Psalm 44
1 हे परमेश्वर, हामीले तपाईंको विषयमा सुनेका छौं। हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूको जीवनकालमा तपाईंले के के गर्नुभयो उहाँ बताउनु भयो। तपाईंले धेरै वर्ष अघि गरेका कार्यहरू। तिनीहरूले बताउनु भयो।
2 परमेश्वर, तपाईंले आफ्नो महान् शक्ति सहित अरूका जग्गाहरू लिनुभयो अनि हामीलाई दिनु भयो। तपाईंले ती विदेशी मानिसहरूलाई टुहुरो पार्नु भयो। तपाईंले तिनीहरूलाई यो ठाउँ छोड्न वाध्य गर्नुभयो।
3 हाम्रा पिताहरूका तरवारहरू थिएनन् जसले जमीन खोस्यो। उनीहरूका पाखुराहरू बलिया थिएनन्। जसले तिनीहरूलाई विजयी गराए। यो हाम्रो पिता-पुर्खाहरूसँग तपाईं भएको कारणले गर्दा भएको हो। परमेश्वर, तपाईंको महान् शक्तिले हाम्रा पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई बचाउनु भयो। किन? किनभने तपाईंले उहाँहरूलाई प्रेम गर्नुभयो!
4 हे मेरो परमेश्वर, तपाईं मेरो राजा हुनुहुन्छ। आदेश दिनुहोस् अनि याकूबका मानिसहरूलाई विजयतर्फ अगुवाइ गर्नुहोस्।
5 मेरो परमेश्वर, तपाईंको सहायताले गर्दा हामी आफ्ना शत्रुहरूलाई पछि धकेल्ने छौं। तपाईंको नाउँमा हामी तिनीहरूलाई कुल्चदै हिंड्ने छौं।
6 म मेरो धनु र तरवारमाथि भरोसा राख्दिन। मेरो तरवारले मलाई बचाउन सक्दैन।
7 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले हामीलाई मिश्रबाट बचाउनु भयो। तपाईंले हाम्रा शत्रुहरूलाई लज्जित बनाएर राख्नु भयो।
8 हामीले दिनभरि नै परमेश्वरको स्तुति-गान गाएका छौं। अनि तपाईंको नाउँको प्रशंसा सदा सर्वदा गर्नेछौं!
9 तर, हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले हामीलाई छोड्नु भयो, तपाईंले हामीलाई लज्जित पार्नु भयो। तपाईं युद्धभूमिमा हामीसँग आउनु भएन।
10 तपाईंले हाम्रा शत्रुहरूलाई पछि धकेल्न लगाउनु भयो। हाम्रा शत्रुहरूले हाम्रो सम्पत्ति लगेर गए।
11 तपाईंले हामीलाई खाद्य रूपमा खाओस् भनेर भेंडा जस्तो टाढा अलग्ग राखि दिनु भयो। तपाईंले विदेशीहरूका माझ हामीलाई छरपस्ट पारेर छाडी दिनुभयो।
12 हे परमेश्वर, तपाईंले आफ्ना मानिसहरू सित्तैमा बेचिदिनु भयो, तपाईंले तिनीहरूको दर दाम पनि गर्नु भएन।
13 तपाईंले छिमेकीहरू समक्ष हामीलाई हाँसोको पात्र बनाउनु भयो। तिनीहरूले हामीमाथि हाँसे र खिल्ली उडाए।
14 हामी हँसाउने कथाहरू मध्ये एक हौं जो मानिसहरू भन्छन्। आफ्नो देश नभएका मानिसहरू सम्म हामीमाथि हाँस्छन् र आफ्ना टाउकाहरू हल्लाउँछन्।
15 म लाजले छोपिएको छु। सारा दिन आफ्नो लज्जित रूप हेर्छु।
16 मेरा शत्रुहरू जसले मसित साटो फेर्न चाहन्थे, तिनीहरूको खिसी र अपमानबाट उप्जेको लाजले गर्दा म आफैं लुक्छु।
17 परमेश्वर, तपाईंलाई हामीले बिर्सेका छैनौं। अझै यी सबै कुराहरू तपाईंले हाम्रा लागि गर्नु हुन्छ। हामीले तपाईंको करार पत्रमा हस्ताक्षर गर्दा छल-कपट गरेका छैनौ!
18 परमेश्वर, हामी तपाईंबाट टाढिएका छैनौं। हामी तपाईंलाई पछ्याउनका लागि रोकिएका छैनौं।
19 तर, परमेश्वर, तपाईंले हामीलाई यस ठाउँमा मिच्नु भयो जहाँ स्यालहरू बस्दछन्। तपाईंले हामीलाई त्यस ठाउँमा छाडिदिनु भयो जुन मृत्यु भन्दा पनि भयानक अंध्यारो छ।
20 के हामीले हाम्रो परमेश्वरको नाउँ बिर्सियौं? के हामीले विदेशी देवताहरूलाई प्रार्थना गर्यौ? होइन!
21 निश्चय नै परमेश्वर यी सबै कुराहरू जान्नुहुन्छ। उहाँले हाम्रो गहन गुप्त कुराहरू पनि जान्नुहुन्छ।
22 हे परमेश्वर, दिनभरि हामी तपाईंका लागि मरिमेट्यौं!हामी मार्न लगिएका भेडा जस्तै छौं।
23 उठ्नु होस्, मेरो स्वामी! किन तपाईं सुतिरहनु भएको छ? उठ्नु होस्! हामीलाई सदाको निम्ति नछोडनु होस्!
24 परमेश्वर, तपाईं किन हामीदेखि लुकिरहनु हुन्छ? तपाईंले हाम्रो पीर र संकटहरूलाई बिर्सिनु भयो?
25 हामीलाई फोहारेभित्र हुत्याइएको छ। हाम्रो शरिर धूलोमा पल्टिरहेको छ।
26 हे परमेश्वर, उठूनु होस र हामीलाई सहयोग गर्नुहोस्। तपाईंको स्नेहपूर्ण करूणाले हामीलाई बचाउनुहोस्।
1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
2 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
3 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
4 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
5 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
6 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
7 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
8 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
9 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
10 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
11 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
12 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
13 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
14 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
15 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
16 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
17 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
18 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
19 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
20 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
22 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
23 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
24 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
25 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
26 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
27 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.