耶和華啊，你為甚麼站在遠處？在患難的時候為甚麼隱藏？
Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
耶和華啊，你為甚麼站在遠處？在患難的時候為甚麼隱藏？
Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
惡人在驕橫中把困苦人追得火急；願他們陷在自己所設的計謀裏。
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
因為惡人以心願自誇；貪財的背棄耶和華，並且輕慢他〔或作「他祝福貪財的，卻輕慢耶和華」〕。
For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD.
惡人面帶驕傲，說：耶和華必不追究；他一切所想的都以為沒有神。
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
凡他所做的，時常穩固；你的審判超過他的眼界。至於他一切的敵人，他都向他們噴氣。
His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
他心裏說：我必不動搖，世世代代不遭災難。
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
他滿口是咒罵、詭詐、欺壓，舌底是毒害、奸惡。
His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
他在村莊埋伏等候；他在隱密處殺害無辜的人。他的眼睛窺探無倚無靠的人；
He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
他埋伏在暗地，如獅子蹲在洞中。他埋伏，要擄去困苦人；他拉網，就把困苦人擄去。
he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
他屈身蹲伏，無倚無靠的人就倒在他爪牙之下〔「爪牙」或作「強暴人」〕。
The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.
他心裏說：神竟忘記了；他掩面永不觀看。
He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
耶和華啊，求你起來！神啊，求你舉手，不要忘記困苦人！
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.
惡人為何輕慢神，心裏說：你必不追究？
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
其實你已經觀看；因為奸惡毒害，你都看見了，為要以手施行報應。無倚無靠的人把自己交託你；你向來是幫助孤兒的。
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
願你打斷惡人的膀臂；至於壞人，願你追究他的惡，直到淨盡。
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none.
耶和華永永遠遠為王；外邦人從他的地已經滅絕了。
The LORD is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
耶和華啊，謙卑人的心願，你早已知道〔原文作「聽見」〕。你必預備他們的心，也必側耳聽他們的祈求，
O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
為要給孤兒和受欺壓的人伸冤，使強橫的人不再威嚇他們。
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.