1 (困苦人发昏的时候,在耶和华面前吐露苦情的祷告。)耶和华阿,求你听我的祷告,容我的呼求达到你面前。 A prayer of an afflicted man. When he is faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come to you. |
2 我在急难的日子,求你向我侧耳,不要向我掩面。我呼求的日子,求你快快应允我。 Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. |
3 因为,我的年日如烟云消灭,我的骨头,如火把烧着。 For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers. |
4 我的心被伤,如草枯干,甚至我忘记吃饭。 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food. |
5 因我唉哼的声音,我的肉紧贴骨头。 Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones. |
6 我如同旷野的鹈鹕。我好像荒场的鸮鸟。 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. |
7 我儆醒不睡。我像房顶上孤单的麻雀。 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof. |
8 我的仇敌终日辱骂我。向我猖狂的人指着我赌咒。 All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse. |
9 我吃过炉灰,如同吃饭。我所喝的与眼泪搀杂。 For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears |
10 这都因你的恼恨和忿怒。你把我拾起来,又把我摔下去。 because of your great wrath, for you have taken me up and thrown me aside. |
11 我的年日,如日影偏斜。我也如草枯干。 My days are like the evening shadow; I wither away like grass. |
12 惟你耶和华必存到永远。你可记念的名,也存到万代。 But you, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations. |
13 你必起来怜恤锡安,因现在是可怜她的时候。日期已经到了。 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. |
14 你的仆人原来喜悦她的石头,可怜她的尘土。 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. |
15 列国要敬畏耶和华的名。世上诸王都敬畏你的荣耀。 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. |
16 因为耶和华建造了锡安,在他荣耀里显现。 For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. |
17 他垂听穷人的祷告,并不藐视他们的祈求。 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. |
18 这必为后代的人记下。将来受造的民,要赞美耶和华。 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: |
19 因为他从至高的圣所垂看。耶和华从天向地观察。 "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, |
20 要垂听被囚之人的叹息。要释放将要死的人。 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." |
21 使人在锡安传扬耶和华的名,在耶路撒冷传扬赞美他的话。 So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem |
22 就是在万民和列国聚会事奉耶和华的时候。 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD. |
23 他使我的力量,中道衰弱,使我的年日短少。 In the course of my life he broke my strength; he cut short my days. |
24 我说,我的神阿,不要使我中年去世。你的年数世世无穷。 So I said: "Do not take me away, O my God, in the midst of my days; your years go on through all generations. |
25 你起初立了地的根基。天也是你手所造的。 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. |
26 天地都要灭没,你却要长存。天地都要如外衣渐渐旧了。你要将天地如里衣更换,天地就改变了。 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. |
27 惟有你永不改变。你的年数,没有穷尽。 But you remain the same, and your years will never end. |
28 你仆人的子孙要长存。他们的后裔,要坚立在你面前。 The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you." |