1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. 12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.3.13 arrows: Heb. sons 14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. 15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.3.15 bitterness: Heb. bitternesses 16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.3.16 covered…: or, rolled me in the ashes 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.3.17 prosperity: Heb. good 18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: 19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.3.19 Remembering: or, Remember 20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.3.20 humbled: Heb. bowed
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.3.21 recall…: Heb. make to return to my heart
22¶ It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. 30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. 31For the Lord will not cast off for ever: 32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.3.33 willingly: Heb. from his heart 34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,3.35 the most High: or, a superior 36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.3.36 approveth not: or, seeth not
37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?3.39 complain: or, murmur 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, 50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.3.51 mine heart: Heb. my soul3.51 because…: or, more than all 52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55¶ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; 62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. 63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64¶ Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.3.65 sorrow…: or, obstinacy of heart 66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
刑罚、悔改和盼望
1我在耶和华烈怒的杖下受尽痛苦。
2祂把我赶进黑暗，
使我不见光明，
3又屡屡攻击我，终日不断。
4祂使我皮肉枯槁，
祂折断我的骨头。
5祂使我四面受困，
尝尽痛苦艰辛。
6祂使我住在幽暗中，
像久已死去的人。
7祂围困我，使我无法逃脱，
祂给我戴上沉重的铜链。
8即使我哀哭呼求，
祂也掩耳不听。
9祂用凿好的石头阻挡我的去路，
使我的道路曲折难行。
10祂像埋伏的巨熊，
又像伺机突袭的猛狮，
11把我拖离大路，
将我撕成碎片，一片凄凉。
12祂弯弓搭箭，把我当箭靶，
13用箭袋中的箭射穿我的心脏。
14我成了万人的笑柄，
他们终日唱歌讽刺我。
15祂使我饱受苦楚，尝尽苦涩。
16祂用石头打断我的牙齿，
把我践踏在尘土中。
17我失去平安，
忘记了什么是快乐。
18我说：“我精疲力竭，
对耶和华失去盼望。”
19想起我的痛苦和漂泊流离，
就如苦艾和胆汁一样苦涩。
20那情景萦绕心头，
使我心情沉重。
21然而，我想起这事，
便有了盼望，
22就是耶和华的慈爱永不终止，
祂的怜悯永无穷尽。
23祂的慈爱和怜悯每天早晨都是新的，
祂的信实无比伟大！
24我心里知道，
耶和华是我的产业，
我要仰望祂。
25耶和华必赐福给那些等候和寻求祂的人，
26因此，默然等候耶和华的拯救是美好的。
27年轻时负轭受苦是有益的。
28受耶和华管教时，
要默然独坐。
29要谦卑，脸伏于地，
或许还有希望。
30要任人打脸，甘心忍受凌辱。
31因为主不会永远撇弃人。
32主尽管使人忧伤，
祂依然怜悯人，
因为祂有无限的慈爱。
33祂不愿使人忧伤、痛苦。
34将囚犯踩在脚下，
35在至高者面前冤枉他人，
36审理案件时颠倒是非，
都是主所不容许的。
37若非主许可，
谁的话可以兑现呢？
38祸福岂不都出自至高者的口吗？
39世人因自己的罪受罚，
又何必怨天尤人呢？
40我们要省察自己的行为，
重新归向耶和华。
41让我们举起双手，
诚心向天上的上帝祷告说：
42“我们犯罪、背叛，
你没有赦免我们。
43“你满怀愤怒地追赶我们，
毫不留情地杀戮我们。
44你以密云遮盖自己，
以致祷告达不到你那里。
45你使我们在列国中沦为废物、渣滓。
46“我们的仇敌都幸灾乐祸。
47我们充满恐惧，
面临陷阱、残害和毁灭。”
48因同胞被毁灭，我泪流成河。
49我的眼泪涌流不息，
50直到耶和华从天上垂顾。
51目睹城中妇女的遭遇，
我痛苦不已。
52敌人无故地追捕我，
如同捕猎飞鸟。
53他们把我推进坑里，
又用石头砸我。
54水已经漫过我的头，
我想我要灭亡了。
55耶和华啊，
我在深渊呼求你的名。
56你曾垂听我的呼求，
求你现在不要掩耳不听我的祈祷。
57我向你呼求的时候，
你曾走近我身旁，
安慰我说：“不用害怕！”
58主啊，你为我申了冤，
救赎了我的性命。
59耶和华啊，你已明察我的冤情，
求你为我主持公道。
60你看见了他们怎样仇恨我、
谋害我。
61你听见了他们怎样辱骂我、
谋害我。
62他们整天诽谤我，图谋害我。
63你看！他们或坐下或起来，
都唱歌讽刺我。
64耶和华啊，
求你按照他们的所作所为报应他们！
65求你使他们心里顽固，
好让你的咒诅落在他们身上！
66求你发怒追赶他们，
从世上铲除他们！
