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。
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and answer me:
I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
For they cast iniquity upon me,
And in anger they persecute me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me:
And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off,
I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah
8 I would haste me to a shelter
From the stormy wind and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue;
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me;
Then I could have borne it:
Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;
Then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal,
My companion, and my familiar friend.
14 We took sweet counsel together;
We walked in the house of God with the throng.
15 Let death come suddenly upon them,
Let them go down alive into Sheol;
For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God;
And Jehovah will save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan;
And he will hear my voice.
18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me;
For they were many that strove with me.
19 God will hear, and answer them,
Even he that abideth of old, [Selah
The men who have no changes,
And who fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him:
He hath profaned his covenant.
21 His mouth was smooth as butter,
But his heart was war:
His words were softer than oil,
Yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee:
He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in thee.