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 耶和華啊，求你聽我的禱告， 容我的呼求達到你面前！

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 我在急難的日子，求你向我側耳； 不要向我掩面！ 我呼求的日子，求你快快應允我！

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

3 因為，我的年日如煙雲消滅； 我的骨頭如火把燒着。

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

4 我的心被傷，如草枯乾， 甚至我忘記吃飯。

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

5 因我唉哼的聲音， 我的肉緊貼骨頭。

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

6 我如同曠野的鵜鶘； 我好像荒場的鴞鳥。

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

7 我警醒不睡； 我像房頂上孤單的麻雀。

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

8 我的仇敵終日辱罵我； 向我猖狂的人指着我賭咒。

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

9 我吃過爐灰，如同吃飯； 我所喝的與眼淚攙雜。

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

10 這都因你的惱恨和忿怒； 你把我拾起來，又把我摔下去。

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

11 我的年日如日影偏斜； 我也如草枯乾。

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

12 惟你－耶和華必存到永遠； 你可記念的名也存到萬代。

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

13 你必起來憐恤錫安， 因現在是可憐她的時候， 日期已經到了。

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

14 你的僕人原來喜悅她的石頭， 可憐她的塵土。

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

15 列國要敬畏耶和華的名； 世上諸王都敬畏你的榮耀。

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

16 因為耶和華建造了錫安， 在他榮耀裏顯現。

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

17 他垂聽窮人的禱告， 並不藐視他們的祈求。

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

18 這必為後代的人記下， 將來受造的民要讚美耶和華。

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

19 因為，他從至高的聖所垂看； 耶和華從天向地觀察，

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

20 要垂聽被囚之人的歎息， 要釋放將要死的人，

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

21 使人在錫安傳揚耶和華的名， 在耶路撒冷傳揚讚美他的話，

22 when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

22 就是在萬民和列國 聚會事奉耶和華的時候。

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

23 他使我的力量中道衰弱， 使我的年日短少。

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

24 我說：我的上帝啊， 不要使我中年去世。 你的年數世世無窮！

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

25 你起初立了地的根基； 天也是你手所造的。

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 天地都要滅沒，你卻要長存； 天地都要如外衣漸漸舊了。 你要將天地如裏衣更換， 天地就都改變了。

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

27 惟有你永不改變； 你的年數沒有窮盡。

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

28 你僕人的子孫要長存； 他們的後裔要堅立在你面前。