舊約詩篇 98–102 篇
前情提要
上回說到
昨天(90–97 篇):詩篇第四卷開始,摩西求神教我們數算自己的日子;住在至高者隱密處的必蒙保護;一連幾篇宣告「耶和華作王」,呼召全地向祂唱新歌、屈身敬拜。
今天你會讀到
98 篇再次呼召全地唱新歌,連大水、諸山都要歡呼;99 篇三次宣告神「本為聖」;100 篇是一首簡短的稱謝詩;101 篇是君王立志行正直的道;102 篇是困苦人吐露苦情的禱告,最後仰望那永不改變的神。
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100 篇只有五節,很適合背下來。它邀請「普天下」都來敬拜,理由很簡單:我們是神造的,是祂草場的羊,而祂的慈愛存到永遠。
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101 篇標明是大衛的詩;102 篇提到錫安被毀、盼望神重建(),一般認為寫於被擄時期。
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詩篇 第 98 章
向耶和華唱新歌
1(一篇詩。)你們要向耶和華唱新歌!因為他行過奇妙的事;他的右手和施行救恩。A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
2耶和華了他的救恩,在列邦人眼前顯出公義;The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
3記念他向以色列家所發的慈愛,所憑的信實。地的四極都看見我們 神的救恩。He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
全地都要歡呼
4全地都要向耶和華歡樂;要發起大聲,歡呼歌頌!Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
5要用琴歌頌耶和華,用琴和詩歌的聲音歌頌他!Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.
6用,在大君王耶和華面前歡呼!With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
7願海和其中所充滿的澎湃;世界和住在其間的也要發聲。Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
8願大水拍手;願諸山在耶和華面前一同歡呼;Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
9因為他來要審判遍地。他要按公義審判世界,按公正審判萬民。before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
詩篇 第 99 章
耶和華作王,祂本為聖
1耶和華作王;萬民當戰抖!他坐在二基路伯上,地當動搖。The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2耶和華在錫安為大;他超乎萬民之上。Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
3他們當稱讚他大而可畏的名;他!Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
4王有能力,喜愛公平,堅立公正,在雅各中施行公平和公義。The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5你們當尊崇耶和華─我們的 神,在他前下拜。他本為聖!Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
摩西、亞倫和撒母耳求告祂
6在他的祭司中有摩西和亞倫;在求告他名的人中有。他們求告耶和華,他就應允他們。Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
7他在中對他們說話;他們遵守他的法度和他所賜給他們的律例。He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
8耶和華─我們的 神啊,你應允他們;你是赦免他們的 神,卻按他們所行的報應他們。O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
9你們要尊崇耶和華─我們的 神,在他的聖山下拜,因為耶和華─我們的 神本為聖!Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
詩篇 第 100 章
普天下當向耶和華歡呼
1(。)普天下當向耶和華歡呼!A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
2你們當樂意事奉耶和華,當來向他歌唱!Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
3你們當曉得耶和華是 神!我們是他造的,也是屬他的;我們是他的民,也是他草場的羊。Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
4當稱謝進入他的門;當讚美進入他的院。當感謝他,稱頌他的名!Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
5因為耶和華本為善。他的慈愛存到永遠;他的信實直到萬代。For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
詩篇 第 101 章
我要存完全的心
1(大衛的詩)。我要歌唱慈愛和公平;耶和華啊,我要向你歌頌!A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
2我要用智慧行完全的道。你幾時到我這裡來呢?我要存完全的心行在我家中。I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
3的事,我都不擺在我眼前;悖逆人所做的事,我甚恨惡,不容沾在我身上。I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
4彎曲的心思,我必遠離;一切的惡人(或譯:惡事),我不認識。A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
惡人不得住在我家
5在暗中他鄰居的,我必將他滅絕;眼目高傲、心裡驕縱的,我必不容他。Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
6我眼要看國中的誠實人,叫他們與我同住;行為完全的,他要我。My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
7行詭詐的,必不得住在我家裡;說謊話的,必不得立在我眼前。No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
8我每日早晨要滅絕國中所有的惡人,好把一切作孽的從耶和華的城裡剪除。Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
詩篇 第 102 章
困苦人的禱告
1(困苦人發昏的時候,在耶和華面前吐露苦情的禱告。)耶和華啊,求你聽我的禱告,容我的呼求達到你面前!A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
2我在急難的日子,求你向我側耳;不要向我掩面!我呼求的日子,求你快快應允我!Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
3因為,我的年日如煙雲消滅;我的骨頭如火把燒著。For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
4我的心被傷,如草枯乾,甚至我忘記吃飯。My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
5因我唉哼的聲音,我的肉緊貼骨頭。Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
6我如同曠野的;我好像荒場的。I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7我警醒不睡;我像房頂上孤單的麻雀。I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
8我的仇敵終日辱罵我;向我猖狂的人指著我賭咒。All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
9我吃過爐灰,如同吃飯;我所喝的與眼淚攙雜。For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
10這都因你的惱恨和忿怒;你把我拾起來,又把我摔下去。because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
11我的年日如;我也如草枯乾。My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
你必起來憐恤錫安
12惟你─耶和華必存到永遠;你可記念的名也存到萬代。But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
13你必起來憐恤錫安,因現在是可憐她的時候,日期已經到了。You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
14你的僕人原來喜悅她的石頭,可憐她的塵土。For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
15列國要敬畏耶和華的名;世上諸王都敬畏你的榮耀。So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
16因為耶和華建造了錫安,在他榮耀裡顯現。For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
17他垂聽窮人的禱告,並不藐視他們的祈求。He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
為後代記下神的作為
18這必為後代的人記下,將來受造的民要讚美耶和華。Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
19因為,他從至高的聖所垂看;耶和華從天向地觀察,For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
20要垂聽被囚之人的歎息,要釋放將要死的人,to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
21使人在錫安傳揚耶和華的名,在耶路撒冷傳揚讚美他的話,that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
22就是在萬民和列國聚會事奉耶和華的時候。when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
23他使我的力量中道衰弱,使我的年日短少。He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
24我說:我的 神啊,不要使我中年去世。你的年數世世無窮!I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
天地都要改變,惟有你長存
25你起初立了地的根基;天也是你手所造的。In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26天地都要滅沒,你卻要長存;天地都要如外衣漸漸舊了。你要將天地如更換,天地就都改變了。They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
27惟有你永不改變;你的年數沒有窮盡。But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
28你僕人的子孫要長存;他們的後裔要堅立在你面前。The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
摘要
詩篇九十八至一○二篇呼召全地向作王的耶和華唱新歌、歡呼稱謝,因祂施行救恩、本為聖,並要按公義審判萬民;祂是善的,慈愛與信實存到永遠。大衛立志存完全的心、遠離邪惡、親近誠實人;困苦人則在年日如煙、孤單受辱中向神傾訴,並仰望永不改變的神憐恤錫安、垂聽窮人的禱告。
反思問題
- 詩人呼召「向耶和華唱新歌」,回想最近神在你生命中行了什麼奇妙的事,你可以如何用感恩與讚美回應祂?
