Psalms 102

1 A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

1 耶和华啊，求你听我的祷告， 愿我的呼求达到你面前！

2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

2 我在危难的时候， 求你不要掩面不理我。 我的呼求的时候，求你垂听， 赶快应允我。

3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

3 我的年日如烟消散， 我的骨头如火焚烧。

4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

4 我的心被摧残，如草枯萎， 以致我不思饮食。

5 Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

5 我因哀叹而瘦骨嶙峋。

6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

6 我就像旷野中的鸮鸟， 又像废墟中的猫头鹰。

7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

7 我无法入睡， 我就像屋顶上一只孤伶伶的麻雀。

8 All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

8 我的仇敌终日辱骂我， 嘲笑我的用我的名字咒诅人。

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

9 我以炉灰为食物， 眼泪拌着水喝，

10 because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

10 因为你向我大发烈怒， 把我捡起来扔掉了。

11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

11 我的年日像黄昏的影子， 又如枯干的草芥。

12 But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

12 耶和华啊！唯有你永远做王， 你的大名万代长存。

13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

13 你必起来怜悯锡安， 因为该恩待她了，时候已到。

14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

14 你的仆人们喜爱城中的石头， 怜惜城中的尘土。

15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

15 列国敬畏耶和华的名， 世上的君王都敬畏祂的荣耀。

16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

16 因为耶和华必重建锡安， 带着荣耀显现。

17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

17 祂必垂听穷人的祷告， 不藐视他们的祈求。

18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

18 要为后代记下这一切， 好让将来受造的人赞美耶和华。

19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

19 耶和华从至高的圣所俯视人间， 从天上察看大地，

20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

20 要垂听被囚之人的哀叹， 释放被定死罪的人。

21 that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

21–22 这样，万族万国聚集敬拜 耶和华时， 人们必在锡安传扬祂的名， 在耶路撒冷赞美祂。

22 when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

23 He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

23 祂使我未老先衰， 缩短了我的岁月。

24 I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

24 我说：“我的上帝啊， 你世代长存， 求你不要叫我中年早逝。

25 In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

25 太初你奠立大地的根基， 亲手创造诸天。

26 They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

26 天地都要消亡， 但你永远长存。 天地都会像外衣渐渐破旧， 你必更换天地，如同更换衣服， 天地都要消逝。

27 But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

27 但你永远不变， 你的年日永无穷尽。

28 The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

28 你仆人的后代必生生不息， 他们的子孙必在你面前坚立。”