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自幼恃主求其扶助

71 耶和华啊,我投靠你,求你叫我永不羞愧。
求你凭你的公义搭救我,救拔我;侧耳听我,拯救我。
求你做我常住的磐石,你已经命定要救我,因为你是我的岩石,我的山寨。
我的神啊,求你救我脱离恶人的手,脱离不义和残暴之人的手。
主耶和华啊,你是我所盼望的,从我年幼你是我所倚靠的。
我从出母胎被你扶持,使我出母腹的是你,我必常常赞美你。
许多人以我为怪,但你是我坚固的避难所。
你的赞美,你的荣耀,终日必满了我的口。
我年老的时候,求你不要丢弃我;我力气衰弱的时候,求你不要离弃我。
10 我的仇敌议论我,那些窥探要害我命的彼此商议,
11 说:“神已经离弃他,我们追赶他,捉拿他吧!因为没有人搭救。”
12 神啊,求你不要远离我!我的神啊,求你速速帮助我!
13 愿那与我性命为敌的羞愧被灭,愿那谋害我的受辱蒙羞。

述其公义救恩大能奇行

14 我却要常常盼望,并要越发赞美你。

15 我的口终日要述说你的公义和你的救恩,因我不计其数。
16 我要来说主耶和华大能的事,我单要提说你的公义。
17 神啊,自我年幼时你就教训我,直到如今我传扬你奇妙的作为。
18 神啊,我到年老发白的时候,求你不要离弃我,等我将你的能力指示下代,将你的大能指示后世的人。
19 神啊,你的公义甚高;行过大事的神啊,谁能像你?
20 你是叫我们多经历重大急难的,必使我们复活,从地的深处救上来。
21 求你使我越发昌大,又转来安慰我。
22 我的神啊,我要鼓瑟称赞你,称赞你的诚实!以色列的圣者啊,我要弹琴歌颂你!
23 我歌颂你的时候,我的嘴唇和你所赎我的灵魂都必欢呼。
24 并且我的舌头必终日讲论你的公义,因为那些谋害我的人已经蒙羞受辱了。

一个老年人的祈祷

71 耶和华啊,我投靠了你,
求你使我永不蒙羞。
求你凭公义搭救我,
侧耳听我的恳求,拯救我。
求你成为保护我的磐石,
让我可以随时投靠你。
求你下令救我,
因为你是我的磐石和堡垒。
我的上帝啊,
求你从恶人手中拯救我,
从邪恶、残暴之徒掌下拯救我。
主耶和华啊,你是我的盼望,
我从小就信靠你。
你使我出了母胎,
我从出生就依靠你,
我要永远赞美你。
我的遭遇使许多人感到惊骇,
但你是我坚固的避难所。
我口中充满对你的赞美,
终日述说你的荣耀。
我年老时,求你不要丢弃我;
我体力衰微时,求你不要离弃我。
10 我的仇敌议论我,
那些想杀害我的一起策划阴谋,说:
11 “上帝已经丢弃了他。
去追赶、捉拿他吧,
因为无人会救他。”

12 上帝啊,不要远离我;
我的上帝啊,求你快来帮助我!
13 愿我的仇敌在羞辱中灭亡,
愿那些害我的人抱愧蒙羞。
14 我必常常心怀盼望,
向你献上更多的赞美。
15 虽然我无法测度你的公义和拯救之恩,
但我要终日传扬你的作为。
16 主耶和华啊,
我要传扬你大能的作为,
单单述说你的公义。
17 上帝啊,
我从小就受你的教导,
直到今日我仍传扬你奇妙的作为。
18 上帝啊,
就是我年老发白的时候,
求你也不要丢弃我,
好让我把你的大能告诉下一代,世代相传。
19 上帝啊,你的公义高达穹苍,
你成就了奇妙大事。
上帝啊,有谁能像你?
20 你使我经历了许多患难,
最终必使我重获新生,
救我脱离死亡的深渊。
21 你必赐我更大的尊荣,
你必再次安慰我。
22 我的上帝啊,
我要弹琴赞美你的信实;
以色列的圣者啊,
我要伴随着琴声赞美你。
23 你救赎了我的灵魂,
我的口和灵魂都要欢呼歌颂你。
24 我要终日向人述说你的公义,
因为那些想害我的人已经蒙羞受辱。

A song for old age

71 Lord, I have come to you to keep me safe.
    Never let me become ashamed.
You always do what is right,
    so please rescue me!
Listen to me, and come to save me!
Be a rock where I can hide.
    Be a strong place where I can be safe.
You are my high rock and my strong, safe place.
My God, save me from the power of wicked people,
    so that those cruel people cannot catch me.
My Lord, I trust you to help me.
I have trusted in you, Lord,
    since I was young.
Since I was born,
    you have been there to help me.
You have taken care of me
    since my mother gave birth to me.
So I will always praise you!
When people see me,
    they see trouble!
But you are a strong place to keep me safe.
I can never stop praising you!
All the time, I speak about your glory!
Do not chase me away when I am old.
When I am no longer strong,
    do not turn away from me.[a]
10 For my enemies say things against me.
    They think of ways that they can kill me.
11 They say, ‘God has turned away from him.
Run after him and catch him,
    for nobody will rescue him.’
12 God, do not stay far away from me.
    My God, come quickly to help me!
13 Make my enemies become completely ashamed.
They speak against me and they want to hurt me.
    So let them fall with great shame!
14 But as for me, I will always wait for you to help me.
    I will continue to praise you more and more.
15 I will tell people that you always do what is right.
I will always speak about your power to save people.
But you have done more than I will ever know about!
16 I will tell about the great things that you have done,
    Almighty Lord.
I will tell everyone that you are righteous.
    You, only you, are righteous.
17 God, you have taught me since I was young.
I still tell people about the great things that you have done.
18 And even when I am old and my hair is grey,
    do not turn away from me, God.
I need to tell the people still to be born
    about your great strength.
My descendants need to know about your power.
19 Your justice reaches beyond the sky above!
You have done such great things, God.
    There is nobody like you!
20 You have caused me to have many bad troubles.
    But you will make my life strong again.
You will lift me back out
    from this deep hole under the earth.[b]
21 You will make me great again,
    so that people respect me.
You will turn back to me,
    so that I feel strong.
22 I will pick up my harp
    and I will sing to thank you.
I will praise you, my God,
    because you do what you promise.
I will sing to praise you, the Holy One of Israel,
    with the music of a lyre.[c]
23 I will shout aloud with joy,
    as I praise you with music!
I will sing songs to praise you,
    because you have rescued me.
24 I will talk about your justice all the time.
The people who want to hurt me
    will become confused and ashamed.

Footnotes

  1. 71:9 When the writer is old, he wants God to continue to be with him.
  2. 71:20 This means that the writer thought that he was near to death.
  3. 71:22 The ‘Holy One of Israel’ is a name for God. He is the God that the Israelites worshipped.