Psalms

大卫的诗，交与伶长耶杜顿。

1我曾说：我要谨慎我的言行， 免得我舌头犯罪； 恶人在我面前的时候， 我要用嚼环勒住我的口。

2我默然无声，连好话也不出口； 我的愁苦就发动了，

3我的心在我里面发热。 我默想的时候，火就烧起， 我便用舌头说话。

4耶和华啊，求你叫我晓得我身之终！ 我的寿数几何？ 叫我知道我的生命不长！

5你使我的年日窄如手掌； 我一生的年数，在你面前如同无有。 各人最稳妥的时候，真是全然虚幻。 （细拉）

6世人行动实系幻影。 他们忙乱，真是枉然； 积蓄财宝，不知将来有谁收取。

7主啊，如今我等什么呢？ 我的指望在乎你！

8求你救我脱离一切的过犯， 不要使我受愚顽人的羞辱。

9因我所遭遇的是出于你， 我就默然不语。

10求你把你的责罚从我身上免去； 因你手的责打，我便消灭。

11你因人的罪恶惩罚他的时候， 叫他的笑容消灭，如衣被虫所咬。 世人真是虚幻！ （细拉）

12耶和华啊，求你听我的祷告， 留心听我的呼求！ 我流泪，求你不要静默无声！ 因为我在你面前是客旅， 是寄居的，像我列祖一般。

13求你宽容我， 使我在去而不返之先可以力量复原。

For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.

1I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue.I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

2I was mute with silence.I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

3My heart was hot within me.While I meditated, the fire burnt.I spoke with my tongue:

4“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

5Behold, you have made my days hand widths.My lifetime is as nothing before you.Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

6“Surely every man walks like a shadow.Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

7Now, Lord, what do I wait for?My hope is in you.

8Deliver me from all my transgressions.Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

9I was mute.I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

10Remove your scourge away from me.I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity,you consume his wealth like a moth.Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

12“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry.Don’t be silent at my tears.For I am a stranger with you,a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength,before I go away and exist no more.”