今日讀經

如鹿切慕溪水

¹（可拉後裔的訓誨詩，交與伶長。）　神啊，我的心切慕你，如鹿切慕溪水。For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

²我的心渴想　神，就是永生　神；我幾時得朝見　神呢？My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

³我晝夜以眼淚當飲食；人不住地對我說：你的　神在哪裡呢？My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

追想從前守節的時候

⁴我從前與眾人同往，用歡呼稱讚的聲音領他們到　神的殿裡，大家守節。我追想這些事，我的心極其悲傷。These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

⁵我的心哪，你為何憂悶？為何在我裡面煩躁？應當仰望　神，因他笑臉幫助我；我還要稱讚他。Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

深淵就與深淵響應

⁶我的　神啊，我的心在我裡面憂悶，所以我從約旦地，從黑門嶺，從米薩山記念你。O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.

⁷你的瀑布發聲，深淵就與深淵響應；你的波浪洪濤漫過我身。Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.

⁸白晝，耶和華必向我施慈愛；黑夜，我要歌頌禱告賜我生命的　神。The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹我要對　神─我的磐石說：你為何忘記我呢？我為何因仇敵的欺壓時常哀痛呢？I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

¹⁰我的敵人辱罵我，好像打碎我的骨頭，不住地對我說：你的　神在哪裡呢？Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

¹¹我的心哪，你為何憂悶？為何在我裡面煩躁？應當仰望　神，因我還要稱讚他。他是我臉上的光榮（原文是幫助），是我的　神。Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

求你伸我的冤

¹神啊，求你伸我的冤，向不虔誠的國為我辨屈；求你救我脫離詭詐不義的人。Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

²因為你是賜我力量的　神，為何丟棄我呢？我為何因仇敵的欺壓時常哀痛呢？For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

發出你的亮光和真實

³求你發出你的亮光和真實，好引導我，帶我到你的聖山，到你的居所！Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.

⁴我就走到　神的祭壇，到我最喜樂的　神那裡。　神啊，我的　神，我要彈琴稱讚你！Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

⁵我的心哪，你為何憂悶？為何在我裡面煩躁？應當仰望　神，因我還要稱讚他。他是我臉上的光榮（原文是幫助），是我的　神。Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

列祖聽見你所行的事

¹（可拉後裔的訓誨詩，交與伶長。）　神啊，你在古時，我們列祖的日子所行的事，我們親耳聽見了；我們的列祖也給我們述說過。For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

²你曾用手趕出外邦人，卻栽培了我們列祖；你苦待列邦，卻叫我們列祖發達。With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

³因為他們不是靠自己的刀劍得地土，也不是靠自己的膀臂得勝，乃是靠你的右手、你的膀臂，和你臉上的亮光，因為你喜悅他們。For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

⁴神啊，你是我的王；求你出令使雅各得勝。You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

⁵我們靠你要推倒我們的敵人，靠你的名要踐踏那起來攻擊我們的人。Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

⁶因為，我必不靠我的弓；我的刀也不能使我得勝。For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

⁷惟你救了我們脫離敵人，使恨我們的人羞愧。For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

⁸我們終日因　神誇耀，還要永遠稱謝你的名。（細拉）In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

但如今你丟棄了我們

⁹但如今你丟棄了我們，使我們受辱，不和我們的軍兵同去。But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

¹⁰你使我們向敵人轉身退後；那恨我們的人任意搶奪。You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

¹¹你使我們當作快要被吃的羊，把我們分散在列邦中。You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

¹²你賣了你的子民也不賺利，所得的價值並不加添你的資財。You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

¹³你使我們受鄰國的羞辱，被四圍的人嗤笑譏刺。You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

¹⁴你使我們在列邦中作了笑談，使眾民向我們搖頭。You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

¹⁵我的凌辱終日在我面前，我臉上的羞愧將我遮蔽，All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

¹⁶都因那辱罵毀謗人的聲音，又因仇敵和報仇人的緣故。at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

我們卻沒有忘記你

¹⁷這都臨到我們身上，我們卻沒有忘記你，也沒有違背你的約。All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

