舊約詩篇 80–89 篇
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昨天(78–79 篇):78 篇回顧以色列從出埃及到大衛作王的歷史,百姓一再忘記神,神卻屢次憐憫;79 篇哀哭耶路撒冷被外邦人攻破,求神為自己名的緣故拯救、赦罪。
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80 篇三次求神「使你的臉發光」,把以色列比作神所栽的葡萄樹;81–83 篇呼召百姓守節、聽神的話,責備不公的審判者,求神對付聯盟來犯的列國;84 篇渴慕神的殿;85 篇求神再次復興;86 篇是大衛的禱告;87 篇說萬國都要在錫安登記;88 篇常被認為是詩篇中最黑暗的一篇;89 篇記念神與大衛立的約,詩篇第三卷結束。
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88 篇從頭到尾沒有轉為讚美,最後停在「黑暗裡」。聖經收錄這樣的禱告,表示在最深的痛苦中也可以誠實向神傾訴;而詩人一開口,仍是向「拯救我的神」說話()。
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80 篇提到以法蓮、便雅憫、瑪拿西,可能寫於北國以色列被亞述滅亡(主前 722 年)前後;89 篇哀嘆大衛的寶座被推倒,許多學者認為反映主前 586 年耶路撒冷陷落。
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詩篇 第 80 章
求你使你的臉發光
1(亞薩的詩,交與伶長。調用為證的百合花。)領約瑟如領羊群之以色列的牧者啊,求你留心聽!坐在上的啊,求你發出光來!For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
2在以法蓮、便雅憫、瑪拿西前面施展你的大能,來救我們。before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
3神啊,求你使我們(或譯:復興),使你的臉發光,我們便要得救!Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
4耶和華─萬軍之 神啊,你向你百姓的禱告發怒,要到幾時呢?O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
5你以眼淚當食物給他們吃,又多量出眼淚給他們喝。You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
6你使鄰邦因我們紛爭;我們的仇敵彼此戲笑。You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7萬軍之 神啊,求你使我們回轉,使你的臉發光,我們便要得救!Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
神從埃及挪出的葡萄樹
8你從埃及挪出一棵,趕出外邦人,把這樹栽上。You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
9你在這樹根前預備了地方,它就深深扎根,爬滿了地。You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
10它的影子遮滿了山,枝子好像佳美的香柏樹。The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
11它發出枝子,長到大海,發出蔓子,延到大河。It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
12你為何拆毀這樹的籬笆,任憑一切過路的人摘取?Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
13林中出來的野豬把它糟踏;野地的走獸拿它當食物。The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
14萬軍之 神啊,求你回轉!從天上垂看,眷顧這葡萄樹,Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
15保護你右手所栽的和你為自己所堅固的枝子。the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
16這樹已經被火焚燒,被刀砍伐;他們因你臉上的怒容就滅亡了。Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17願你的手扶持你右邊的人,就是你為自己所堅固的。Let Your hand be upon the man at Your right hand, on the son of man You have raised up for Yourself.
18這樣,我們便不退後離開你;求你救活我們,我們就要求告你的名。Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
19耶和華─萬軍之 神啊,求你使我們回轉,使你的臉發光,我們便要得救!Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
詩篇 第 81 章
在節期向神歡呼
1(亞薩的詩,交與伶長。用迦特樂器。)你們當向 神─我們的力量大聲歡呼,向雅各的 神發聲歡樂!For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
2唱起詩歌,打手鼓,彈美琴與瑟。Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3當在─我們過節的日期吹角,Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4因這是為以色列定的律例,是雅各 神的典章。For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5他去攻擊埃及地的時候,在約瑟中間立此為證。我在那裡聽見我所不明白的言語:He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6神說:我使你的肩得脫重擔,你的手放下。“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
7你在急難中呼求,我就搭救你;我在雷的隱密處應允你,在米利巴水那裡試驗你。(細拉)You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
8我的民哪,你當聽,我要勸戒你;以色列啊,甚願你肯聽從我。Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!
9在你當中,不可有別的神;外邦的神,你也不可下拜。There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.
