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      이 복된 기도 시간에      

   Sweet Hour of Prayer

 

1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

That calls me from a world of care,

And bids me at my Father’s throne

Make all my wants and wishes known.

In seasons of distress and grief,

My soul has often found relief,

And oft escaped the tempter’s snare,

By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

 

sweet: 달콤한

hour: 한 시간

prayer: 기도

call: 부르다, 불러내다

care: 염려

bid: ~에게 명하다

throne: 보좌

want: 필요, 원하는 것, 결핍, 부족

wish: 소원, 소망

season: 계절, 시절, 때

distress: 심통, 비탄

grief: 슬픔

soul: 영혼

relief: 경감, 안위, 구조

oft: = often, 자주

escape: 탈출하다

tempter: 유혹자

snare: 덫, 올가미

return: 돌아옴

 

2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

The joys I feel, the bliss I share,

Of those whose anxious spirits burn

With strong desires for thy return!

With such I hasten to the place

Where God my Savior shows His face,

And gladly take my station there,

And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

 

joy: 기쁨

feel: 느끼다

bliss: (더없는 행복), 희열

share: 나누다

anxious: 걱정스러운, 불안한

spirit: 정신, 영(靈), 마음

burn: 태우다

strong: 강한

desire: 소망, 욕망

hasten: 서두르다

savior: 구세주

face: 얼굴

gladly: 기쁘게, 기꺼이

station: 역, 장소, 기도처

wait: 기다리다

 

3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

Thy wings shall my petition bear

To Him whose truth and faithfulness

Engage the waiting soul to bless.

And since He bids me seek His face,

Believe His Word and trust His grace,

I’ll cast on Him my every care,

And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

 

wing: 날개

petition: 청원, 탄원

bear: 나르다, 가져가다

truth: 진리

faithfulness: 신실함

engage: 약속하다, 끌어들이다, 종사하다

bless: 축복하다

bid: 명하다

seek: 찾다, 구하다

believe: 믿다

trust: 신뢰하다

grace: 은혜

cast: 던지다

care: 염려

 

4. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

May I thy consolation share,

Till, from Mount Pisgah’s lofty height,

I view my home and take my flight.

In my immortal flesh I’ll rise

To seize the everlasting prize,

And shout, while passing through the air,

“Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer!”

 

consolation: 위로

Mount Pisgah: 비스가산. 모세가 이스라엘 백성들의 가나안 입경을 앞두고 올랐던 산으로 모세는 그 산 꼭대기에서 가나안 땅을 바라보았으나 그곳에 들어가지는 못하고 그 산에서 죽었음.

lofty: 높은

height: 높음, 고도, 고지, 산

flight: 비행, 비상

immortal: 불사의, 불멸의

flesh: 육체

rise: 일어서다, 일어나다

seize: 붙들다

everlasting: 영원한

prize: 상

shout: 외치다, 환호하다

while: ~하는 동안

pass through: 통과하다, 지나다

farewell: 안녕!, 작별, 고별

 

Text: William W. Walford, 1842 (1772-1850)

Music: William B. Bradbury, 1859 (1816-1868)

 

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