Hymn 289-0

求主把我捆綁
Make Me A Captive, Lord

Hymn 289-1

1a	求主把我捆綁， 我纔得著釋放； 願主迫我向主繳械， 我纔得勝奏捷。

Make me a captive, Lord,
And then I shall be free;
Force me to render up my sword,
And I shall conq’ror be.

Hymn 289-2

1b	當我倚靠自己； 我就失敗危亟； 當主膀臂將我監禁， 我手就更奮興。

I sink in life’s alarms
When by myself I stand,
Imprison me within Thine arms,
And strong shall be my hand.

Hymn 289-3

2a	我心未交主時， 真是軟弱愚痴； 自己所願自己不行， 萬事漂流無定。

My heart is weak and poor
Until it master find;
It has no spring of action sure,
It varies with the wind;

Hymn 289-4

2b	主若未加鎖鍊， 就難自由進前； 求主慈愛將它奴隸， 它纔會得能力。

It cannot freely move
Till Thou hast wrought its chain;
Enslave it with Thy matchless love,
And deathless it shall reign.

Hymn 289-5

3a	我的生命未死， 終身總是喪失； 勝少敗多，實無能力， 時為肉體歎息。

My power is faint and low
Till I have learned to serve;
It wants the needed fire to glow,
It wants the breeze to nerve;

Hymn 289-6

3b	我若沒有死過， 我就難以活著； 求主使我脫離自己， 纔會完全得你。

It cannot drive the world
Until itself be driven;
Its flag can only be unfurled
When Thou shalt breathe from heaven.

Hymn 289-7

4a	我今認識了你， 也略知道自己， 所以今後真不願意 再藉天然能力。

My will is not my own
Till Thou hast made it Thine;
If it would reach the monarch’s throne
It must its crown resign;

Hymn 289-8

4b	求主永遠的靈 使我生命全釘， 使我治死肉體行為， 主興盛，我衰微。

It only stands unbent
Amid the clashing strife,
When on Thy bosom it has leant,
And found in Thee its life.

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