10我是耶和華─你的 神,曾把你從埃及地領上來;你要,我就給你充滿。I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
11無奈,我的民不聽我的聲音;以色列全不理我。But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
12我便任憑他們心裡剛硬,隨自己的計謀而行。So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
13甚願我的民肯聽從我,以色列肯行我的道,If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
14我便速速治服他們的仇敵,反手攻擊他們的敵人。how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
15恨耶和華的人必來投降,但他的百姓必永久長存。Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
16他也必拿上好的麥子給他們吃,又拿從磐石出的蜂蜜叫他們飽足。But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
詩篇 第 82 章
神在諸神中行審判
1(亞薩的詩。) 神站在有權力者的會中,在諸神中行審判,A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
2說:你們審判不秉公義,惡人的情面,要到幾時呢?(細拉)“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3你們當為貧寒的人和孤兒伸冤;當為困苦和窮乏的人施行公義。Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
4當保護貧寒和窮乏的人,救他們脫離惡人的手。Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
5你們仍不知道,也不明白,在黑暗中走來走去;地的根基都搖動了。They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6我曾說:,都是至高者的兒子。I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
7然而,你們要死,與世人一樣,要仆倒,像王子中的一位。But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
8神啊,求你起來審判世界,因為你要得萬邦為業。Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
詩篇 第 83 章
求你不要靜默
1(亞薩的詩歌。) 神啊,求你不要靜默! 神啊,求你不要閉口,也不要不作聲!A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
2因為你的仇敵喧嚷,恨你的抬起頭來。See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
3他們同謀奸詐要害你的百姓,彼此商議要害你所隱藏的人。With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
4他們說:來吧,我們將他們剪滅,使他們不再成國!使以色列的名不再被人記念!saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
5他們同心商議,彼此結盟,要抵擋你,For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
6就是住帳棚的以東人和以實瑪利人,摩押和夏甲人,the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
7迦巴勒、亞捫,和亞瑪力、非利士並泰爾的居民。of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
8亞述也與他們連合;他們作羅得子孫的幫手。(細拉)Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
9求你待他們,如待米甸,如在基順河待西西拉和耶賓一樣。Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,
10他們在隱‧多珥滅亡,成了地上的糞土。who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
11求你叫他們的首領像俄立和西伊伯,叫他們的王子都像西巴和撒慕拿。Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12他們說:我們要得 神的住處,作為自己的產業。who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
13我的 神啊,求你叫他們像旋風的塵土,像風前的碎秸。Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
14火怎樣焚燒樹林,火焰怎樣燒著山嶺,As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
15求你也照樣用狂風追趕他們,用暴雨恐嚇他們。so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
16願你使他們滿面羞恥,好叫他們尋求你─耶和華的名!Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
17願他們永遠羞愧驚惶!願他們慚愧滅亡!May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.
18使他們知道:惟獨你─名為耶和華的─是全地以上的至高者!May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
詩篇 第 84 章
你的居所何等可愛
1(可拉後裔的詩,交與伶長。用迦特樂器。)萬軍之耶和華啊,你的居所何等可愛!For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
2我羨慕渴想耶和華的院宇;我的心腸,我的肉體向永生 神呼籲(或譯:歡呼)。My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3萬軍之耶和華─我的王,我的 神啊,在你祭壇那裡,麻雀為自己找著房屋,燕子為自己找著之窩。Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
4如此住在你殿中的便為有福!他們仍要讚美你。(細拉)How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
5靠你有力量、心中想往錫安大道的,這人便為有福!Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6他們經過,叫這谷變為泉源之地;並有秋雨之福蓋滿了全谷。As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.
7他們行走,力上加力,各人到錫安朝見 神。They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.
8耶和華─萬軍之 神啊,求你聽我的禱告!雅各的 神啊,求你留心聽!(細拉)O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
9神啊,你是我們的盾牌;求你垂顧觀看你受膏者的面!Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
10在你的院宇住一日,勝似在別處住千日;寧可在我 神殿中,不願住在惡人的帳棚裡。For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11因為耶和華─ 神是日頭,是盾牌,要賜下恩惠和榮耀。他未嘗留下一樣好處不給那些行動正直的人。For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
12萬軍之耶和華啊,倚靠你的人便為有福!O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
詩篇 第 85 章
神曾施恩,求你再復興我們
1(可拉後裔的詩,交與伶長。)耶和華啊,你已經向你的地施恩,救回被擄的雅各。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
2你赦免了你百姓的罪孽,遮蓋了他們一切的過犯。(細拉)You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah
3你收轉了所發的忿怒和你猛烈的怒氣。You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
4拯救我們的 神啊,求你使我們回轉,叫你的惱恨向我們止息。Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
5你要向我們發怒到永遠嗎?你要將你的怒氣延留到萬代嗎?Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
6你不再將我們救活,使你的百姓靠你歡喜嗎?Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
7耶和華啊,求你使我們得見你的慈愛,又將你的救恩賜給我們。Show us Your loving devotion, O LORD, and grant us Your salvation.
