美国神学家尼布尔(Reinhold Niebuhr)于1934年写下的无名祈祷文，后来被称为「平静祷文或宁静祷文(Serenity Prayer)」：
God, grant me the serenity to accept things that I cannot change.
Grant me courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
上帝啊！请赐予我宁静，能接受我无法改变的事；
请赐予我勇气，能改变我可以改变的事；
请赐予我智慧，让我能分辨两者的不同。
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time,
accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it, trusting that He will make all things right.
If I surrender to His will, that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
让我每天踏实过活，享受每时刻；让我接受艰困，视它为通往平安的路；
让我效法主，接纳这罪恶的世界；不是我所期望的那样，而是相信祂会让一切变得美善。
我若顺服祂的旨意，在今生我将能享有喜乐，在来世更与祂永享极乐。阿们！
〈Serenity Prayer 平静祷文〉【建道神学院新祢呈敬拜队】
od, grant me the serenity
to accept things that I cannot change.
Grant me courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.
主，就让我的心安稳
来承受不可扭转难事
又赐勇气扭转可变改的事
愿给我赐智慧看得清 ／两者的区分靠睿智
**林大惠教授
