GOD HONOURED
O GOD,
Praise waiteth for thee,
and to render it is my noblest exercise;
This is thy due from all thy creatures,
for all thy works display thy attributes and fulfil thy designs;
The sea, dry land, winter cold, summer heat,
morning light, evening shade are full of thee,
and thou givest me them richly to enjoy.
Thou art King of kings and Lord of lords;
At thy pleasure empires rise and fall;
哦神，我要等候并赞美你，这是我最崇高的行动；
你配得从你所造万物而来的赞美，
你所有的创造都彰显你的属性，实现你的计划；
海洋，旱地，冬天的寒流，夏天的热浪，早晨的光明，夜间的阴影都充满你的同在，
你又把它们丰丰富富赐我享受。
你是万王之王，万主之主；
邦国兴衰都是按照你的美意；
All thy works praise thee and thy saints bless thee; Let me be numbered with thy holy ones,
resemble them in character and condition,
sit with them at Jesus’ feet.
May my religion be always firmly rooted in thy Word,
my understanding divinely informed,
my affections holy and heavenly,
my motives simple and pure,
and my heart never wrong with thee.
Deliver me
from the natural darkness of my own mind,
from the corruptions of my heart,
from the temptations to which I am exposed,
from the daily snares that attend me.
你所做的工赞美你，你的圣徒称颂你，
求你让我与你的圣者同列，效法他们的品格和光景，
与他们一同坐在耶稣脚前。
愿我的信心总是坚固扎根在你的话语中，
愿我的心思得到上帝的启示，
愿我的情感圣洁属天，
愿我的动机单一纯洁，
愿我的心永远不得罪你。
求你拯救我，
救我脱离我自己心思本性的黑暗，
救我脱离我内心的败坏，
救我脱离我所遇见的试探，
救我脱离每日跟随我的网罗。
I am in constant danger while I am in this life;
Let thy watchful eye ever be upon me for my defence,
Save me from the power of my worldly and spiritual enemies
and from all painful evils to which I have exposed myself.
Until the day of life dawns above
let there be unrestrained fellowship with Jesus;
Until fruition comes,
may I enjoy the earnest of my inheritance and the firstfruits of the Spirit;
Until I finish my course with joy
may I pursue it with diligence,
in every part display the resources of the Christian,
and adorn the doctrine of thee my God in all things.
我今生不断身处危险当中，
愿你守望的眼睛总是看过，做我的护卫，
求你拯救我脱离我世俗仇敌和属灵仇敌的权势，
脱离我自己所落入的一切痛苦的罪恶，
帮助我，使我与基督的相交不受限制，
直到生命的日子从其上发出晨光。
求你使我热切于所承受的属天产业，以及圣灵初结的果子，
直到我全然结果；
求你使我能殷勤追求在每一方面都显出基督徒的本色，
在万事上称谢我神你的教训，
直到我欢喜走完此生的道路。
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