第71章
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* 第 71 篇
* 老年人的祈祷
* 诗71:1 耶和华啊，我投靠你；求你叫我永不羞愧！
* 老年人的祈祷
* 诗71:1 耶和华啊，我投靠你；求你叫我永不羞愧！
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*In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
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* 诗71:2 求你凭你的公义搭救我，救拔我；侧耳听我，拯救我！
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*Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
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* 诗71:3 求你作我常住的磐石；你已经命定要救我，因为你是我的岩石，我的山寨。
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*Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
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* 诗71:4 我的上帝啊，求你救我脱离恶人的手，脱离不义和残暴之人的手。
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*Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
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* 诗71:5 主耶和华啊，你是我所盼望的；从我年幼，你是我所倚靠的。
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*For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
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* 诗71:6 我从出母胎被你扶持；使我出母腹的是你。我必常常赞美你！
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*By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
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* 诗71:7 许多人以我为怪，但你是我坚固的避难所。
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*I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
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* 诗71:8 你的赞美，你的荣耀终日必满了我的口。
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*Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
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* 诗71:9 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！
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*Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
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* 诗71:10 我的仇敌议论我；那些窥探要害我命的彼此商议，
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*For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
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* 诗71:11 说：上帝已经离弃他；我们追赶他，捉拿他吧！因为没有人搭救。
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*Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
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* 诗71:12 上帝啊，求你不要远离我！我的上帝啊，求你速速帮助我！
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*O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
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* 诗71:13 愿那与我性命为敌的，羞愧被灭；愿那谋害我的，受辱蒙羞。
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*Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
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* 诗71:14 我却要常常盼望，并要越发赞美你。
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*But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
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* 诗71:15 我的口终日要述说你的公义和你的救恩，因我不计其数。
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*My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
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* 诗71:16 我要来说主耶和华大能的事；我单要提说你的公义。
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*I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
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* 诗71:17 上帝啊，自我年幼时，你就教训我；直到如今，我传扬你奇妙的作为。
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*O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
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* 诗71:18 上帝啊，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。
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*Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
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* 诗71:19 上帝啊，你的公义甚高；行过大事的上帝啊，谁能像你！
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*Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
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* 诗71:20 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。
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*Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
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* 诗71:21 求你使我越发昌大，又转来安慰我。
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*Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
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* 诗71:22 我的上帝啊，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！
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*I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
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* 诗71:23 我歌颂你的时候，我的嘴唇和你所赎我的灵魂都必欢呼；
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*My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
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* 诗71:24 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。
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*My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.