¹⁸我們的心沒有退後；我們的腳也沒有偏離你的路。Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

¹⁹你在野狗之處壓傷我們，用死蔭遮蔽我們。But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

²⁰倘若我們忘了　神的名，或向別神舉手，If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

²¹神豈不鑒察這事嗎？因為他曉得人心裡的隱祕。would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

²²我們為你的緣故終日被殺；人看我們如將宰的羊。Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

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主啊，求你睡醒

²³主啊，求你睡醒，為何儘睡呢？求你興起，不要永遠丟棄我們！Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

²⁴你為何掩面，不顧我們所遭的苦難和所受的欺壓？Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

²⁵我們的性命伏於塵土；我們的肚腹緊貼地面。For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

²⁶求你起來幫助我們！憑你的慈愛救贖我們！Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

我為王做的詩

¹（可拉後裔的訓誨詩，又是愛慕歌，交與伶長。調用百合花。）我心裡湧出美辭；我論到我為王做的事，我的舌頭是快手筆。For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

²你比世人更美；在你嘴裡滿有恩惠；所以　神賜福給你，直到永遠。You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

³大能者啊，願你腰間佩刀，大有榮耀和威嚴！Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.

⁴為真理、謙卑、公義赫然坐車前往，無不得勝；你的右手必顯明可畏的事。In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.

⁵你的箭鋒快，射中王敵之心；萬民仆倒在你以下。Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

你的寶座是永永遠遠的

⁶神啊，你的寶座是永永遠遠的；你的國權是正直的。Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

⁷你喜愛公義，恨惡罪惡；所以　神─就是你的　神─用喜樂油膏你，勝過膏你的同伴。You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.

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⁸你的衣服都有沒藥、沉香、肉桂的香氣；象牙宮中有絲弦樂器的聲音使你歡喜。All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

⁹有君王的女兒在你尊貴婦女之中；王后佩戴俄斐金飾站在你右邊。The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

女子啊，你要聽

¹⁰女子啊，你要聽，要想，要側耳而聽！不要記念你的民和你的父家，Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

¹¹王就羨慕你的美貌；因為他是你的主，你當敬拜他。and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

¹²泰爾的民（原文是女子）必來送禮；民中的富足人也必向你求恩。The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

¹³王女在宮裡極其榮華；她的衣服是用金線繡的。All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

¹⁴她要穿錦繡的衣服，被引到王前；隨從她的陪伴童女也要被帶到你面前。In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

¹⁵她們要歡喜快樂被引導；她們要進入王宮。They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.

你的子孫要接續你的列祖

¹⁶你的子孫要接續你的列祖；你要立他們在全地作王。Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.

¹⁷我必叫你的名被萬代記念，所以萬民要永永遠遠稱謝你。I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.

神並沒有棄絕祂的百姓

¹我且說，　神棄絕了他的百姓嗎？斷乎沒有！因為我也是以色列人，亞伯拉罕的後裔，屬便雅憫支派的。I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

以利亞與七千人

²神並沒有棄絕他預先所知道的百姓。你們豈不曉得經上論到以利亞是怎麼說的呢？他在　神面前怎樣控告以色列人說：God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:

³「主啊，他們殺了你的先知，拆了你的祭壇，只剩下我一個人；他們還要尋索我的命。」“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?

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⁴神的回話是怎麼說的呢？他說：「我為自己留下七千人，是未曾向巴力屈膝的。」And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

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照著揀選的恩典所留的餘數

⁵如今也是這樣，照著揀選的恩典，還有所留的餘數。In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

⁶既是出於恩典，就不在乎行為；不然，恩典就不是恩典了。And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

其餘的成了頑梗不化

⁷這是怎麼樣呢？以色列人所求的，他們沒有得著。惟有蒙揀選的人得著了；其餘的就成了頑梗不化的。What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

⁸如經上所記：　神給他們昏迷的心，眼睛不能看見，耳朵不能聽見，直到今日。as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

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⁹大衛也說：願他們的筵席變為網羅，變為機檻，變為絆腳石，作他們的報應。And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

¹⁰願他們的眼睛昏矇，不得看見；願你時常彎下他們的腰。May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

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