今日讀經

求你救我脫離仇敵

¹（掃羅打發人窺探大衛的房屋，要殺他。那時，大衛作這金詩，交與伶長。調用休要毀壞。）我的　神啊，求你救我脫離仇敵，把我安置在高處，得脫那些起來攻擊我的人。For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

²求你救我脫離作孽的人和喜愛流人血的人！Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.

³因為，他們埋伏要害我的命；有能力的人聚集來攻擊我。耶和華啊，這不是為我的過犯，也不是為我的罪愆。See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

⁴我雖然無過，他們預備整齊，跑來攻擊我。求你興起鑒察，幫助我！For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.

⁵萬軍之　神─耶和華以色列的　神啊！求你興起，懲治萬邦！不要憐憫行詭詐的惡人！（細拉）O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

他們晚上叫號如狗

⁶他們晚上轉回，叫號如狗，圍城繞行。They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

⁷他們口中噴吐惡言，嘴裡有刀；他們說：有誰聽見？See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”

⁸但你─耶和華必笑話他們；你要嗤笑萬邦。But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

神是我的高臺

⁹我的力量啊，我必仰望你，因為　神是我的高臺。I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.

¹⁰我的　神要以慈愛迎接我；　神要叫我看見我仇敵遭報。My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.

¹¹不要殺他們，恐怕我的民忘記。主啊，你是我們的盾牌；求你用你的能力使他們四散，且降為卑。Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

¹²因他們口中的罪和嘴裡的言語，並咒罵虛謊的話，願他們在驕傲之中被纏住了。By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

¹³求你發怒，使他們消滅，以致歸於無有，叫他們知道　神在雅各中間掌權，直到地極。（細拉）Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

¹⁴到了晚上，任憑他們轉回；任憑他們叫號如狗，圍城繞行。They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

¹⁵他們必走來走去，尋找食物，若不得飽就終夜在外。They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

早晨要高唱你的慈愛

¹⁶但我要歌頌你的力量，早晨要高唱你的慈愛；因為你作過我的高臺，在我急難的日子作過我的避難所。But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁷我的力量啊，我要歌頌你；因為　神是我的高臺，是賜恩與我的　神。To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.

你丟棄了我們，求你使我們復興

¹（大衛與兩河間的亞蘭並瑣巴的亞蘭爭戰的時候，約押轉回，在鹽谷攻擊以東，殺了一萬二千人。那時，大衛作這金詩叫人學習，交與伶長。調用為證的百合花。）　神啊，你丟棄了我們，使我們破敗；你向我們發怒，求你使我們復興！For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

²你使地震動，而且崩裂；求你將裂口醫好，因為地搖動。You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

³你叫你的民遇見艱難；你叫我們喝那使人東倒西歪的酒。You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

⁴你把旌旗賜給敬畏你的人，可以為真理揚起來。（細拉）You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah

⁵求你應允我們，用右手拯救我們，好叫你所親愛的人得救。Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

神指著祂的聖潔說話

⁶神已經指著他的聖潔說（說：或譯應許我）：我要歡樂；我要分開示劍，丈量疏割谷。God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

⁷基列是我的，瑪拿西也是我的。以法蓮是護衛我頭的；猶大是我的杖。Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

⁸摩押是我的沐浴盆；我要向以東拋鞋。非利士啊，你還能因我歡呼嗎？Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

倚靠神才得施展大能

⁹誰能領我進堅固城？誰能引我到以東地？Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰神啊，你不是丟棄了我們嗎？　神啊，你不和我們的軍兵同去嗎？Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

¹¹求你幫助我們攻擊敵人，因為人的幫助是枉然的。Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

¹²我們倚靠　神才得施展大能，因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

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領我到更高的磐石

¹（大衛的詩，交與伶長。用絲弦的樂器。）　神啊，求你聽我的呼求，側耳聽我的禱告！For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

²我心裡發昏的時候，我要從地極求告你。求你領我到那比我更高的磐石！From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

³因為你作過我的避難所，作過我的堅固臺，脫離仇敵。For You have been my refuge, a tower of strength against the enemy.

