Then I said,‘ O Lord, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’

我说：我从你眼前虽被驱逐，我仍要仰望你的圣殿。

我说：‘我从你眼前被驱逐，然而我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’

我说：‘我从你眼前被驱逐，然而我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’

我心想，你已经驱逐我离开你的面，但我要再瞻仰你的圣殿。

我说：‘我虽从你眼前被赶逐，我仍要仰望你的圣殿。’

我说：‘我从你眼前被驱逐了；我却要再次仰望你圣洁的殿！’

我說：我從你眼前雖被驅逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。

我說：『我從你眼前被驅逐，然而我仍要仰望你的聖殿。』

我說：『我從你眼前被驅逐，然而我仍要仰望你的聖殿。』

我心想，你已經驅逐我離開你的面，但我要再瞻仰你的聖殿。

我說：‘我雖從你眼前被趕逐，我仍要仰望你的聖殿。’

我心裏說：「我既被驅逐、離開你眼前，怎能再仰望你的聖殿堂呢？」

我說：『我從你眼前被驅逐了；我卻要再次仰望你聖潔的殿！』

我曰、我自爾目前見擲、然仍瞻望爾之聖殿、

子率爾吐詞、見絕於爾、然余猶望爾之聖殿、

我言雖已絕絕原文作被逐於主之目前、猶有冀望、復得瞻仰主之聖殿、或作我言已絕於主前豈復得瞻仰主之聖殿乎

I said,‘ I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

I said,‘ I have been driven away from you. But I will look again toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’

Then I said,‘ I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’

And I said,“ I have been banished from your sight, yet I will look once more toward your holy temple.”

So I said,‘ I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

Then I said,‘ I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

I said,‘ I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

In panic I cried out,“ I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.

Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house; I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.

If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors— toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—

But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

And I will send you out of my sight into exile, just as I did your relatives, the people of Israel.’

Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins.

Yet Jerusalem says,“ The Lord has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.”

Then he said to me,“ Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying,‘ We have become old, dry bones— all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’

Then the Lord said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn’t help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!

for they will hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,

and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.

If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their enemies and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors— toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—

then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

I said,“ In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”I said,“ Never again will I see the Lord God while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or be with those who live in this world.My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over.Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”

I cry out to God; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me!When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help. InterludeYou don’t let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray!I think of the good old days, long since ended,when my nights were filled with joyful songs. I search my soul and ponder the difference now.Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?