Then I thought,“ Here is what gives me hope. For many years the Most High God showed how powerful he is.

我便说：“这是我的懦弱，但我要追念至高者显出右手之年代。”

我说，至高者右手的能力已改变，这是我的悲哀。

我说，至高者右手的能力已改变，这是我的悲哀。

于是我说：“我感到悲伤的是，至高者已不再彰显大能。”

因此我说：“这是我的忧伤：至高者的右手已经改变了（“至高者的右手已经改变了”或译：“但我要追念至高者显出右手的年代”）！”

我就说：“我痛心的是：至高者右手的能力变了。”

我便說：這是我的懦弱，但我要追念至高者顯出右手之年代。

我說，至高者右手的能力已改變，這是我的悲哀。

我說，至高者右手的能力已改變，這是我的悲哀。

於是我說：「我感到悲傷的是，至高者已不再彰顯大能。」

因此我說：“這是我的憂傷：至高者的右手已經改變了（“至高者的右手已經改變了”或譯：“但我要追念至高者顯出右手的年代”）！”

我便說：『這是我的弱點：以為至高者的右手權能改變了！』

我就說：「我痛心的是：至高者右手的能力變了。」

我曰、此乃我之懦弱、至上者伸右手之年、我宜念之兮、

予也返躬自思、知頃所言、反以自害兮、至上之主、在昔所為、余必思維兮、

我又云、我之災難、今雖如此、而更變苦境、仍在至上主之右手、

聖心詎能變。忘慈而懷怒。

Then I thought,“ To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.

Then I said,“ I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

And I said,“ This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”

So I say,“ I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Then I said,“ It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

And I said,“ This is my anguish; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

And I said, This is my infirmity; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

So I say,“ I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

And I said, This[ is] my infirmity:[ but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.

Then I said,“ I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

Then I thought,“ I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”

I was afraid and said,“ I’ve been cut off from you!” But you heard my cry for your favor. You heard me when I called out to you for help.

“ Lord, your right hand was majestic and powerful. Lord, your right hand destroyed your enemies.

You asked me,‘ Who do you think you are to disagree with my plans? You do not know what you are talking about.’ I spoke about things I didn’t completely understand. I talked about things that were too wonderful for me to know.

Right away the boy’s father cried out,“ I do believe! Help me overcome my unbelief!”

So I say,“ My glory has faded away. My hope in the Lord is gone.”I remember how I suffered and wandered. I remember how bitter my life was.I remember it very well. My spirit is very sad deep down inside me.But here is something else I remember. And it gives me hope.The Lord loves us very much. So we haven’t been completely destroyed. His loving concern never fails.His great love is new every morning. Lord, how faithful you are!

Lord, I know how famous you are. I have great respect for you because of your mighty acts. Do them again for us. Make them known in our time. When you are angry, please have mercy on us.God came from Teman. The Holy One came from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens. His praise filled the earth.His glory was like the sunrise. Rays of light flashed from his mighty hand. His power was hidden there.He sent plagues ahead of him. Sickness followed behind him.When he stood up, the earth shook. When he looked at the nations, they trembled with fear. The age- old mountains crumbled. The ancient hills fell down. But he marches on forever.I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble. The people of Midian were suffering greatly.Lord, were you angry with the rivers? Were you angry with the streams? Were you angry with the Red Sea? You rode your horses and chariots to overcome it.You got your bow ready to use. You asked for many arrows. You broke up the surface of the earth with rivers.The mountains saw you and shook. Floods of water swept by. The sea roared. It lifted its waves high.The sun and moon stood still in the sky. They stopped because your flying arrows flashed by. Your gleaming spear shone like lightning.When you were angry, you marched across the earth. Because of your anger you destroyed the nations.You came out to set your people free. You saved your chosen ones. You crushed Pharaoh, the leader of that evil land of Egypt. You stripped him from head to foot.

Has any god ever tried to take one nation out of another to be his own? Has any god done it by testing his people? Has any god done it with signs and amazing deeds or with war? Has any god reached out his mighty hand and powerful arm? Or has any god shown his people his great and wonderful acts? The Lord your God did all those things for you in Egypt. With your very own eyes you saw him do them.

“ I don’t see any trouble coming on the people of Jacob. I don’t see any suffering in Israel. The Lord their God is with them. The shout of the King is among them.God brought them out of Egypt. They are as strong as a wild ox.

When I was terrified, I said to myself,“ No one tells the truth.”

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

I thought about days gone by. I thought about the years of long ago.