第 144 篇
祈求拯救與豐裕
大衛的詩。
1耶和華——我的磐石當受稱頌，
祂使我能爭善戰。
2祂是我慈愛的上帝，
我的堡壘，我的避難所，
我的拯救者，我的盾牌，
我投靠祂。
祂使列國臣服於我。
3耶和華啊，
人算什麼，你竟顧念他？
世人算什麼，你竟眷顧他？
4因為人不過像一口氣，
他的年日不過像影子轉眼消逝。
5耶和華啊，
求你打開天門，親自降臨；
求你觸摸群山，使群山冒煙。
6求你發出閃電驅散敵人，
求你射出利箭擊潰他們。
7求你從天上伸手從驚濤駭浪中拯救我，
從外族人手中拯救我。
8他們滿口謊言，
起誓也心懷詭詐。
9上帝啊，我要向你唱新歌，
用十弦琴歌頌你。
10你使君王得勝，
救你的僕人大衛逃離刀劍的殺戮。
11求你從外族人手中拯救我，
他們滿口謊言，
起誓也心懷詭詐。
12願我們的兒子年輕時像茁壯的樹木，
我們的女兒像宮殿中精雕的柱子。
13願我們的倉庫堆滿各樣的穀物，
我們的羊在田野繁衍眾多，
成千上萬。
14願我們的牲口馱滿貨物144·14 「牲口馱滿貨物」或譯「繁殖眾多」。，
我們的城牆固若金湯，
無人被擄，街上沒有哭叫聲。
15生活在這種光景裡的人有福了！
尊耶和華為上帝的人有福了！
Psalm 144
Of David.
1Praise be to the Lord my Rock,
who trains my hands for war,
my fingers for battle.
2He is my loving God and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
who subdues peoples144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people under me.
3Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,
mere mortals that you think of them?
4They are like a breath;
their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5Part your heavens, Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains, so that they smoke.
6Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy;
shoot your arrows and rout them.
7Reach down your hand from on high;
deliver me and rescue me
from the mighty waters,
from the hands of foreigners
8whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
9I will sing a new song to you, my God;
on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,
10to the One who gives victory to kings,
who delivers his servant David.
From the deadly sword 11deliver me;
rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
whose right hands are deceitful.
12Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.
13Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;
14our oxen will draw heavy loads.144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established
There will be no breaching of walls,
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.
15Blessed is the people of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
