一個父親的祈禱
神啊！求你將判斷的權柄賜給王，
將公義賜給王的兒子。
他要按公義審判你的民，
按公平審判你的困苦人。
大山小山，都要因公義使民得享平安。
他必為民中的困苦人伸冤，
拯救窮乏之輩，壓碎那欺壓人的。
太陽還存，月亮還在；人要敬畏你直到萬代。（詩篇72:1-5）
Build me a son, O Lord,
who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, brave enough to face himself when he is afraid.
Build me a son,
whose wishes will not take the place of deeds... Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenges. Let him learn to stand in the storm; let him learn compassion for those who fall.
Build me a son,
whose heart is clear, whose goals will be high, a son who will master himself before he seeks to master others; who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
And after all these things are his, add, I pray,
enough of a sense of humor so that he may always be serious yet never take himself too seriously...
Then, I, his father will dare to whisper: "I have not lived in vain."
（同載於聖經網 aboutbible.net 之“天上人間”）