8我要聽 神─耶和華所說的話;因為他必應許將平安賜給他的百姓─他的聖民;他們卻不可再轉去妄行。I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
9他的救恩誠然與敬畏他的人相近,叫榮耀住在我們的地上。Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
10慈愛和誠實彼此相遇;公義和平安彼此。Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
11誠實從地而生;公義從天而現。Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
12耶和華必將好處賜給我們;我們的地也要多出土產。The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13公義要行在他面前,叫他的腳蹤成為可走的路。Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
詩篇 第 86 章
求你側耳應允我
1(大衛的祈禱。)耶和華啊,求你側耳應允我,因我是困苦窮乏的。A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
2求你保存我的性命,因我是虔誠人。我的 神啊,求你拯救這倚靠你的僕人!Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
3主啊,求你憐憫我,因我終日求告你。Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
4主啊,求你使僕人心裡歡喜,因為我的心仰望你。Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
5主啊,你本為良善,樂意饒恕人,有豐盛的慈愛賜給凡求告你的人。For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
6耶和華啊,求你留心聽我的禱告,垂聽我懇求的聲音。Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
7我在患難之日要求告你,因為你必應允我。In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
8主啊,諸神之中沒有可比你的;你的作為也無可比。O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
9主啊,你所造的萬民都要來敬拜你;他們也要榮耀你的名。All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
10因你為大,且行奇妙的事;惟獨你是 神。For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
11耶和華啊,求你將你的道指教我;我要照你的真理行;求你使我專心敬畏你的名!Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
12主─我的 神啊,我要一心稱讚你;我要榮耀你的名,直到永遠。I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
13因為,你向我發的慈愛是大的;你救了我的靈魂免入極深的陰間。For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
14神啊,驕傲的人起來攻擊我,又有一黨強橫的人尋索我的命;他們沒有將你放在眼中。The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.
15主啊,你是有憐憫有恩典的 神,不輕易發怒,並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實。But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
16求你向我轉臉,憐恤我,將你的力量賜給僕人,救你。Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
17求你向我顯出恩待我的憑據,叫恨我的人看見便羞愧,因為你─耶和華幫助我,安慰我。Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
詩篇 第 87 章
萬民都生在錫安
1(可拉後裔的詩歌。)耶和華所立的根基在聖山上。A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
2他愛錫安的門,勝於愛雅各一切的住處。The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3神的城啊,有榮耀的事乃指著你說的。(細拉)Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
4我要提起和巴比倫人,是在認識我之中的;看哪,非利士和泰爾並古實人,個個生在那裡。“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
5論到錫安,必說:這一個、那一個都生在其中,而且至高者必親自堅立這城。And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
6當耶和華記錄萬民的時候,他要點出這一個生在那裡。(細拉)The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah
7歌唱的,跳舞的,都要說:我的泉源都在你裡面。Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
詩篇 第 88 章
我的性命臨近陰間
1(可拉後裔的詩歌,就是以斯拉人希幔的訓誨詩,交與伶長。調用麻哈拉利暗俄。)耶和華─拯救我的 神啊,我晝夜在你面前呼籲。A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
2願我的禱告達到你面前;求你側耳聽我的呼求!May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
3因為我心裡滿了患難;我的性命臨近陰間。For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4我算和下坑的人同列,如同無力(或譯:沒有幫助)的人一樣。I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
5我被丟在死人中,好像被殺的人躺在墳墓裡。他們是你不再記念的,與你隔絕了。I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
6你把我放在極深的坑裡,在黑暗地方,在深處。You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
7你的忿怒重壓我身;你用一切的波浪困住我。(細拉)Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
8你把我所認識的隔在遠處,使我為他們所憎惡;我被拘困,不得出來。You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
9我的眼睛因困苦而。耶和華啊,我天天求告你,向你舉手。My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
10你豈要行奇事給死人看嗎?難道陰魂還能起來稱讚你嗎?(細拉)Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
11豈能在墳墓裡述說你的慈愛嗎?豈能在滅亡中述說你的信實嗎?Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12你的奇事豈能在幽暗裡被知道嗎?你的公義豈能在忘記之地被知道嗎?Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
13耶和華啊,我呼求你;我早晨的禱告要達到你面前。But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
14耶和華啊,你為何丟棄我?為何掩面不顧我?Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
15我自幼受苦,幾乎死亡;我受你的驚恐,甚至慌張。From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
16你的烈怒漫過我身;你的驚嚇把我剪除。Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
17這些終日如水環繞我,一齊都來圍困我。All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
18你把我的良朋密友隔在遠處,使我所認識的人進入黑暗裡。You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
詩篇 第 89 章
歌唱耶和華的慈愛和信實
1(以斯拉人以探的訓誨詩。)我要歌唱耶和華的慈愛,直到永遠;我要用口將你的信實傳與萬代。A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
2因我曾說:你的慈悲必建立到永遠;你的信實必堅立在天上。For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
3我與我所揀選的人,向我的僕人大衛起了誓:You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
4我要建立你的後裔,直到永遠;要建立你的寶座,直到萬代。(細拉)‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5耶和華啊,諸天要稱讚你的奇事;在聖者的會中,要稱讚你的信實。The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
6在天空誰能比耶和華呢? 神的眾子中,誰能像耶和華呢?For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
7他在聖者的會中,是大有威嚴的 神,比一切在他四圍的更可畏懼。In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
8耶和華─萬軍之 神啊,哪一個大能者像你耶和華?你的信實是在你的四圍。O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
9你管轄海的狂傲;波浪翻騰,你就使它平靜了。You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.
