撒母耳記下 22 – CCBT & NIVUK

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

撒母耳記下 22:1-51

大衛的頌歌

1耶和華從掃羅和所有仇敵手中拯救大衛那天,他向耶和華吟唱此詩:

2「耶和華是我的磐石,

我的堡壘,我的拯救者;

3我的上帝是保護我的磐石,

是我的盾牌,是拯救我的力量,

是我的堡壘,我的避難所,

我的救主。

你救我脫離殘暴之徒。

4我求告當受頌讚的耶和華,

祂就從仇敵手中把我救出。

5「死亡的波濤環繞我,

罪惡的狂流淹沒我。

6陰間的繩索捆綁我,

死亡的網羅籠罩我。

7「我在苦難中呼求耶和華,

向我的上帝求助,

祂從殿中垂聽我的呼求,

我的聲音達到祂耳中。

8「祂一發怒,大地震動,

穹蒼的根基搖晃。

9祂的鼻孔冒煙,

口噴烈焰和火炭。

10祂撥開雲天,

腳踩密雲,親自降臨。

11祂乘著基路伯天使飛翔,

在風的翅膀上顯現。

12祂藏身於黑暗中,

四圍以密雲作幔幕。

13祂面前的榮光中發出道道閃電。

14耶和華在天上打雷,

至高者發出聲音。

15祂射出利箭驅散仇敵,

發出閃電擊潰他們。

16耶和華斥責一聲,

祂的鼻孔一吹氣,

海底就顯現,

大地也露出根基。

17「祂從高天伸手抓住我,

從深淵中把我拉上來。

18祂救我脫離強敵,

脫離我無法戰勝的仇敵。

19他們在我危難之時攻擊我,

但耶和華扶持我。

20祂領我到寬闊之地;

祂拯救我,因為祂喜悅我。

21「耶和華因我公義而善待我,

因我清白而賞賜我。

22因為我堅守祂的道,

沒有作惡背棄我的上帝。

23「我遵守祂一切的法令,

沒有把祂的律例棄置一旁。

24我在祂面前純全無過,

沒有沾染罪惡。

25耶和華因我公義、

在祂面前清白而獎賞我。

26「仁慈的人,你以仁慈待他;

純全的人,你以純全待他。

27純潔的人,你以純潔待他;

心術不正的人,你以計謀待他。

28你搭救謙卑的人,

鑒察、貶抑高傲的人。

29耶和華啊!你是我的明燈,

你使我的黑暗變為光明。

30我依靠你的力量迎戰敵軍,

靠著我的上帝躍過牆垣。

31「上帝的道完美,

耶和華的話純全,

祂是投靠祂之人的盾牌。

32除了耶和華,誰是上帝呢?

除了我們的上帝,誰是磐石呢?

33上帝是我的堅固堡壘,

祂使我行為純全。

34祂使我的腳如母鹿的蹄,

穩踏在高處。

35祂訓練我的手怎樣作戰,

使我的手臂能拉開銅弓。

36你是拯救我的盾牌,

你的垂顧使我強大。

37你使我腳下的道路寬闊,

不致滑倒。

38我追趕仇敵,擊潰他們,

不消滅他們決不回頭。

39我打垮他們,

使他們倒在我的腳下,

再也站不起來。

40你賜我征戰的能力,

使我的仇敵降服在我腳下。

41你使我的仇敵狼狽而逃,

我殲滅了恨我的人。

42他們求助,卻無人搭救。

他們呼求耶和華,祂也不應允。

43我把他們打得粉碎,

如同地上的灰塵,踐踏他們,

就像踐踏街上的泥土。

44你救我脫離我百姓的攻擊,

讓我成為列國的元首,

素不相識的民族也歸順我。

45外族人望風而降,俯首稱臣。

46他們聞風喪膽,

戰戰兢兢地走出他們的城池。

47「耶和華永遠活著,

保護我的磐石當受頌讚,

拯救我的上帝當受尊崇。

48祂是為我伸冤的上帝,

祂使列邦臣服於我。

49祂救我脫離仇敵,

使我勝過強敵,

救我脫離殘暴之徒。

50因此,耶和華啊,

我要在列邦中讚美你,

歌頌你的名。

51你使你立的王大獲全勝,

向你膏立的王,

就是大衛和他的後代廣施慈愛,

直到永遠。」

New International Version – UK

2 Samuel 22:1-51

David’s song of praise

1David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2He said:

‘The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

3my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,

my shield22:3 Or sovereign and the horn22:3 Horn here symbolises strength. of my salvation.

