102:1 O Jehovah, hear my prayer; And let my cry come unto You.
耶和华阿,求你听我的祷告;愿我的呼求达到你那里。
102:2 Do not hide Your face from me On the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call out, answer me quickly.
我在急难的日子,求你不要向我掩面;求你向我侧耳;我呼求的日子,求你快快应允我。
102:3 For my days are consumed in smoke, And my bones burn like a hearth.
因为我的年日如烟消逝,我的骨头如柴烧焦。
102:4 My heart is stricken like grass and dried up; Indeed I have even forgotten to eat my bread.
我的心被击打,如草枯干,甚至我忘记吃饭。
102:5 Because of the voice of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.
因我唉哼的声音,我的骨头紧贴着肉。
102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the desolate places.
我如同旷野的鹈鹕;我好像荒场的鸱鸮。
102:7 I watch, and I am like A lone sparrow on a housetop.
我儆醒不睡,就像房顶上孤单的麻雀。
102:8 All day long my enemies reproach me; Those who deride me use me as a curse.
我的仇敌终日辱骂我;向我猖狂的人,指着我赌咒。
102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, And have mixed my drink with weeping,
我吃过炉灰,如同吃饭,用眼泪与我所喝的搀和。
102:10 Because of Your indignation and Your wrath; For You have taken me up and cast me away.
这都因你的恼恨和忿怒;因你把我拾起,又把我抛去。
102:11 My days are like a shadow that declines, And I am dried up like grass.
我的年日如日影偏斜;我也如草枯干。
102:12 But You, O Jehovah, abide forever; And Your memorial is from generation to generation.
耶和华阿,你却永远长存;你可记念的名,也存到万代。
102:13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, For it is time to be gracious to her; the appointed time has come.
你必起来怜恤锡安,因现在是恩待她的时候;所定的日期已经到了。
102:14 For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her soil.
你的仆人原来喜悦她的石头,恩待她的尘土。
102:15 And the nations will fear the name of Jehovah, And all the kings of the earth, Your glory;
列国要敬畏耶和华的名,地上诸王都要敬畏你的荣耀;
102:16 For Jehovah has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
因为耶和华建造了锡安,在祂荣耀里显现了。
102:17 He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.
祂垂顾穷乏人的祷告,并不藐视。
102:18 This will be written for a generation to come, And a people to be created will praise Jehovah.
这必为后代的人记下,将来受造的民要赞美耶和华。
102:19 For He has looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven Jehovah beheld the earth,
因为祂已从至高的圣所俯视;耶和华从天向地观看,
102:20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To release those appointed to die;
要垂听被囚之人的叹息,释放那些命定要死的人;
102:21 That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, And His praise, in Jerusalem,
使人在锡安传述耶和华的名,在耶路撒冷传述赞美祂的话;
102:22 When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Jehovah.
就是在众民和列国一同聚集,事奉耶和华的时候。
102:23 He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days.
祂使我的力量中途衰弱,使我的年日短少。
102:24 I said, My God, Do not take me away in the middle of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.
我说,我的神阿,不要在我中年把我提去;你的年数世世无穷。
102:25 Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
你起初立了地的根基,诸天也是你手的工作。
102:26 They will perish, but You endure; Indeed all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them, And they will be changed.
天地都要灭没,你却长存;天地都要像衣服渐渐旧了;你要将天地如衣裳更换,天地就改变了。
102:27 But You are the same, And Your years are without end.
惟有你仍是一样,你的年数也没有穷尽。
102:28 The children of Your servants will continue, And their seed will be established before You.