< 詩篇 33 >
1 義人,你們要向上主踴躍歡呼,正直的人,理當讚美上主。
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.
Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 因上主的一句話,諸天造成;因上主的一口氣,萬象生成。
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 上主把海水好像裝在皮囊,上主將汪洋好像貯在池塘。
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.
Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
For he spoke, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of no effect.
11 上主的計畫卻永恒不變,祂心中的謀挌萬世常傳。
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 尊上主為自天主的民族,真是有福!上主選為自己產業的百姓,真是有福!
Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16 帝王不是因兵多而取勝,勇士不是因力大而保命。
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 為獲勝利,駿馬乃是徒然,氣力雖大,依舊難獲安全。
A horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
18 請看上主的眼睛常關注敬愛祂的人,祂的雙目常眷顧靠祂仁慈的人,
Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 為使他們的性命,脫免死亡,為使他們在饑饉時,生活如常。
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
21 我們的心靈要因祂而喜樂歡暢,在祂的聖名內寄托我們的希望。
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 上主,求你向我們廣施慈愛,有如我們對你所存的期待。
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.