诗55:1 大卫的训诲诗，交给诗班长，用丝弦的乐器伴奏。 神啊！求你倾听我的祷告，不要隐藏起来不听我的恳求。
诗55:1 <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
诗55:2 求你留心听我，应允我；我在苦恼中必不安宁，唉哼难过；
诗55:2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
诗55:3 这都是由于仇敌的声音，和恶人的欺压；因为他们使祸患临到我的身上，怒气冲冲地迫害我。
诗55:3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
诗55:4 我的心在我里面绞痛，死亡的恐怖落在我身上。
诗55:4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.
诗55:5 惧怕和战兢临到我，惊恐笼罩着我。
诗55:5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
诗55:6 我说：“但愿我有鸽子一般的翅膀，我就飞走，得以安居。
诗55:6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.
诗55:7 看哪！我必逃往远处，在旷野里住宿。（细拉）
诗55:7 I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)
诗55:8 我要赶快到我避难的地方去，逃避狂风暴雨。”
诗55:8 I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.
诗55:9 主啊！扰乱恶人的计谋，使他们的意见（“意见”原文作“舌头”）分歧，因为我在城中看见了强暴和争竞的事。
诗55:9 Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
诗55:10 恶人日夜在城墙上绕行，在城里尽是邪恶与祸害；
诗55:10 By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
诗55:11 城中也有毁灭人的事，欺压和诡诈不离城里的街道。
诗55:11 Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.
诗55:12 原来不是仇敌辱骂我，如果是仇敌，我还可以忍受；也不是恨我的人向我狂妄自大，如果是恨我的人，我还可以躲避他。
诗55:12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
诗55:13 但你是和我同等地位的人，是我的良友，我的知己。
诗55:13 But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
诗55:14 我们常在一起密谈，我们在 神的殿中与群众同行。
诗55:14 We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.
诗55:15 愿死亡忽然临到他们身上，愿他们活活下到阴间去，因为在他们中间，就是在他们的住所里，尽是邪恶。
诗55:15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
诗55:16 至于我，我却要求告 神，耶和华就必拯救我。
诗55:16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.
诗55:17 无论在晚上、早晨或中午，我都哀诉唉哼；他必听我的声音。
诗55:17 In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
诗55:18 他救赎我的性命脱离攻击我的人，使我得着平安，尽管攻击我的人的确很多。
诗55:18 He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.
诗55:19 神必听见，那从亘古坐着为王的必使他们受苦，（细拉）因他们不肯改变，也不敬畏 神。
诗55:19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
诗55:20 他违背了自己的约，伸手攻击那些与他和好的人。
诗55:20 He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.
诗55:21 他的口比奶油光滑，他的心却怀着争战的意图；他的话比油还柔和，其实却是拔了出来的刀。
诗55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
诗55:22 你要把你的重担卸给耶和华，他必扶持你；他永远不会让义人动摇。
诗55:22 Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
诗55:23 神啊！你必使恶人堕入灭亡的深坑里；流人血和行诡诈的人必活不到半世；至于我，我必倚靠你。
诗55:23 But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.