⁴我要永遠住在你的帳幕裡！我要投靠在你翅膀下的隱密處！（細拉）Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah

神聽了我所許的願

⁵神啊，你原是聽了我所許的願；你將產業賜給敬畏你名的人。For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance reserved for those who fear Your name.

⁶你要加添王的壽數；他的年歲必存到世世。Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.

⁷他必永遠坐在　神面前；願你預備慈愛和誠實保佑他！May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

⁸這樣，我要歌頌你的名，直到永遠，好天天還我所許的願。Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.

我的心默默無聲，專等候神

¹（大衛的詩，照耶杜頓的作法，交與伶長。）我的心默默無聲，專等候　神；我的救恩是從他而來。For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

²惟獨他是我的磐石，我的拯救；他是我的高臺，我必不很動搖。He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

³你們大家攻擊一人，把他毀壞，如同毀壞歪斜的牆、將倒的壁，要到幾時呢？How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?

⁴他們彼此商議，專要從他的尊位上把他推下；他們喜愛謊話，口雖祝福，心卻咒詛。（細拉）They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

⁵我的心哪，你當默默無聲，專等候　神，因為我的盼望是從他而來。Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

⁶惟獨他是我的磐石，我的拯救；他是我的高臺，我必不動搖。He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

⁷我的拯救、我的榮耀都在乎　神；我力量的磐石、我的避難所都在乎　神。My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

⁸你們眾民當時時倚靠他，在他面前傾心吐意；　神是我們的避難所。（細拉）Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

人比空氣還輕

⁹下流人真是虛空；上流人也是虛假；放在天平裡就必浮起；他們一共比空氣還輕。Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

¹⁰不要仗勢欺人，也不要因搶奪而驕傲；若財寶加增，不要放在心上。Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

¹¹神說了一次、兩次，我都聽見：就是能力都屬乎　神。God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,

¹²主啊，慈愛也是屬乎你，因為你照著各人所行的報應他。and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

在乾旱無水之地渴想神

¹（大衛在猶大曠野的時候，作了這詩。）　神啊，你是我的　神，我要切切地尋求你，在乾旱疲乏無水之地，我渴想你；我的心切慕你。A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

²我在聖所中曾如此瞻仰你，為要見你的能力和你的榮耀。So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.

³因你的慈愛比生命更好，我的嘴唇要頌讚你。Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.

⁴我還活的時候要這樣稱頌你；我要奉你的名舉手。So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

^5–6我在床上記念你，在夜更的時候思想你；我的心就像飽足了骨髓肥油，我也要以歡樂的嘴唇讚美你。My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You. When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

⁷因為你曾幫助我，我就在你翅膀的蔭下歡呼。For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

⁸我心緊緊地跟隨你；你的右手扶持我。My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

⁹但那些尋索要滅我命的人必往地底下去；But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

¹⁰他們必被刀劍所殺，被野狗所吃。They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.

¹¹但是王必因　神歡喜。凡指著他發誓的必要誇口，因為說謊之人的口必被塞住。But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.

求你保護我脫離暗箭

¹（大衛的詩，交與伶長。）　神啊，我哀歎的時候，求你聽我的聲音！求你保護我的性命，不受仇敵的驚恐！For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

²求你把我隱藏，使我脫離作惡之人的暗謀和作孽之人的擾亂。Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

³他們磨舌如刀，發出苦毒的言語，好像比準了的箭，who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

⁴要在暗地射完全人；他們忽然射他，並不懼怕。ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

⁵他們彼此勉勵設下惡計；他們商量暗設網羅，說：誰能看見？They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

⁶他們圖謀奸惡，說：我們是極力圖謀的。他們各人的意念心思是深的。They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

神要射他們

⁷但　神要射他們；他們忽然被箭射傷。But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

⁸他們必然絆跌，被自己的舌頭所害；凡看見他們的必都搖頭。They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.

⁹眾人都要害怕，要傳揚　神的工作，並且明白他的作為。Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.

