哦 神啊，
将赞美献给您
是我最崇高的行动；
这是您从一切受造物当得的，
因您手所造的显出您的属性，
实现您的设计；
海洋、干地、
冬天的寒流、夏天的热浪、
早晨的光明、夜间的阴影，
满有您的荣美；
您又让我
丰丰富富地享受其中。
您是万王之王
和万主之主；
邦国兴衰
都是照您的美意；
您的工作赞美您，
您的圣徒颂赞您；
就让我与您的圣徒
一起被点数，
有他们的品性与状态，
和他们一起
坐在耶稣脚前。
愿我的信仰
总是根植于您的话语；
愿我的领悟
来自于您神圣的启示，
愿我的情感
圣洁又属天，
愿我的动机
简单又纯净，
愿我的心在与您的关系上
绝不发生错误。
释放我
于我意念的天性黑暗，
于我腐败的心，
于我所暴露的试探，
于我每天所遇的陷阱。
只要活在今生
我就处于危险；
让您警醒的眼在我身上
防护我，
拯救我
于世俗和属灵的仇敌权势下
以及
一切我所面对的
痛苦邪恶中。
让我尽情地
与耶稣团契相交，
直至永生黎明；
让我热切于天上的产业
和圣灵初熟的果子，
直至果实显明；
让我勤奋追求，
凡事彰显信仰之源，
崇敬我主万有之神的教导，
直至以喜乐的心
行完我的路程。
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;
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.
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.
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