He is my stronghold, my refuge and my saviour –

from violent people you save me.

4‘I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,

and have been saved from my enemies.

5The waves of death swirled about me;

the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

6The cords of the grave coiled around me;

the snares of death confronted me.

7‘In my distress I called to the Lord;

I called out to my God.

From his temple he heard my voice;

my cry came to his ears.

8The earth trembled and quaked,

the foundations of the heavens22:8 Hebrew; Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:7) mountains shook;

they trembled because he was angry.

9Smoke rose from his nostrils;

consuming fire came from his mouth,

burning coals blazed out of it.

10He parted the heavens and came down;

dark clouds were under his feet.

11He mounted the cherubim and flew;

he soared22:11 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalm 18:10); most Hebrew manuscripts appeared on the wings of the wind.

12He made darkness his canopy around him –

the dark22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed rain clouds of the sky.

13Out of the brightness of his presence

bolts of lightning blazed forth.

14The Lord thundered from heaven;

the voice of the Most High resounded.

15He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,

with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

16The valleys of the sea were exposed

and the foundations of the earth laid bare

at the rebuke of the Lord,

at the blast of breath from his nostrils.

17‘He reached down from on high and took hold of me;

he drew me out of deep waters.

18He rescued me from my powerful enemy,

from my foes, who were too strong for me.

19They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

but the Lord was my support.

20He brought me out into a spacious place;

he rescued me because he delighted in me.

21‘The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;

according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

22For I have kept the ways of the Lord;

I am not guilty of turning from my God.

23All his laws are before me;

I have not turned away from his decrees.

24I have been blameless before him

and have kept myself from sin.

25The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,

according to my cleanness22:25 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:24) to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

26‘To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

27to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

28You save the humble,

but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

29You, Lord, are my lamp;

the Lord turns my darkness into light.

30With your help I can advance against a troop22:30 Or can run through a barricade;

with my God I can scale a wall.

31‘As for God, his way is perfect:

the Lord’s word is flawless;

he shields all who take refuge in him.

32For who is God besides the Lord?

And who is the Rock except our God?

33It is God who arms me with strength22:33 Dead Sea Scrolls, some Septuagint manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Psalm 18:32); Masoretic Text who is my strong refuge

and keeps my way secure.

34He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;

he causes me to stand on the heights.

35He trains my hands for battle;

my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36You make your saving help my shield;

your help has made22:36 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text shield; / you stoop down to make me great.

37You provide a broad path for my feet,

so that my ankles do not give way.

38‘I pursued my enemies and crushed them;

I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

39I crushed them completely, and they could not rise;

they fell beneath my feet.

40You armed me with strength for battle;

you humbled my adversaries before me.

41You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,

and I destroyed my foes.

42They cried for help, but there was no-one to save them –

to the Lord, but he did not answer.

43I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;

I pounded and trampled them like mud in the streets.

44‘You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples;

you have preserved me as the head of nations.

People I did not know now serve me,

45foreigners cower before me;

as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.

46They all lose heart;

they come trembling22:46 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also Psalm 18:45); Masoretic Text they arm themselves from their strongholds.

47‘The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Saviour!

48He is the God who avenges me,

who puts the nations under me,

49who sets me free from my enemies.

You exalted me above my foes;

from a violent man you rescued me.

50Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;

I will sing the praises of your name.

51‘He gives his king great victories;

he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,

to David and his descendants for ever.’