Psalms

1muôn ngàn đời Chúa vẫn trọn tình thương.

2giải thoát cho khỏi tay địch thù,

3khắp miền nam bắc, khắp ngả đông tây.

4không thấy đường về chốn thành thị để định cư,

5Khi gặp bước ngặt nghèo,

6Người đưa tay kéo họ ra khỏi cảnh gian truân,

7về chốn thành thị để định cư.

8và vì những kỳ công Chúa đã thực hiện cho người trần.

9bụng đói lả, Người cho ăn thoả thích.

10kiếp lầm than xiềng xích gông cùm ;

11dám khinh nhờn lệnh Đấng Tối Cao,

12phải lao đao mà không kẻ đỡ nâng.

13Người ra tay cứu họ thoát ngàn nỗi gian truân :

14và đập tan xiềng xích gông cùm.

15và vì những kỳ công Chúa đã thực hiện cho người trần.

16then sắt nọ, tay Người bẻ gãy.

17gánh tội tình đè nặng tấm thân,

18và tiến gần tới cửa âm ty.

19Người ra tay cứu họ thoát ngàn nỗi gian truân.

20cứu họ khỏi sa vào hố sâu.

21và vì những kỳ công Chúa đã thực hiện cho người trần.

22cất tiếng hò reo, tường thuật việc Chúa làm.

23giữa trùng dương lèo lái con tàu,

24và kỳ công Người thực hiện giữa dòng nước lũ.

25lớp sóng xô cuồn cuộn dập dồn.

26lúc nguy hiểm, hồn xiêu phách lạc,

27khéo cùng khôn đã chìm đâu mất.

28Người đưa tay kéo họ ra khỏi cảnh gian truân.

29sóng đang gầm, bỗng đâu im tiếng,

30và Chúa dẫn đưa về bờ bến mong chờ.

31và vì những kỳ công Chúa đã thực hiện cho người trần.

32và ca tụng giữa hội đồng bô lão.

33đổi suối nguồn ra hoang địa khô khan,

34vì dân cư độc ác gian tà.

35và hoang địa khô khan nên nguồn suối.

36họ lập nên thành thị để định cư.

37họ thu hoạch hoa màu lợi tức.

38bầy gia súc, Người không để giảm đi.

39điêu đứng vì tai hoạ với khổ đau.

40không đường ra lối vào.

41như chiên cừu sinh năm đẻ bảy.

42bọn gian tà chẳng dám hé môi.

43thì sẽ am tường lòng CHÚA thương yêu.

1Give thanks to the LORD,for he is good,for his loving kindness endures forever.

2Let the redeemed by the LORD say so,whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,

3and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way.They found no city to live in.

5Hungry and thirsty,their soul fainted in them.

6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7He led them also by a straight way,that they might go to a city to live in.

8Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness,for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

9For he satisfies the longing soul.He fills the hungry soul with good.

10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,being bound in affliction and iron,

11because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High.

12Therefore he brought down their heart with labour.They fell down, and there was no one to help.

13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,and he saved them out of their distresses.

14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,and broke away their chains.

15Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness,for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

16For he has broken the gates of bronze,and cut through bars of iron.

17Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience,and because of their iniquities.

18Their soul abhors all kinds of food.They draw near to the gates of death.

19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble,and he saves them out of their distresses.

20He sends his word, and heals them,and delivers them from their graves.

21Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness,for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!

22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,and declare his deeds with singing.

23Those who go down to the sea in ships,who do business in great waters,

24these see the LORD’s deeds, and his wonders in the deep.

25For he commands, and raises the stormy wind,which lifts up its waves.

26They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths.Their soul melts away because of trouble.

27They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man,and are at their wits’ end.

28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble,and he brings them out of their distress.

29He makes the storm a calm,so that its waves are still.

30Then they are glad because it is calm,so he brings them to their desired haven.

31Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness,for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!

32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people,and praise him in the seat of the elders.

33He turns rivers into a desert,water springs into a thirsty ground,

34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

35He turns a desert into a pool of water,and a dry land into water springs.

36There he makes the hungry live,that they may prepare a city to live in,

37sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase.

38He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly.He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease.

39Again, they are diminished and bowed downthrough oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

40He pours contempt on princes,and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

41Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction,and increases their families like a flock.

42The upright will see it, and be glad.All the wicked will shut their mouths.

43Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things.They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD.