- 5:1 Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
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你呼求罢！有谁答应你？诸圣者之中，你转向那一位呢？
- 5:2 Surely vexation slays the fool, And jealousy kills the simpleton.
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烦恼的确杀死愚妄人，嫉妒害死痴呆人。
- 5:3 I have seen the fool taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
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我曾见愚妄人扎下根，但我忽然咒诅他的住处。
- 5:4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate; and there is no one to deliver them.
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他的儿女远离安妥，在城门口被欺压，无人搭救。
- 5:5 The hungry eat his harvest And even take it out from the thorns, And the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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他的庄稼，饥饿的人来吃尽了，就是在荆棘里的，也被取去了；他的财宝，干渴的人渴求夺取。
- 5:6 For evil does not come forth from the dust, Nor does trouble spring forth from the ground.
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祸患原不是从土中出来，患难也不是从地里发生；
- 5:7 But man is born unto trouble, Just as sparks fly upward.
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但人生来必遇患难，如同火星往上飞腾。
- 5:8 But as for me, I would seek after God, And I would commit my cause to God,
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至于我，我必寻求神，把我申诉的事托付神；
- 5:9 Who does great things that cannot be searched, Wonderful deeds that cannot be numbered;
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祂行大事不可测度，行奇事不可胜数；
- 5:10 Who gives rain upon the surface of the earth And sends water upon the surface of the fields;
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赐雨在地面上，遣水于田野里；
- 5:11 Who sets on high those who are lowly And puts those who mourn safely above all.
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将卑微的安置在高处，将哀痛的高举到稳妥之地。
- 5:12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands achieve no enterprise.
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祂破坏狡猾人的计谋，使他们的手无所成就。
- 5:13 He seizes the wise in their own craftiness, And the counsel of the wily is brought to a sudden end.
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祂叫智慧人中了自己的诡计，使狡诈人的计谋速速破灭。
- 5:14 By day they encounter darkness, And at noon they grope about as in the night.
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他们白昼遇见黑暗，午间摸索如在夜间。
- 5:15 But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, From the hand of the strong.
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但祂拯救穷乏人，脱离他们口中的刀，脱离强暴人的手。
- 5:16 Thus the poor have hope, And Injustice stops her mouth.
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这样，贫寒人有指望，不义者塞口无言。
- 5:17 Indeed, blessed is the man whom God corrects; Therefore do not reject the chastening of the Almighty.
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看哪，神所惩治的人是有福的；所以你不可轻看全能者的管教。
- 5:18 For He wounds, but He binds up; He strikes, but His hands heal.
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因为祂打伤，又缠裹；祂击伤，又亲手医治。
- 5:19 In six troubles He will deliver you; Indeed in seven no evil will touch you.
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你六次遭难，祂必救你；就是七次，灾祸也无法害你。
- 5:20 In famine He will redeem you from death, And in battle, from the power of the sword.
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在饥荒中，祂必救赎你脱离死亡；在争战中，祂必救赎你脱离刀剑的权势。
- 5:21 From the scourge of the tongue you will be hidden, And you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
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你必被隐藏，不受口舌之害；毁灭临到，你也不惧怕。
- 5:22 At destruction and at famine you will laugh, And you will not be afraid of the animals of the earth.
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你遇见毁灭和饥荒，必置之一笑；地上的野兽，你也不惧怕。
- 5:23 For you will be in an alliance with the stones of the field, And the animals of the field will be at peace with you.
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因为你必与田野的石头立约；田野的走兽，也必与你和好。
- 5:24 And you will know that your tent is at peace, And you will inspect your fold and miss nothing.
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你必知道你帐棚平安，察看你的羊圈，也一无所失。
- 5:25 And you will know that your seed will be great, And your offspring like the grass of the earth.
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你必知道你的后裔将要繁多，你的子孙要像地上的青草。
- 5:26 You will come to the grave at a ripe old age, Like a shock of grain coming up in its season.
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你必寿足年迈才归坟墓，好像禾捆到时堆积起来。
- 5:27 This is it. We have searched it out; it is so. Hear then and know it for yourself.
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这理我们已经考察，本是如此；你应当听，且要自己明白。