भजन संहिता 102
1 हे यहोवा, मेरी प्रार्थना सुन; मेरी दोहाई तुझ तक पहुंचे!
2 मेरे संकट के दिन अपना मुख मुझ से न छिपा ले; अपना कान मेरी ओर लगा; जिस समय मैं पुकारूं, उसी समय फुर्ती से मेरी सुन ले!
3 क्योंकि मेरे दिन धुएं की नाईं उड़े जाते हैं, और मेरी हडि्डयां लुकटी के समान जल गई हैं।
4 मेरा मन झुलसी हुई घास की नाईं सूख गया है; और मैं अपनी रोटी खाना भूल जाता हूं।
5 कराहते कराहते मेरा चमड़ा हडि्डयों में सट गया है।
6 मैं जंगल के धनेश के समान हो गया हूं, मैं उजड़े स्थानों के उल्लू के समान बन गया हूं।
7 मैं पड़ा पड़ा जागता रहता हूं और गौरे के समान हो गया हूं जो छत के ऊपर अकेला बैठता है।
8 मेरे शत्रु लगातार मेरी नामधराई करते हैं, जो मेरे विराध की धुन में बावले हो रहे हैं, वे मेरा नाम लेकर शपथ खाते हैं।
9 क्योंकि मैं ने रोटी की नाईं राख खाई और आंसू मिला कर पानी पीता हूं।
10 यह तेरे क्रोध और कोप के कारण हुआ है, क्योंकि तू ने मुझे उठाया, और फिर फेंक दिया है।
11 मेरी आयु ढलती हुई छाया के समान है; और मैं आप घास की नाईं सूख चला हूं॥
12 परन्तु हे यहोवा, तू सदैव विराजमान रहेगा; और जिस नाम से तेरा स्मरण होता है, वह पीढ़ी से पीढ़ी तक बना रहेगा।
13 तू उठकर सिय्योन पर दया करेगा; क्योंकि उस पर अनुग्रह करने का ठहराया हुआ समय आ पहुंचा है।
14 क्योंकि तेरे दास उसके पत्थरों को चाहते हैं, और उसकी धूलि पर तरस खाते हैं।
15 इसलिये अन्यजातियां यहोवा के नाम का भय मानेंगी, और पृथ्वी के सब राजा तेरे प्रताप से डरेंगे।
16 क्योंकि यहोवा ने सिय्योन को फिर बसाया है, और वह अपनी महिमा के साथ दिखाई देता है;
17 वह लाचार की प्रार्थना की ओर मुंह करता है, और उनकी प्रार्थना को तुच्छ नहीं जानता।
18 यह बात आने वाली पीढ़ी के लिये लिखी जाएगी, और एक जाति जो सिरजी जाएगी वही याह की स्तुति करेगी।
19 क्योंकि यहोवा ने अपने ऊंचे और पवित्र स्थान से दृष्टि करके स्वर्ग से पृथ्वी की ओर देखा है,
20 ताकि बन्धुओं का कराहना सुने, और घात होन वालों के बन्धन खोले;
21 और सिय्योन में यहोवा के नाम का वर्णन किया जाए, और यरूशलेम में उसकी स्तुति की जाए;
22 यह उस समय होगा जब देश देश, और राज्य राज्य के लोग यहोवा की उपासना करने को इकट्ठे होंगे॥
23 उसने मुझे जीवन यात्रा में दु:ख देकर, मेरे बल और आयु को घटाया।
24 मैं ने कहा, हे मेरे ईश्वर, मुझे आधी आयु में न उठा ले, मेरे वर्ष पीढ़ी से पीढ़ी तक बने रहेंगे!
25 आदि में तू ने पृथ्वी की नेव डाली, और आकाश तेरे हाथों का बनाया हुआ है।
26 वह तो नाश होगा, परन्तु तू बना रहेगा; और वह सब कपड़े के समान पुराना हो जाएगा। तू उसको वस्त्र की नाईं बदलेगा, और वह तो बदल जाएगा;
27 परन्तु तू वहीं है, और तेरे वर्षों का अन्त नहीं होने का।
28 तेरे दासों की सन्तान बनी रहेगी; और उनका वंश तेरे साम्हने स्थिर रहेगा॥
1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.
2 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
3 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
4 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
5 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
6 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
7 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
8 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
9 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
10 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
11 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
12 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
13 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
14 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
15 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
16 So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
17 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
18 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
19 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
20 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
21 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
22 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
23 When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.
24 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
25 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
26 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
27 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
28 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
29 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
1 The word of the Lord came unto me again, saying,
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.
10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour’s wife,
12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,
16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.