Psalms 74

1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

1 上帝啊， 你为何永远丢弃了我们？ 你为何对自己草场上的羊大发雷霆？

2 Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.

2 求你眷顾你古时买赎的子民， 你救赎为产业的族类， 求你眷顾你所居住的锡安山。

3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.

3 求你前往那久已荒废之地， 看看敌人对圣所的破坏。

4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

4 你的仇敌在你的圣所咆哮， 他们竖立起自己的旗帜。

5 like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

5 他们大肆毁坏， 好像人抡起斧头砍伐树林。

6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

6 他们用斧头、锤子把雕刻的墙板都捣毁了。

7 They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

7 他们纵火焚烧你的圣所， 把它夷为平地， 亵渎了你的居所。

8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

8 他们心里说：“我们要全部摧毁。” 于是他们烧毁了境内所有敬拜上帝的地方。

9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

9 我们再也看不到你的征兆， 先知也没有了。 无人知道这一切何时才会结束。

10 How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

10 上帝啊， 仇敌嘲笑你的名要到何时呢？ 他们要永无休止地辱骂你吗？

11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

11 你为何不伸出大能的右手？ 求你出手给他们致命的一击。

12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

12 上帝自古以来就是我的王， 祂给世上带来拯救。

13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

13 你曾用大能分开海水， 打碎水中巨兽的头。

14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

14 你曾打碎海怪的头， 把它丢给旷野的禽兽吃。

15 You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

15 你曾开辟泉源和溪流， 也曾使滔滔河水枯干。

16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

16 白昼和黑夜都属于你， 你设立了日月。

17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.

17 你划定地上的疆界， 又创造盛夏和寒冬。

18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

18 耶和华啊， 求你记住敌人对你的嘲笑和愚妄人对你的亵渎。

19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

19 求你不要把你的子民交给仇敌 ， 不要永远忘记你受苦的子民。

20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

20 求你顾念你立的约， 因地上黑暗之处充满了暴力。

21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

21 求你不要让受压迫的人羞愧而去。 愿贫穷困苦的人赞美你的名。

22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

22 上帝啊，求你起来维护自己， 别忘记愚妄人怎样整天嘲笑你。

23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

23 不要忽视你仇敌的喧嚷， 或者你对头的连连叫嚣。