¹⁰義人必因耶和華歡喜，並要投靠他；凡心裡正直的人都要誇口。Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

接納信心軟弱的人

¹信心軟弱的，你們要接納，但不要辯論所疑惑的事。Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

²有人信百物都可吃；但那軟弱的，只吃蔬菜。For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

³吃的人不可輕看不吃的人；不吃的人不可論斷吃的人；因為　神已經收納他了。The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

⁴你是誰，竟論斷別人的僕人呢？他或站住或跌倒，自有他的主人在；而且他也必要站住，因為主能使他站住。Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

有人看這日比那日強

⁵有人看這日比那日強；有人看日日都是一樣。只是各人心裡要意見堅定。One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

⁶守日的人是為主守的。吃的人是為主吃的，因他感謝　神；不吃的人是為主不吃的，也感謝　神。He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

或活或死總是主的人

⁷我們沒有一個人為自己活，也沒有一個人為自己死。For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

⁸我們若活著，是為主而活；若死了，是為主而死。所以，我們或活或死總是主的人。If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

⁹因此，基督死了，又活了，為要作死人並活人的主。For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

都要站在神的臺前

¹⁰你這個人，為甚麼論斷弟兄呢？又為甚麼輕看弟兄呢？因我們都要站在　神的臺前。Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

¹¹經上寫著：主說：我憑著我的永生起誓：萬膝必向我跪拜；萬口必向我承認。It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

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¹²這樣看來，我們各人必要將自己的事在　神面前說明。So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

不給弟兄放下絆腳之物

¹³所以，我們不可再彼此論斷，寧可定意誰也不給弟兄放下絆腳跌人之物。Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

¹⁴我憑著主耶穌確知深信，凡物本來沒有不潔淨的；惟獨人以為不潔淨的，在他就不潔淨了。I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

¹⁵你若因食物叫弟兄憂愁，就不是按著愛人的道理行。基督已經替他死，你不可因你的食物叫他敗壞。If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

¹⁶不可叫你的善被人毀謗；Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil.

神的國在乎公義、和平、喜樂

¹⁷因為　神的國不在乎吃喝，只在乎公義、和平，並聖靈中的喜樂。For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

¹⁸在這幾樣上服事基督的，就為　神所喜悅，又為人所稱許。For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

¹⁹所以，我們務要追求和睦的事與彼此建立德行的事。So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

²⁰不可因食物毀壞　神的工程。凡物固然潔淨，但有人因食物叫人跌倒，就是他的罪了。Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

²¹無論是吃肉是喝酒，是甚麼別的事，叫弟兄跌倒，一概不做才好。It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

凡不出於信心的都是罪

²²你有信心，就當在　神面前守著。人在自己以為可行的事上能不自責，就有福了。Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

²³若有疑心而吃的，就必有罪，因為他吃不是出於信心。凡不出於信心的都是罪。But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

堅固的人要擔代軟弱的人

¹我們堅固的人應該擔代不堅固人的軟弱，不求自己的喜悅。We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

²我們各人務要叫鄰舍喜悅，使他得益處，建立德行。Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

³因為基督也不求自己的喜悅，如經上所記：「辱罵你人的辱罵都落在我身上。」For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

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⁴從前所寫的聖經都是為教訓我們寫的，叫我們因聖經所生的忍耐和安慰可以得著盼望。For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

一心一口榮耀神

⁵但願賜忍耐安慰的　神叫你們彼此同心，效法基督耶穌，Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement grant you harmony with one another in Christ Jesus,

⁶一心一口榮耀　神─我們主耶穌基督的父！so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

彼此接納，如同基督接納你們

⁷所以，你們要彼此接納，如同基督接納你們一樣，使榮耀歸與　神。Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

外邦人也要讚美神

⁸我說，基督是為　神真理作了受割禮人的執事，要證實所應許列祖的話，For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

⁹並叫外邦人因他的憐憫榮耀　神。如經上所記：因此，我要在外邦中稱讚你，歌頌你的名；so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

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¹⁰又說：你們外邦人當與主的百姓一同歡樂；Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”

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¹¹又說：外邦啊，你們當讚美主！萬民哪，你們都當頌讚他！And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”

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¹²又有以賽亞說：將來有耶西的根，就是那興起來要治理外邦的；外邦人要仰望他。And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”

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願神使你們大有盼望

¹³但願使人有盼望的　神，因信將諸般的喜樂、平安充滿你們的心，使你們藉著聖靈的能力大有盼望！Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.