Psalms 1 1 For the leader. A psalm of David. 达味诗歌,交与乐官。 2 2 Happy those concerned for the lowly and poor; when misfortune strikes, the LORD delivers them. 眷顾贫穷人的人,真是有福,患难时日,他必蒙上主救助。 3 The LORD keeps and preserves them, makes them happy in the land, and does not betray them to their enemies. 上主必保护他,赐他生存,在世上蒙福,决不将他交给他的仇敌而任敌所欲。 4 The LORD sustains them on their sickbed, allays the malady when they are ill. 他呻吟床榻,上主给他支援,他患病时,使他转危为安。 5 Once I prayed, "LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, I have sinned against you. 我曾哀求你:"上主,求你怜悯我,求你治愈我,因为我得罪了你。" 6 My enemies say the worst of me: ‘When will that one die and be forgotten?' 我的仇敌反而恶言辱骂我说:"他何时死,他的名字几时泯灭?" 7 When people come to visit me, they speak without sincerity. Their hearts store up malice; they leave and spread their vicious lies. 前来探访我的人,只以虚言相待,其实是心怀恶意,出去便说出来。 8 My foes all whisper against me; they imagine the worst about me: 恨我的人,个个窃窃私议,咒我遭殃生疾: 9 I have a deadly disease, they say; I will never rise from my sickbed. "愿他身患恶疾!愿他一病不起!" 10 3 Even the friend who had my trust, who shared my table, has scorned me. 连我素来信赖的知心友好,吃过我饭的人,也举脚踢我。 11 4 But you, LORD, have mercy and raise me up that I may repay them as they deserve." 上主,求你可怜我,使我病除,使我能对他们给以报复。 12 By this I know you are pleased with me, that my enemy no longer jeers at me. 我以此作为你真爱我的记号:就是不让我的敌人向我夸耀; 13 For my integrity you have supported me and let me stand in your presence forever. 你时常保持我无灾无难,使我永远站在你的面前。 14 5 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from all eternity and forever. Amen. Amen. 愿上主,以色列天主,受赞颂,自永远直到永远,阿们,阿们! Footnotes(注解) 1 [Psalm 41] A thanksgiving for rescue from illness (Psalm 41:4, 5, 9). Many people, even friends, have interpreted the illness as a divine punishment for sin and have ostracized the psalmist (Psalm 41:5-11). The healing shows the return of God's favor and rebukes the psalmist's detractors (Psalm 41:12-13). 2 [2] Happy those concerned for the lowly and poor: other psalms use the same formula ("Happy those") for those whom God favors. Cf Psalm 32:1-2; 34:9; 40:5; 65:5. The psalmist's statement about God's love of the poor is based on the experience of being rescued (Psalm 41:1-3). 3 [10] Even the friend . . . has scorned me: John 13:18 cites this verse to characterize Judas as a false friend. Scorned me: an interpretation of the unclear Hebrew, "made great the heel against me." 4 [11] That I may repay them as they deserve: the healing itself is an act of judgment through which God decides for the psalmist and against the false friends. The prayer is not necessarily for strength to punish enemies. 5 [14] The doxology, not part of the psalm, marks the end of the first of the five books of the Psalter. Compare Psalm 72:18-20; 89:53; 106:48. |