1 To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.
2 \55:1\Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
3 \55:2\Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
4 \55:3\I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
5 \55:4\My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.
6 \55:5\Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
7 \55:6\And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
8 \55:7\I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
9 \55:8\I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
10 \55:9\Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
11 \55:10\By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
12 \55:11\Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.
13 \55:12\For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
14 \55:13\But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
15 \55:14\We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.
16 \55:15\Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
17 \55:16\As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.
18 \55:17\In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
19 \55:18\He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.
20 \55:19\God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
21 \55:20\He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.
22 \55:21\The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
23 \55:22\Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
24 \55:23\But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
1 神啊！ 求你倾听我的祷告， 不要隐藏起来不听我的恳求。
2 求你留心听我， 应允我； 我在苦恼中必不安宁， 唉哼难过；
3 这都是由于仇敌的声音， 和恶人的欺压； 因为他们使祸患临到我的身上， 怒气冲冲地迫害我。
4 我的心在我里面绞痛， 死亡的恐怖落在我身上。
5 惧怕和战兢临到我， 惊恐笼罩着我。
6 我说： "但愿我有鸽子一般的翅膀， 我就飞走， 得以安居。
7 看哪！ 我必逃往远处， 在旷野里住宿。（细拉）
8 我要赶快到我避难的地方去， 逃避狂风暴雨。"
9 主啊！ 扰乱恶人的计谋， 使他们的意见（"意见"原文作"舌头"）分歧， 因为我在城中看见了强暴和争竞的事。
10 恶人日夜在城墙上绕行， 在城里尽是邪恶与祸害；
11 城中也有毁灭人的事， 欺压和诡诈不离城里的街道。
12 原来不是仇敌辱骂我， 如果是仇敌， 我还可以忍受； 也不是恨我的人向我狂妄自大， 如果是恨我的人， 我还可以躲避他。
13 但你是和我同等地位的人， 是我的良友， 我的知己。
14 我们常在一起密谈， 我们在 神的殿中与群众同行。
15 愿死亡忽然临到他们身上， 愿他们活活下到阴间去， 因为在他们中间， 就是在他们的住所里， 尽是邪恶。
16 至于我， 我却要求告 神， 耶和华就必拯救我。
17 无论在晚上、早晨或中午， 我都哀诉唉哼； 他必听我的声音。
18 他救赎我的性命脱离攻击我的人， 使我得着平安， 尽管攻击我的人的确很多。
19 神必听见， 那从亘古坐着为王的必使他们受苦， （细拉）因他们不肯改变， 也不敬畏 神。
20 他违背了自己的约， 伸手攻击那些与他和好的人。
21 他的口比奶油光滑， 他的心却怀着争战的意图； 他的话比油还柔和， 其实却是拔了出来的刀。
22 你要把你的重担卸给耶和华， 他必扶持你； 他永远不会让义人动摇。
23 神啊！ 你必使恶人堕入灭亡的深坑里； 流人血和行诡诈的人必活不到半世； 至于我， 我必倚靠你。