诗篇 31
31:1 耶和华啊，我投靠你，
求你使我永不羞愧，
凭你的公义搭救我。
31:2 求你侧耳而听，
快快救我！
作我坚固的磐石，
拯救我的保障。
31:3 因为你是我的岩石，我的山寨，
所以求你为你名的缘故引导我，指点我。
31:4 求你救我脱离人为我暗设的网罗，
因为你是我的保障。
31:5 我将我的灵魂交在你手里。
耶和华诚实的 神啊，你救赎了我。
31:6 我恨恶那信奉虚无之神的人，
我却倚靠耶和华。
31:7 我要为你的慈爱高兴欢喜，
因为你见过我的困苦，知道我心中的艰难。
31:8 你未曾把我交在仇敌手里；
你使我的脚站在宽阔之处。
31:9 耶和华啊，求你怜恤我，
因为我在急难之中。
我的眼睛因忧愁而干瘪，
连我的身心也不安舒。
31:10 我的生命为愁苦所消耗，
我的年岁为叹息所旷废；
我的力量因我的罪孽衰败，
我的骨头也枯干。
31:11 我因一切敌人成了羞辱，
在我的邻舍跟前更甚；
那认识我的都惧怕我，
在外头看见我的都躲避我。
31:12 我被人忘记，如同死人，无人记念。
我好像破碎的器皿。
31:13 我听见了许多人的谗谤，
四围都是惊吓。
他们一同商议攻击我的时候，
就图谋要害我的性命。
31:14 耶和华啊，我仍旧倚靠你；
我说：“你是我的 神！”
31:15 我终身的事在你手中，
求你救我脱离仇敌的手和那些逼迫我的人。
31:16 求你使你的脸光照仆人，
凭你的慈爱拯救我。
31:17 耶和华啊，求你叫我不至羞愧，
因为我曾呼吁你；
求你使恶人羞愧，
使他们在阴间缄默无声。
31:18 那撒谎的人逞骄傲轻慢，
出狂妄的话攻击义人，
愿他的嘴哑而无言。
31:19 敬畏你、投靠你的人，你为他们所积存的，
在世人面前所施行的恩惠是何等大呢！
31:20 你必把他们藏在你面前的隐密处，
免得遇见人的计谋；
你必暗暗地保守他们在亭子里，
免受口舌的争闹。
31:21 耶和华是应当称颂的！
因为他在坚固城里向我施展奇妙的慈爱。
31:22 至于我，我曾急促地说：
“我从你眼前被隔绝。”
然而，我呼求你的时候，
你仍听我恳求的声音。
31:23 耶和华的圣民哪，你们都要爱他！
耶和华保护诚实人，
足足报应行事骄傲的人。
31:24 凡仰望耶和华的人，
你们都要壮胆，坚固你们的心。
启示录 2:2-5
2:2 我知道你的行为、劳碌、忍耐，也知道你不能容忍恶人。你也曾试验那自称为使徒却不是使徒的，看出他们是假的来。
2:3 你也能忍耐，曾为我的名劳苦，并不乏倦。
2:4 然而，有一件事我要责备你，就是你把起初的爱心离弃了。
2:5 所以应当回想你是从哪里坠落的，并要悔改，行起初所行的事。你若不悔改，我就临到你那里，把你的灯台从原处挪去。
诗篇 139:13-16
139:13 我的肺腑是你所造的。
我在母腹中，你已覆庇我。
139:14 我要称谢你，因我受造奇妙可畏。、
你的作为奇妙，这是我心深知道的。
139:15 我在暗中受造，在地的深处被联络，
那时，我的形体并不向你隐藏。
139:16 我未成形的体质，你的眼早已看见了。
你所定的日子，我尚未度一日（注：或作“我被造的肢体尚未有其一”），
你都写在你的册上了。
以赛亚书 40:11
40:11 他必像牧人牧养自己的羊群，
用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在怀中，
慢慢引导那乳养小羊的。
Psalm 31 (NIV)
1In you, O Lord , I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
2Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
3Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
5Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord , the God of truth.
6I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord .
7I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
8You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
9Be merciful to me, O Lord , for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.
10My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.
11Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends- those who see me on the street flee from me.
12I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.
14But I trust in you, O Lord ; I say, “You are my God.”
15My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
16Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
17Let me not be put to shame, O Lord , for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave.
18Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.
20In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.
21Praise be to the Lord , for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.
22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
23Love the Lord , all his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.
24Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Revelation 2:2-5 (NIV)
2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
3You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
5Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Psalm 139:13-16 (NIV)
13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Matthew 9:36 (NIV)
36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Isaiah 40:11 (NIV)
He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.