भजनसंग्रह 103
1 मेरो आत्मा, परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर! प्रत्येक मेरो अङ्गले उहाँको पवित्र नाउँको गुण-गान गर्दछ।
2 हे मेरो आत्मा, परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर अनि नबिर्सि कि उहाँ नै वास्तवमा कृपालु हुनुहुन्छ।
3 परमेश्वरले हाम्रा सारा पापहरू क्षमा गरिदिनु हुन्छ। उहाँले हाम्रा सारा रोगहरू निको पारिदिनु हुन्छ।
4 परमेश्वरले चिहानबाट हाम्रो जीवन बचाँउनु हुन्छ अनि हामीलाई उहाँले प्रेम र दया गर्नुहुन्छ।
5 परमेश्वरले हामीलाई प्रशस्त राम्रा कुराहरू दिनुहुन्छ। उहाँले हाम्रो जवानीलाई गरूड जस्तो नयाँ तुल्याउनुहुन्छा।
6 परमप्रभु निष्पक्ष हुनुहुन्छ, परमेश्वरले मानिसहरू प्रति न्याय ल्याउनु हुन्छ, जुन अन्य मानिसहरूबाट प्रतिघात भएको छ।
7 परमेश्वरले आफ्ना विधिहरू बारे मोशालाई बताउनु भयो। परमेश्वरले उहाँको शक्तिशाली कामहरू इस्राएल का मानिसहरूलाई देखाउनु भयो।
8 परमप्रभु अनुग्रही र करूणामय हुनुहुन्छ। परमेश्वर संवेदनशील र मायालु हुनुहुन्छ।
9 परमप्रभुले सधैं आलोचना गर्नु हुन्न परमप्रभु सधैं हामीसँग क्रोधित भएर बस्नु हुन्न।
10 हामीले परमेश्वरको विरूद्ध पाप गर्यौ। तर उहाँले हामीलाई कुनै प्रकारको दण्ड दिनु भएन जसको लागि हामी योग्य थियौं।
11 परमेश्वरको प्रेम आफ्ना भक्तजनहरूमा पृथ्वीदेखि आकाशको उचाई जस्तै अग्लो छ।
12 अनि परमेश्वरले हाम्रो पापहरू पूर्व र पश्चिम टाढा-टाढा रहे जस्तो टाढो राखि दिनुभयो।
13 परमप्रभु आफ्ना भक्तजनहरूसंग त्यस्तो स्नेही हुनुहुन्छ जसरी एक पिता आफ्ना छोरा-छोरीहरूसँग हुन्छ।
14 परमेश्वरले हाम्रो बारेमा सबै कुराहरू जान्नुहुन्छ, हामी धूलाका कणहरूबाट बनिएका हौं भनेर परमेश्वर जान्नुहुन्छ।
15 हाम्रो जीवन छोटो छ भनेर उहाँले जान्नुहुन्छ। हाम्रो जीवन घाँस जस्तै हो भन्ने कुरा पनि जान्नुहुन्छ।
16 परमेश्वर जान्नुहुन्छ हामीहरू जङ्गली फूलहरू जस्तै हौं। जुन फूलहरू छिट्टै हुर्किन्छन्। त्यसपछि तातो बतासको झोका आएर मर्छन। झट्टै तिमी भन्न सक्दैनौ कि फूल कहाँ फुलिरहेथ्यो।
17 तर परमप्रभुले आफ्ना भक्तजनहरूलाई सधैं माया गर्नुभयो अनि उहाँले आफ्ना भक्तजनहरूलाई अनवरत प्रेम गर्नुहुन्छ। परमेश्वरको धार्मिकता तिनीहरूका छोरा-नातिमाथि अनन्तदेखि अनन्तसम्म रहन्छ।
18 परमेश्वर ती मानिसहरूका लागि असल हुनुहुन्छ जसले उहाँको करार पालन गर्छ। परमेश्वर ती मानिसहरूका लागि असल हुनुहुन्छ जसले उहाँको आदेश पालन गर्छन्।
19 परमेश्वरको सिंहासन स्वर्गमा छ। अनि उहाँले सबै थोकमा शासन गर्नुहुन्छ।
20 हे स्वर्गदूतहरू, परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर। तिमीहरू शक्तिशाली सिपाहीहरू हौ जसले उहाँको आज्ञा पालन गर्छन्। तिमीहरू ध्यानपूर्वक उहाँका कुराहरू सुन्छौ अनि आज्ञाहरू पालन गर्छौ।
21 हे उहाँका सबै सिपाहीहरू! परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर। तिमीहरू उहाँको दासहरू हौ। जो परमप्रभुले इच्छा गर्नुहुन्छ तिमीहरू त्यही काम गर्दछौ।
22 परमप्रभुले प्रत्येक थोक प्रत्येक ठाउँमा बनाउनु भयो। परमेश्वरले प्रत्येक ठाउँमा भएका सबै थोकहरूमा राज गर्नु हुन्छ, अनि ती सबै थोकहरूले परमप्रभुको गुण-गाऊनु पर्छ! हे मेरो प्राण परमप्रभुको गुण-गान गर!
1 A Psalm of David.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
3 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
4 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
5 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
6 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
7 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
8 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
9 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
10 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
11 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
12 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
13 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
14 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
15 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
16 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
17 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
18 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
19 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
20 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
21 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
22 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
23 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
19 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.