Psalms

可拉后裔的训诲诗，交与伶长。

1神啊，你在古时， 我们列祖的日子所行的事， 我们亲耳听见了； 我们的列祖也给我们述说过。

2你曾用手赶出外邦人， 却栽培了我们列祖； 你苦待列邦， 却叫我们列祖发达。

3因为他们不是靠自己的刀剑得地土， 也不是靠自己的膀臂得胜， 乃是靠你的右手、你的膀臂， 和你脸上的亮光， 因为你喜悦他们。

4神啊，你是我的王； 求你出令使雅各得胜。

5我们靠你要推倒我们的敌人， 靠你的名要践踏那起来攻击我们的人。

6因为，我必不靠我的弓； 我的刀也不能使我得胜。

7惟你救了我们脱离敌人， 使恨我们的人羞愧。

8我们终日因 神夸耀， 还要永远称谢你的名。 （细拉）

9但如今你丢弃了我们，使我们受辱， 不和我们的军兵同去。

10你使我们向敌人转身退后； 那恨我们的人任意抢夺。

11你使我们当作快要被吃的羊， 把我们分散在列邦中。

12你卖了你的子民也不赚利， 所得的价值并不加添你的资财。

13你使我们受邻国的羞辱， 被四围的人嗤笑讥刺。

14你使我们在列邦中作了笑谈， 使众民向我们摇头。

15我的凌辱终日在我面前， 我脸上的羞愧将我遮蔽，

16都因那辱骂毁谤人的声音， 又因仇敌和报仇人的缘故。

17这都临到我们身上， 我们却没有忘记你， 也没有违背你的约。

18我们的心没有退后； 我们的脚也没有偏离你的路。

19你在野狗之处压伤我们， 用死荫遮蔽我们。

20倘若我们忘了 神的名， 或向别神举手，

21神岂不鉴察这事吗？ 因为他晓得人心里的隐秘。

22我们为你的缘故终日被杀； 人看我们如将宰的羊。

23主啊，求你睡醒，为何尽睡呢？ 求你兴起，不要永远丢弃我们！

24你为何掩面， 不顾我们所遭的苦难和所受的欺压？

25我们的性命伏于尘土； 我们的肚腹紧贴地面。

26求你起来帮助我们！ 凭你的慈爱救赎我们！

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.

1We have heard with our ears, O God;our fathers have told usthe work You did in their days,in the days of old.

2With Your hand You drove out the nationsand planted our fathers there;You crushed the peoplesand cast them out.

3For it was not by their sword that they took the land;their arm did not bring them victory.It was by Your right hand,Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

4You are my King, O God,who ordains victories for Jacob.

5Through You we repel our foes;through Your name we trample our enemies.

6For I do not trust in my bow,nor does my sword save me.

7For You save us from our enemies;You put those who hate us to shame.

8In God we have boasted all day long,and Your name we will praise forever.Selah

9But You have rejected and humbled us;You no longer go forth with our armies.

10You have made us retreat from the foe,and those who hate us have plundered us.

11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured;You have scattered us among the nations.

12You sell Your people for nothing;no profit do You gain from their sale.

13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,a mockery and derision to those around us.

14You have made us a byword among the nations,a laughingstockamong the peoples.

15All day long my disgrace is before me,and shame has covered my face,

16at the voice of the scorner and reviler,because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

17All this has come upon us,though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

18Our hearts have not turned back;our steps have not strayed from Your path.

19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;You have covered us with deepest darkness.

20If we had forgotten the name of our Godor spread out our hands to a foreign god,

21would not God have discovered,since He knows the secrets of the heart?

22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long;we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?Arise! Do not reject us forever.

24Why do You hide Your faceand forget our affliction and oppression?

25For our soul has sunk to the dust;our bodies cling to the earth.

26Rise up; be our help!Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.