“ I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

我白日受尽干热，黑夜受尽寒霜，不得合眼睡着，我常是这样。

我常常白日受尽炎热，黑夜受尽寒霜，不得合眼入睡。

我常常白日受尽炎热，黑夜受尽寒霜，不得合眼入睡。

我白天受尽烈日煎熬，晚上饱尝夜露寒霜，不得好睡。

我白天受尽炎热，黑夜受尽寒霜，不能入睡；我经常是这样。

我常常这样：白天受尽炎热，夜间受尽寒霜，不得合眼睡觉。

我白日受盡乾熱，黑夜受盡寒霜，不得合眼睡着，我常是這樣。

我常常白日受盡炎熱，黑夜受盡寒霜，不得合眼入睡。

我常常白日受盡炎熱，黑夜受盡寒霜，不得合眼入睡。

我白天受盡烈日煎熬，晚上飽嚐夜露寒霜，不得好睡。

我白天受盡炎熱，黑夜受盡寒霜，不能入睡；我經常是這樣。

日間炎熱銷磨我，夜裏寒霜侵襲我，合眼睡覺都顧不得：這對我都是常事。

我常常這樣：白天受盡炎熱，夜間受盡寒霜，不得合眼睡覺。

我晝則冒暑、夜則受寒、二目不寐、

我晝則冒暑、夜則受冷、寢寐俱廢。

我晝則當暑、夜則受寒、寢寐俱廢、

This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

And what was my life like? The heat burned me in the daytime. And it was so cold at night that I froze. I couldn’t sleep.

There I was: by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

There I was— the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

This is how I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

There I was! In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.

There I was— the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

[ Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.

This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.

He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob’s descendants— God’s own people, Israel.

“ An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they answered.“ And then he drew water for us and watered our flocks.”“ Then where is he?” their father asked.“ Why did you leave him there? Invite him to come and eat with us.”Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, for he explained,“ I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter replied,“ you know I love you.”“ Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.Jesus repeated the question:“ Simon son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” Peter said,“ you know I love you.”“ Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.A third time he asked him,“ Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third time. He said,“ Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Then feed my sheep.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.

Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly— not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example.And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never ending glory and honor.

That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.

One day Moses was tending the flock of his father in law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.