1.求主垂怜祷词 求你,万神之神,怜悯我们,顾念我们,A Prayer for God’s People Have mercy upon us, O Lord, the God of all, and look upon us,
2.使所有的国家都敬畏你。and cause the fear of thee to fall upon all the nations.
3.举起你的手来攻击外邦,显出你的大能。Lift up thy hand against foreign nations and let them see thy might.
4.我们在他们面前已经被分别为圣,如今求你在我们面前通过他们得荣耀;As in us thou hast been sanctified before them, so in them be thou magnified before us;
5.并使他们认识你,像我们知道除了你以外,唯有独一的真神,主啊。and let them know thee, as we have known that there is not God but thee, O Lord.
6.再显神迹,又行奇事,使你的手和你的右臂得荣耀。Show signs anew, and work further wonders; make thy hand and thy right arm glorious.
7.激发你的愤怒,倾泻你的烈怒;毁灭对手,消灭敌人。Rouse thy anger and pour out thy wrath; destroy the adversary and wipe out the enemy.
8.速速使那日子到来,记念所定的日期,任凭人述说你的大能。Hasten the day, and remember the appointed time, and let people recount thy mighty deeds.
9.愿那些幸存的人被烈怒的火焰吞灭,愿那些害你子民的人遭遇毁灭。Let him who survives be consumed in the fiery wrath, and may those who harm thy people meet destruction.
10.打碎敌人诸侯的头,他们说“除我们以外没有别人”Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemy, who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”
11.召集雅各所有的支派,给他们承受产业,像起初一样。Gather all the tribes of Jacob, and give them their inheritance, as at the beginning.
12.求主怜悯你所命名的人,怜悯以色列,因为你曾将他们比作长子。Have mercy, O Lord, upon the people called by thy name, upon Israel, whom thou hast likened to a first-born son.
13.可怜你的圣城耶路撒冷,这是你安息的地方。Have pity on the city of thy sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of thy rest.
14.用你的奇妙作为使锡安充满欢乐,用你的荣耀使你的殿充满。Fill Zion with the celebration of thy wondrous deeds, and thy temple with thy glory.
15.为你起初所创造的作见证,并实现了以你的名义所说的话。Bear witness to those whom thou didst create in the beginning, and fulfil the prophecies spoken in thy name.
16.赏赐那些等待你的,愿你的先知被证明是可靠的。Reward those who wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found trustworthy.
17.求主听从仆人们的祷告,像亚伦为你的百姓所说的福气一样,地上所有的人都要知道你是主,是永在的神。Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron for thy people, and all who are on the earth will know that thou art the Lord, the God of the ages.
18.关于辨别能力 胃可以接受任何食物,但一种食物比另一种食物更好。Concerning Discrimination The stomach will take any food, yet one food is better than another.
19.口尝各种野味,聪明人能辨别虚假的话语。As the palate tastes the kinds of game, so an intelligent mind detects false words.
20.扭曲的心会带来忧患,但有经验的人必然会报应他。A perverse mind will cause grief, but a man of experience will pay him back.
21.女人会接受任何男人,但一个女儿比另一个好。A woman will accept any man, but one daughter is better than another.
22.一个女人的美丽令人心情愉快,胜过一切人的渴望。A woman’s beauty gladdens the countenance, and surpasses every human desire.
23.如果她的话语中充满了仁慈和谦逊,她的丈夫就与其他人不同。If kindness and humility mark her speech, her husband is not like other men.
24.获得妻子的人就获得了最好的财产,一个适合他的帮助者和支持他的柱石。He who acquires a wife gets his best possession, a helper fit for him and a pillar of support.
25.没有围墙的田地就会被人糟蹋,没有妻子的男人就会游荡哀叹Where there is no fence, the property will be plundered; and where there is no wife, a man will wander about and sigh.
26.对于一个从城市到城市跳跃的敏捷小偷,谁会相信他?那么,对于一个没有家的人,夜晚到哪里就住在哪里,谁会相信他?For who will trust a nimble robber that skips from city to city? So who will trust a man that has no home, and lodges wherever night finds him?