Blessings
歌词:
[English]
We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand
To ease our suffering
And all the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise?
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We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
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We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your word is not enough
And all the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe
'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears?
And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
And what if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?
...
When friends betray us
And when darkness seems to win, we know
The pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
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It's not our home
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'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears?
And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst
This world can't satisfy?
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise?
...
这首歌中的词汇:
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blessings /ˈblɛsɪŋz/ B1 |
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peace /piːs/ A1 |
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family /ˈfæməli/ A1 |
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protection /prəˈtɛkʃən/ B1 |
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healing /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ B1 |
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prosperity /prɒˈspɛrɪti/ B2 |
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mighty /ˈmaɪti/ B1 |
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suffering /ˈsʌfərɪŋ/ B2 |
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love /lʌv/ A1 |
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raindrops /ˈreɪndrɒps/ A2 |
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tears /tɪərz/ A2 |
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sleepless /ˈsliːpləs/ B2 |
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trials /ˈtraɪəlz/ B2 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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mercies /ˈmɜːrsiz/ B2 |
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disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/ B2 |
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wisdom /ˈwɪzdəm/ B2 |
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doubt /daʊt/ B1 |
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promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1 |
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betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ B2 |
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darkness /ˈdɑːknəs/ B1 |
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pain /peɪn/ A2 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A1 |
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home /hoʊm/ A1 |
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greatest /ˈɡreɪtɪst/ A2 |
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disappointments /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənts/ B2 |
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aching /ˈeɪkɪŋ/ B2 |
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revealing /rɪˈviːlɪŋ/ B2 |
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thirst /θɜːrst/ B1 |
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storm /stɔːrm/ A2 |
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hardest /ˈhɑːrdɪst/ A2 |
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语法:
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We pray for Your mighty hand To ease our suffering
➔ 不定式表目的
➔ 不定式短语 "To ease our suffering" 解释了祈求神的大能之手的目的，表示他们*为什么*祈祷。
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'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
➔ 条件句 (混合类型/推测)
➔ 这是一个关于可能存在的现实的假设性问题。“What if” 引入了一个条件，如果这个条件是真实的，它将挑战传统的理解。这暗示着一种隐藏的祝福或对苦难的不同看法。“come”动词用的是现在时，表示可能性。
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And what if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
➔ 以“what”作为关系代词的复合句结构
➔ 在这里，“what”充当一个引导名词性从句的关系代词。“What it takes to know You're near” 是主语补语。整个结构表达了苦难与精神亲近之间的一种假设性的和深刻的联系。
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And what if trials of this life Are Your mercies in disguise?
➔ 主谓倒装 (诗歌许可)
➔ 通常的语序是“trials of this life *are* Your mercies in disguise”。倒装（“Are trials...”）强调了问题，并添加了一种诗意或修辞的风格。 这使得问题更具影响力。
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As if every promise from Your word is not enough
➔ 虚拟语气 (暗示不真实)
➔ 短语“as if”引入了一种与现实相矛盾的假设情境。它暗示一种不真实的感觉或信念。这句话表达了怀疑，并质疑了上帝的承诺是否足够，即使这些承诺*实际上*是足够的。
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And long that we'd have faith to believe
➔ 'long' 之后使用的虚拟语气，表达愿望或渴望。
➔ 这里“long”作为一个动词使用，意思是渴望某事物。“That we'd have faith” 是一个表达渴望状态的从句。“would” 用于表达一种不一定实现的愿望或希望。
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When friends betray us And when darkness seems to win, we know
➔ 时间状语从句
➔ 这些是以“when”开头的从句，它们指明了主句动作发生的时间或情况。它们设定了一个困难和艰辛的背景，在这种背景下，知识或认识得以发生。
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Is the revealing of a greater thirst This world can't satisfy?
➔ 省略和关系从句
➔ 在“this world”之前有一个隐含的“that”。这是一个定义正在讨论的渴望类型的关系从句。省略有助于流畅性和诗意风格。这句话突出了物质事物无法满足的更深层次的精神需求。
