Psalms 41
Psalms is the Bible's book of songs and prayers — 150 poems of lament, praise, protest and thanksgiving, gathered over centuries. Individual psalms are short, which makes them a natural place to start reading.
眷顾贫穷的有福了! 他遭难的日子,耶和华必搭救他。
juàn gù pín qióng de yǒu fú le ! tā zāo nàn de rì zi , yē hé huá bì dā jiù tā 。
Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
耶和华必保全他,使他存活; 他必在地上享福。 求你不要把他交给仇敌,遂其所愿。
yē hé huá bì bǎo quán tā , shǐ tā cún huó ; tā bì zài dì shang xiǎng fú 。 qiú nǐ bú yào bǎ tā jiāo gěi chóu dí , suì qí suǒ yuàn 。
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
他病重在榻,耶和华必扶持他; 他在病中,你必给他铺床。
tā bìng zhòng zài tà , yē hé huá bì fú chí tā ; tā zài bìng zhōng , nǐ bì gěi tā pū chuáng 。
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
我曾说:耶和华啊,求你怜恤我,医治我! 因为我得罪了你。
wǒ céng shuō : yē hé huá a , qiú nǐ lián xù wǒ , yī zhì wǒ ! yīn wèi wǒ dé zuì le nǐ 。
I said, “LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
我的仇敌用恶言议论我说: 他几时死,他的名才灭亡呢?
wǒ de chóu dí yòng è yán yì lùn wǒ shuō : tā jǐ shí sǐ , tā de míng cái miè wáng ne ?
My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
他来看我就说假话; 他心存奸恶,走到外边才说出来。
tā lái kàn wǒ jiù shuō jiǎ huà ; tā xīn cún jiān è , zǒu dào wài bian cái shuō chū lái 。
If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
一切恨我的,都交头接耳地议论我; 他们设计要害我。
yí qiè hèn wǒ de , dōu jiāo tóu jiē ěr de yì lùn wǒ ; tā men shè jì yào hài wǒ 。
All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
他们说:有怪病贴在他身上; 他已躺卧,必不能再起来。
tā men shuō : yǒu guài bìng tiē zài tā shēn shang ; tā yǐ tǎng wò , bì bù néng zài qǐ lái 。
“An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
连我知己的朋友, 我所倚靠、吃过我饭的也用脚踢我。
lián wǒ zhī jǐ de péng you , wǒ suǒ yǐ kào 、 chī guò wǒ fàn de yě yòng jiǎo tī wǒ 。
Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
耶和华啊,求你怜恤我, 使我起来,好报复他们!
yē hé huá a , qiú nǐ lián xù wǒ , shǐ wǒ qǐ lái , hǎo bào fù tā men !
But you, LORD, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
因我的仇敌不得向我夸胜, 我从此便知道你喜爱我。
yīn wǒ de chóu dí bù dé xiàng wǒ kuā shèng , wǒ cóng cǐ biàn zhī dào nǐ xǐ ài wǒ 。
By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
你因我纯正就扶持我, 使我永远站在你的面前。
nǐ yīn wǒ chún zhèng jiù fú chí wǒ , shǐ wǒ yǒng yuǎn zhàn zài nǐ de miàn qián 。
As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
耶和华—以色列的 神是应当称颂的, 从亘古直到永远。阿们!阿们!
yē hé huá — yǐ sè liè de shén shì yīng dāng chēng sòng de , cóng gèn gǔ zhí dào yǒng yuǎn 。 ā men ! ā men !
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
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