在你面前坚立。”