- 大衛說「邪僻的事,我都不擺在我眼前」,在你的家庭與日常生活中,有哪些需要遠離或除去的事物,好讓你能存完全的心行事?
- 當你像詩一○二篇的困苦人一樣感到孤單、年日虛渺時,「惟有你永不改變」這個真理如何成為你的安慰與盼望?
新約哥林多前書 5:1–13
前情提要
上回說到
昨天():保羅說使徒是基督的執事、神奧祕事的管家,判斷他們的乃是主;他對比哥林多人自以為飽足、作王,使徒卻被看作「世界上的污穢,萬物中的渣滓」,並像父親一樣求他們效法他。
今天你會讀到
教會中有人收了自己的繼母,大家卻還自高自大。保羅要他們把行這事的人從中間趕出去,並用麵酵作比喻:一點麵酵能使全團發起來,要除淨舊酵;他也澄清,不是要他們離開世上所有犯罪的人,而是不可與自稱弟兄卻行這些事的人相交。
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留意 「我們逾越節的羔羊基督已經被殺獻祭了」:猶太人過逾越節前要把家裡的酵除淨(),保羅借這個習俗說明教會也要除去罪惡。
點時代可看說明
提到「我先前寫信給你們」,可見保羅在這封信以前還寫過一封信給哥林多教會,一般認為那封信沒有保存下來。
哥林多前書 第 5 章
教會中的淫亂
1在你們中間有淫亂的事。這樣的淫亂連外邦人中也沒有,就是有人收了他的。It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
2你們還是自高自大,並不,把行這事的人從你們中間趕出去。And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
把這樣的人交給撒但
3我身子雖不在你們那裡,心卻在你們那裡,好像我親自與你們同在,已經了行這事的人。Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
4就是你們聚會的時候,我的心也同在。奉我們主耶穌的名,並用我們主耶穌的權能,When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
5要把這樣的人,他的肉體,使他的靈魂在主耶穌的日子可以得救。hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
除淨舊酵
6你們這自誇是不好的。豈不知一點能使發起來嗎?Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
7你們既是無酵的麵,應當把舊酵除淨,好使你們成為新團;因為我們的羔羊基督已經被殺獻祭了。Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
8所以,我們守這節不可用舊酵,也不可用惡毒(或譯:陰毒)、邪惡的酵,只用誠實真正的。Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.
不可與這樣的人相交
9我先前寫信給你們說,不可與淫亂的人相交。I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.
10此話不是指這世上一概行淫亂的,或貪婪的,的,或拜偶像的;若是這樣,你們除非離開世界方可。I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
11但如今我寫信給你們說,若有稱為弟兄是行淫亂的,或貪婪的,或拜偶像的,或的,或醉酒的,或勒索的,這樣的人不可與他相交,就是與他吃飯都不可。But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
審判教內的人
12因為審判與我何干?教內的人豈不是你們審判的嗎?What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
13至於外人有 神審判他們。你們應當把那惡人從你們中間趕出去。God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
摘要
保羅責備哥林多教會容讓有人收繼母的淫亂之事,卻仍自高自大、不肯哀痛處理,吩咐他們奉主耶穌的名把行這事的人趕出去,盼望他的靈魂在主的日子得救。他以「一點麵酵使全團發起來」為喻,指出基督作為逾越節羔羊已被獻祭,信徒應除淨舊酵,以誠實真正的無酵餅守節。保羅並澄清:不可與自稱弟兄卻行淫亂、貪婪、拜偶像等惡事的人相交,至於教外的人則由神審判。
反思問題
- 哥林多教會面對罪「並不哀痛」反而自誇,你對自己或群體中的罪是否也變得麻木?如何重新培養對罪的敏感與哀痛?
- 「一點麵酵能使全團發起來」,你生命中有哪些看似微小的「舊酵」(如惡毒、邪惡、不誠實),需要靠著基督的救贖把它除淨?
- 保羅區分教內與教外的審判,提醒我們不需離開世界卻要在教會中持守聖潔,你如何在愛中與弟兄姊妹彼此勸誡,又不對世人存論斷的心?