他们以黑夜为白昼,说,亮光近乎黑暗。
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
若对朽坏说,你是我的父。对虫说,你是我的母亲姊妹。
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
耶和华阿,求你听闻公义,侧耳听我的呼吁。求你留心听我这不出于诡诈嘴唇的祈祷。
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
愿我的判语从你面前发出。愿你的眼睛观看公正。
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
你已经试验我的心。你在夜间鉴察我。你熬炼我,却找不着什么。我立志叫我口中没有过失。
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
论到人的行为,我藉着你嘴唇的言语,自己谨守,不行强暴人的道路。
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
神阿,我曾求告你,因为你必应允我。求你向我侧耳,听我的言语。
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
求你保护我,如同保护眼中的瞳人。将我隐藏在你翅膀的荫下,
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
使我脱离那欺压我的恶人,就是围困我,要害我命的仇敌。
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
他们围困了我们的脚步。他们瞪着眼,要把我们推倒在地。
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;