Capítulo 116

¹I love the LORD, because He hears My voice [and] my supplications.

¹我愛耶和華，因為他聽了我的聲音和我的懇求。

²Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call [upon Him] as long as I live.

²他既向我側耳，我一生要求告他。

³The cords of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

³死亡的繩索纏繞我；陰間的痛苦抓住我；我遭遇患難愁苦。

⁴Then I called upon the name of the LORD: 'O LORD, I beseech You, save my life!'

⁴那時，我便求告耶和華的名，說：耶和華啊，求你救我的靈魂！

⁵Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

⁵耶和華有恩惠，有公義；我們的神以憐憫為懷。

⁶The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

⁶耶和華保護愚人；我落到卑微的地步，他救了我。

⁷Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

⁷我的心哪！你要仍歸安樂，因為耶和華用厚恩待你。

⁸For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

⁸主啊，你救我的命免了死亡，救我的眼免了流淚，救我的腳免了跌倒。

⁹I shall walk before the LORD In the land of the living.

⁹我要在耶和華面前行活人之路。

¹⁰I believed when I said, 'I am greatly afflicted.'

¹⁰我因信，所以如此說話；我受了極大的困苦。

¹¹I said in my alarm, 'All men are liars.'

¹¹我曾急促地說：人都是說謊的！

¹²What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me?

¹²我拿甚麼報答耶和華向我所賜的一切厚恩？

¹³I shall lift up the cup of salvation And call upon the name of the LORD.

¹³我要舉起救恩的杯，稱揚耶和華的名。

¹⁴I shall pay my vows to the LORD, Oh [may it be] in the presence of all His people.

¹⁴我要在他眾民面前向耶和華還我的願。

¹⁵Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones.

¹⁵在耶和華眼中，看聖民之死極為寶貴。

¹⁶O LORD, surely I am Your servant, I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid, You have loosed my bonds.

¹⁶耶和華啊，我真是你的僕人；我是你的僕人，是你婢女的兒子。你已經解開我的綁索。

¹⁷To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the LORD.

¹⁷我要以感謝為祭獻給你，又要求告耶和華的名。

¹⁸I shall pay my vows to the LORD, Oh [may it be] in the presence of all His people,

¹⁸我要在他眾民面前，在耶和華殿的院內，在耶路撒冷當中，向耶和華還我的願。你們要讚美耶和華！

¹⁹In the courts of the LORD'S house, In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

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