第 140 篇
祈求上帝保護
大衛的詩，交給樂長。
1耶和華啊！
求你拯救我脫離惡人，
保護我脫離殘暴之徒。
2他們心懷叵測，整天挑撥離間。
3他們的言語惡毒如蛇，
嘴唇有蛇的毒液。（細拉）
4耶和華啊，
求你使我免遭惡人的毒手，
保護我脫離殘暴之徒。
他們圖謀害我。
5傲慢人在我的路上暗設網羅，
佈下圈套，挖了陷阱。（細拉）
6耶和華啊，
我說：「你是我的上帝。」
耶和華啊，求你垂聽我的呼求。
7主耶和華，我大能的拯救者啊，
在戰爭的日子，你保護我。
8耶和華啊，
求你不要讓惡人的願望實現，
不要讓他們的陰謀得逞，
免得他們狂妄自大。（細拉）
9願那些圍攻我的人自食惡果。
10願火炭落在他們身上，
願他們被丟進火裡，
被拋進深坑，不得翻身。
11願譭謗者在地上無法立足，
願禍患毀滅殘暴之徒。
12我知道耶和華必為貧窮人伸張正義，
為困苦者伸冤。
13義人必讚美你的名，
正直人必活在你面前。
Psalm 140In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1Rescue me, Lord, from evildoers;
protect me from the violent,
2who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.
4Keep me safe, Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
5The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path.
6I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.
7Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer,
you shield my head in the day of battle.
8Do not grant the wicked their desires, Lord;
do not let their plans succeed.
9Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
10May burning coals fall on them;
may they be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, never to rise.
11May slanderers not be established in the land;
may disaster hunt down the violent.
12I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor
and upholds the cause of the needy.
13Surely the righteous will praise your name,
and the upright will live in your presence.
