116:1 我愛耶和華，因為他聽了我的聲音和我的懇求。
116:2 他既向我側耳，我一生要求告他。
116:3 死亡的繩索纏繞我；陰間的痛苦抓住我；我遭遇患難愁苦。
116:4 那時，我便求告耶和華的名，說：耶和華啊，求你救我的靈魂！
116:5 耶和華有恩惠，有公義；我們的上帝以憐憫為懷。
116:6 耶和華保護愚人；我落到卑微的地步，他救了我。
116:7 我的心哪！你要仍歸安樂，因為耶和華用厚恩待你。
116:8 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。
116:9 我要在耶和華面前行活人之路。
116:10 我因信，所以如此說話；我受了極大的困苦。
116:11 我曾急促地說：人都是說謊的！
116:12 我拿甚麼報答耶和華向我所賜的一切厚恩？
116:13 我要舉起救恩的杯，稱揚耶和華的名。
116:14 我要在他眾民面前向耶和華還我的願。
116:15 在耶和華眼中，看聖民之死極為寶貴。
116:16 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。
116:17 我要以感謝為祭獻給你，又要求告耶和華的名。
116:18 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！
116:19 【併於上節】
116:2 他既向我側耳，我一生要求告他。
116:3 死亡的繩索纏繞我；陰間的痛苦抓住我；我遭遇患難愁苦。
116:4 那時，我便求告耶和華的名，說：耶和華啊，求你救我的靈魂！
116:5 耶和華有恩惠，有公義；我們的上帝以憐憫為懷。
116:6 耶和華保護愚人；我落到卑微的地步，他救了我。
116:7 我的心哪！你要仍歸安樂，因為耶和華用厚恩待你。
116:8 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。
116:9 我要在耶和華面前行活人之路。
116:10 我因信，所以如此說話；我受了極大的困苦。
116:11 我曾急促地說：人都是說謊的！
116:12 我拿甚麼報答耶和華向我所賜的一切厚恩？
116:13 我要舉起救恩的杯，稱揚耶和華的名。
116:14 我要在他眾民面前向耶和華還我的願。
116:15 在耶和華眼中，看聖民之死極為寶貴。
116:16 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。
116:17 我要以感謝為祭獻給你，又要求告耶和華的名。
116:18 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！
116:19 【併於上節】
1 I
love the Lord, for he heard my
voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
2 Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
he heard my cry for mercy.
2 Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The
cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!”
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!”
5 The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
6 The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
our God is full of compassion.
6 The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
7 Return
to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.
for the Lord has been good to you.
8 For
you, Lord, have delivered me from
death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
10 I
trusted in the Lord when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 in my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”
“I am greatly afflicted”;
11 in my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”
12 What
shall I return to the Lord
for all his goodness to me?
for all his goodness to me?
13 I
will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
and call on the name of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious
in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful servants.
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.
is the death of his faithful servants.
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.
17 I
will sacrifice a thank offering to you
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.
Praise
the Lord.
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詩人經歷上帝的拯救後寫下這首讚美詩！雖然是肉體的生命得著拯救，他更相信上帝必定拯救他的靈魂，因為肉體生命受到威脅，心靈依樣受到壓迫，從內心深處說出真正的盼望：「耶和華啊，求你救我的靈魂！」
沒想到上帝竟然垂聽禱告，不僅拯救肉身不用死亡，更是在內心得著真正的安慰！所以宣告：「我的心哪！你要仍歸安樂，因為耶和華用厚恩待你。」於是向上帝禱告：「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。」也因此下了一個重要的結論：「在耶和華眼中，看聖民之死極為寶貴。」
同樣今日，我們面對自己的肉身的生命有一天會結束時，我們屬乎基督的人也可以永詩人這句話來安慰我們和親朋好友、以及家人的心，我們可以大聲說：「在耶和華眼中，看聖民之死極為寶貴。」
然而我們知道，對基督徒而言，肉身雖然有一天會死亡，但是上帝所賜永生仍然保守我們，使我們雖然要離開世間，卻相信主耶穌必再來，我們要與眾聖徒一同復活進入榮耀境，也就是上帝的國，我們同基督享受上帝兒子的福分，就是與基督同在且做王到永遠！這是美得無比的，每次想到時，都要呼喊：「哈利路亞！」
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