第 116 篇
感谢拯救之恩
1我爱耶和华,
因为祂垂听了我的呼求和祷告。
2因为祂垂听我的祈求,
我一生都要向祂祷告。
3死亡的绳索缠绕我,
阴间的恐怖笼罩我,
我被困苦和忧愁淹没。
4于是,我求告耶和华,
说:“耶和华啊,求你拯救我。”
5耶和华仁慈、公义,
我们的上帝充满怜悯。
6耶和华保护心地单纯的人,
危难之时祂救了我。
7我的心啊,再次安宁吧,
因为耶和华恩待你。
8祂救我的性命脱离死亡,
止住我眼中的泪水,
使我双脚免于滑倒。
9我要在世上事奉耶和华。
10我相信,所以才说:
“我受尽了痛苦。”
11我曾惊恐地说:
“人人都说谎。”
12我拿什么报答耶和华赐给我的一切恩惠呢?
13我要为耶和华的拯救之恩而举杯称颂祂的名。
14我要在耶和华的子民面前还我向祂许的愿。
15耶和华的眼目顾惜祂圣民的死亡。
16耶和华啊!我是你的仆人,
是你的仆人,是你婢女的儿子。
你除去了我的锁链。
17我要向你献上感恩祭,
呼求你的名。
18-19我要在耶路撒冷,
在耶和华的殿中,
在耶和华的子民面前还我向祂许的愿。
你们要赞美耶和华!
Psalm 116
1I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
2Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
3The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
4Then I called on the name of the Lord:
‘Lord, save me!’
5The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
6The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
7Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.
8For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
10I trusted in the Lord when I said,
‘I am greatly afflicted’;
11in my alarm I said,
‘Everyone is a liar.’
12What shall I return to the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
13I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
14I will fulfil my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful servants.
16Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.
17I will sacrifice a thank-offering to you
and call on the name of the Lord.
18I will fulfil my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19in the courts of the house of the Lord –
in your midst, Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah