第 74 篇
祈求上帝眷顧祂的子民
亞薩的訓誨詩。
1上帝啊，
你為何永遠丟棄了我們？
你為何對自己草場上的羊大發雷霆？
2求你眷顧你在古時所救贖的子民，
你揀選為產業的族類，
求你眷顧你所居住的錫安山。
3求你前去觀看那久已荒涼之地，
看看敵人對聖所的破壞。
4他們在你聖所中高聲叫嚷，
豎立起自己的旗幟。
5他們大肆毀壞，
好像人掄起斧頭砍伐樹林。
6他們用斧頭、錘子把雕刻的牆板都搗毀了。
7他們縱火焚燒你的聖所，
把它夷為平地，
褻瀆了你的居所。
8他們心裡說：「我們要徹底毀滅一切。」
於是他們燒毀了境內所有敬拜上帝的地方。
9我們再也看不到你的徵兆，
先知也沒有了。
無人知道這一切何時才會結束。
10上帝啊，
仇敵嘲笑你的名要到何時呢？
他們要永無休止地辱罵你嗎？
11你為何不伸出大能的右手？
求你出手給他們致命的一擊。
12上帝啊，
你自古以來就是我的王，
你給世上帶來拯救。
13你曾用大能分開海水，
打碎水中巨獸的頭。
14你曾打碎海怪的頭，
把牠丟給曠野的禽獸吃。
15你曾開闢泉源和溪流，
也曾使滔滔河水枯乾。
16白晝和黑夜都屬於你，
你設立了日月。
17你劃定大地的疆界，
又創造了盛夏和寒冬。
18耶和華啊，
求你記住敵人對你的嘲笑和愚妄人對你的褻瀆。
19求你不要把你的子民交給仇敵74·18-19 「子民」希伯來文是「鴿子」；「仇敵」希伯來文是「野獸」。，
不要永遠對你受苦的子民棄置不顧。
20求你顧念你的應許，
因地上黑暗之處充滿了暴力。
21求你不要讓受壓迫的人羞愧而去。
願貧窮困苦的人讚美你的名。
22上帝啊，求你起來維護自己，
別忘記愚妄人怎樣整天嘲笑你。
23不要對你仇敵的喧嚷置之不理，
與你為敵的人不停地叫囂。
Psalm 74
A maskilTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of Asaph.
1O God, why have you rejected us for ever?
Why does your anger smoulder against the sheep of your pasture?
2Remember the nation you purchased long ago,
the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed –
Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
3Turn your steps towards these everlasting ruins,
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards as signs.
5They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
6They smashed all the carved panelling
with their axes and hatchets.
7They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled the dwelling-place of your Name.
8They said in their hearts, ‘We will crush them completely!’
They burned every place where God was worshipped in the land.
9We are given no signs from God;
no prophets are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
10How long will the enemy mock you, God?
Will the foe revile your name for ever?
11Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
12But God is my King from long ago;
he brings salvation on the earth.
13It was you who split open the sea by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
15It was you who opened up springs and streams;
you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.
17It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.
18Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
how foolish people have reviled your name.
19Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;
do not forget the lives of your afflicted people for ever.
20Have regard for your covenant,
because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy praise your name.
22Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools mock you all day long.
23Do not ignore the clamour of your adversaries,
the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
