第40章
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* 第 40 篇
* 颂赞之歌
* 大卫的诗，交与伶长
* 诗40:1 我曾耐性等候耶和华；他垂听我的呼求。
* 颂赞之歌
* 大卫的诗，交与伶长
* 诗40:1 我曾耐性等候耶和华；他垂听我的呼求。
§2
*I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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* 诗40:2 他从祸坑里，从淤泥中，把我拉上来，使我的脚立在磐石上，使我脚步稳当。
§4
*He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
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* 诗40:3 他使我口唱新歌，就是赞美我们上帝的话。许多人必看见而惧怕，并要倚靠耶和华。
§6
*And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
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* 诗40:4 那倚靠耶和华、不理会狂傲和偏向虚假之辈的，这人便为有福！
§8
*Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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* 诗40:5 耶和华我的上帝啊，你所行的奇事，并你向我们所怀的意念甚多，不能向你陈明；若要陈明，其事不可胜数。
§10
*Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
§11
* 诗40:6 祭物和礼物，你不喜悦；你已经开通我的耳朵。燔祭和赎罪祭非你所要。
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*Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
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* 诗40:7 那时我说：看哪，我来了！我的事在经卷上已经记载了。
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*Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
§15
* 诗40:8 我的上帝啊，我乐意照你的旨意行；你的律法在我心里。
§16
*I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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* 诗40:9 我在大会中宣传公义的佳音；我必不止住我的嘴唇。耶和华啊，这是你所知道的。
§18
*I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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* 诗40:10 我未曾把你的公义藏在心里；我已陈明你的信实和你的救恩；我在大会中未曾隐瞒你的慈爱和诚实。
§20
*I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
§21
* 诗40:11 耶和华啊，求你不要向我止住你的慈悲！愿你的慈爱和诚实常常保佑我！
§22
*Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
§23
* 求助的祷告
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* 诗40:12 因有无数的祸患围困我，我的罪孽追上了我，使我不能昂首；这罪孽比我的头发还多，我就心寒胆战。
§25
*For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
§26
* 诗40:13 耶和华啊，求你开恩搭救我！耶和华啊，求你速速帮助我！
§27
*Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
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* 诗40:14 愿那些寻找我、要灭我命的，一同抱愧蒙羞！愿那些喜悦我受害的，退后受辱！
§29
*Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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* 诗40:15 愿那些对我说阿哈、阿哈的，因羞愧而败亡！
§31
*Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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* 诗40:16 愿一切寻求你的，因你高兴欢喜！愿那些喜爱你救恩的，常说：当尊耶和华为大！
§33
*Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
§34
* 诗40:17 但我是困苦穷乏的，主仍顾念我；你是帮助我的，搭救我的。上帝啊，求你不要耽延！
§35
*But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.