74:1 Why, O God, have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
神阿,你为何永远丢弃我们呢?你的怒气为何向你草场的羊如烟冒出呢?
74:2 Remember Your assembly, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance, And Mount Zion, where You dwell.
求你记念你古时所买来的会众,就是你所赎作你产业支派的,并记念你所居住的锡安山。
74:3 Lift up Your steps unto the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
求你举步到那长久荒凉之地;仇敌在圣所中将一切尽行毁灭。
74:4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your assembly place; They have set up their symbols as signs.
你的敌人在你会所中吼叫;他们竖了自己的旗号为标帜。
74:5 It looked like when men bring up axes On the thicket of the trees.
他们好像人扬起斧子,砍伐林中的树。
74:6 And now they have struck down with hatchet and hammer Its carved work altogether.
圣所中一切的雕刻,现在他们都用斧子、锤子打坏了。
74:7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
他们用火焚烧你的圣所,亵渎你名的住处,拆毁到地。
74:8 They said in their heart, Let us oppress them completely. They have burned down all God's assembly places in the land.
他们心里说,我们要把这些尽行毁灭;他们就把神在地上的会所都烧毁了。
74:9 We do not see our signs; there is no longer a prophet, Nor is there anyone among us who knows how long.
我们不见我们的标帜;不再有申言者;我们内中也没有人知道这灾祸要到几时。
74:10 How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy despise Your name forever?
神阿,敌人辱骂要到几时呢?仇敌藐视你的名,要到永远么?
74:11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Bring it forth from the midst of Your bosom; destroy them .
你为什么缩回你的手,缩回你的右手?求你从怀中伸出来,毁灭他们。
74:12 But God is my King of old, Accomplishing salvation in the midst of the earth.
但神自古以来为我的王,在全地中施行拯救。
74:13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents on the waters.
你曾用能力把海分开,将水上海蛇的头打破。
74:14 You crushed the heads of the leviathan; You gave him as food to the creatures of the desert.
你曾砸碎鳄鱼的头,把它给荒野的禽兽为食物。
74:15 You broke open the fountain and the torrent; You dried up the ever-flowing streams.
你曾开出泉源和急流;你使长流的江河干了。
74:16 The day is Yours; the night also is Yours; You prepared the moon and the sun.
白昼属你,黑夜也属你;月亮和日头是你所预备的。
74:17 You established all the borders of the earth: You formed the summer and the winter.
地的一切疆界,是你所立的;夏天和冬天是你所定的。
74:18 Remember this: The enemy has reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people has despised Your name.
耶和华阿,仇敌辱骂你,愚顽民藐视你的名,求你记念这事。
74:19 Do not give the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.
不要将你斑鸠的性命交给野兽;不要永远忘记你穷苦人的生命。
74:20 Regard the covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
求你顾念所立的约,因为地上黑暗之处,都满了强暴的居所。
74:21 Do not let him who is oppressed return ashamed. May the poor and needy praise Your name.
不要叫受欺压的人蒙羞回去。愿困苦穷乏的人赞美你的名。
74:22 Arise, O God; contend for Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long.
神阿,求你起来,为自己伸诉;要记念愚顽人怎样终日辱骂你。
74:23 Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries; The roar of those who rise up against You goes up continually.