因為主雖使人受苦，還要照他豐盛的堅愛施憐憫。

主虽使人忧愁，还要照他诸般的慈爱发怜悯。

他虽使人忧愁，还要照他丰盛的慈爱施怜悯；

他虽使人忧愁，还要照他丰盛的慈爱施怜悯；

主尽管使人忧伤，祂依然怜悯人，因为祂有无限的慈爱。

他虽然使人忧愁，却必照着他丰盛的慈爱施怜悯。

主雖使人憂愁，還要照他諸般的慈愛發憐憫。

他雖使人憂愁，還要照他豐盛的慈愛施憐憫；

他雖使人憂愁，還要照他豐盛的慈愛施憐憫；

主儘管使人憂傷，祂依然憐憫人，因為祂有無限的慈愛。

他雖然使人憂愁，卻必照著他豐盛的慈愛施憐憫。

雖使人憂戚、尚循其慈惠之富、而加矜恤兮、

雖令人懷憂、必加矜恤、仁澤靡涯兮、

雖使人懷憂、必憑大仁慈、加以矜恤、

Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.

He might bring suffering. But he will also show loving concern. How great his faithful love is!

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.

Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love.

For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion In proportion to His abundant mercy.

Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love.

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

以法蓮哪，我怎能捨棄你啊！以色列啊，我怎能把你交出啊！我怎能使你如押瑪！使你如洗扁哪！我的心在我裏面翻轉着，我憐愛之情一直熱起來。

然而他、卻有憐憫；他赦除人的罪孽，而不除滅人；並且屢次使怒氣轉消，不激起一切烈怒。

永恆主多次援救了他們，他們卻計謀着悖逆，就因他們自己的罪罰而被降低。然而他聽見了他們的喊求時，就看到他們於急難中。於是他為了他們的緣故就記起他的約，照他堅愛之豐盛而後悔；

永恆主說：『我的人民在埃及的困苦我實在看見了；他們在督工之下所發的哀叫聲、我也聽見了；他們的苦痛、我是知道的。

永恆主的堅愛永不斷絕，他的憐憫永不止息。

那許多日子當中、埃及王死了。以色列人因作苦工而歎息，就哀呼；他們作苦工的呼救聲上達於上帝。

天離地有多麼高，他的堅愛向敬畏他、的也多麼宏大。

但是永恆主卻因他和亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各、所立之約的緣故，仍然恩待以色列人，憐恤他們，垂顧他們、不情願使他們滅絕，所以直到現在還沒有丟掉他們離開自己面前。

以色列人就從他們中間除掉外族人的神，而事奉永恆主；因以色列人所遭遇的患難，永恆主的心就很着急。

因為他的怒氣不過眨眼之間；他的恩悅乃在我一生之久：夜間雖有哭泣來宿，早晨即來了歡呼。

就起來，直向他父親那裏走。還離得遠的時候，他父親看見，就動了憐憫的心，跑去撲在他的脖子上，熱切地和他親嘴。

永恆主發神諭說：以法蓮是我的寶貝兒子麼？是個可喜悅的孩子麼？因為我每逢說了話譴責他，我總還是依依懷念着他。我的心腸熱戀着他；我一定要憐憫他。