< Psalms 16 >
1 A michtam of David. Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
【上主是我的產業】天主,求您保祐我,因為我只投靠您。
2 I said to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord, my happiness rests in you alone.
我對天主說:唯有您是我的上主,唯有您是我的幸福。
3 Those who are holy in the land, they, they alone, are the noble ones; all my delight is in them.’
對地上所有的聖族,我的心是如何地傾慕!
4 Those who choose other gods find endless sorrow. In their offerings of blood I will have no part nor take their name on my lips.
歸依其他神的人,他們的苦楚必然累增;我決不向他們行奠血之祭,他們的名號,我口決不提起。
5 The Lord is my share and my portion, my fate is in your strong hands.
上主,您是我的產業,您是我的杯爵;我得到您的基業,有您為我守著。
6 The boundary lines of my life mark out delightful country, my heritage pleases me well.
您恩賜給我在優雅的地區,我的產業實在令我滿心歡喜。
7 I praise the Lord for his counsel, which so stirs my heart in the night.
我要稱頌引導我的上主,我的心連夜間也向我督促。
8 I keep the Lord always in mind: with him at my hand, I can never be moved.
我常將上主置於我的眼前,我決不動搖,因上主在我身邊。
9 So my heart is glad, there is joy inside me; and in safety of body I live.
因此我心高興,我靈喜歡,連我的肉軀也無憂安眠。
10 For you will not give me up to Sheol nor let any who love you see the pit. (Sheol )
因為您絕不會將我遺棄在陰府,也絕不讓您的聖者見到腐朽。 (Sheol )
11 You will show me the path that leads to life, to that fulness of joy which is in your presence, and the pleasures dispensed by your hand evermore.
請將您生命的道路指示給我,唯有在您面前才有圓滿的喜悅,永遠在您身邊才是我的福樂。