10你打碎了拉哈伯,似乎是已殺的人;你用有能的膀臂打散了你的仇敵。You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
11天屬你,地也屬你;世界和其中所充滿的都為你所建立。The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
12南北為你所創造;他泊和黑門都因你的名歡呼。North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
13你有大能的膀臂;你的手有力,你的右手也高舉。Mighty is Your arm; strong is Your hand. Your right hand is exalted.
14公義和公平是你寶座的根基;慈愛和誠實行在你前面。Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
15知道向你歡呼的,那民是有福的!耶和華啊,他們在你臉上的光裡行走。Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
16他們因你的名終日歡樂,因你的公義得以高舉。They rejoice in Your name all day long, and in Your righteousness they exult.
17你是他們力量的榮耀;因為你喜悅我們,我們的角必被高舉。For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
18我們的盾牌屬耶和華;我們的王屬以色列的聖者。Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
神與大衛立約
19當時,你在異象中曉諭你的聖民,說:我已把救助之力加在那有能者的身上;我高舉那從民中所揀選的。You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20我尋得我的僕人大衛,用我的聖膏膏他。I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
21我的手必使他堅立;我的膀臂也必堅固他。My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
22仇敵必不勒索他;凶惡之子也不苦害他。No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
23我要在他面前打碎他的敵人,擊殺那恨他的人。I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24只是我的信實和我的慈愛要與他同在;因我的名,他的角必被高舉。My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
25我要使他的左手伸到海上,右手伸到河上。I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.
26他要稱呼我說:你是我的父,是我的 神,是拯救我的磐石。He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
27我也要立他為長子,為世上最高的君王。I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28我要為他存留我的慈愛,直到永遠;我與他立的約必要堅定。I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
29我也要使他的後裔存到永遠,使他的寶座如天之久。I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30倘若他的子孫離棄我的律法,不照我的典章行,If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,
31背棄我的律例,不遵守我的誡命,if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
32我就要用杖責罰他們的過犯,用鞭責罰他們的罪孽。I will attend to their transgression with the rod, and to their iniquity with stripes.
33只是我必不將我的慈愛全然收回,也必不叫我的信實廢棄。But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
34我必不背棄我的約,也不改變我口中所出的。I will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.
35我一次指著自己的聖潔起誓:我決不向大衛說謊!Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness—I will not lie to David—
36他的後裔要存到永遠;他的寶座在我面前如日之恆一般,his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
37又如月亮永遠堅立,如天上確實的見證。(細拉)like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
你卻棄絕了你的受膏者
38但你惱怒你的受膏者,就丟掉棄絕他。Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
39你厭惡了與僕人所立的約,將他的冠冕踐踏於地。You have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.
40你拆毀了他一切的籬笆,使他的保障變為荒場。You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.
41凡過路的人都搶奪他;他成為鄰邦的羞辱。All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
42你高舉了他敵人的右手;你叫他一切的仇敵歡喜。You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43你叫他的刀劍捲刃,叫他在爭戰之中站立不住。You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
44你使他的光輝止息,將他的寶座推倒於地。You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
45你減少他青年的日子,又使他蒙羞。(細拉)You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah
46耶和華啊,這要到幾時呢?你要將自己隱藏到永遠嗎?你的忿怒如火焚燒要到幾時呢?How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
47求你想念我的時候是何等的短少;你創造世人,要使他們歸何等的虛空呢?Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!
48誰能常活免死、救他的靈魂脫離陰間的權柄呢?(細拉)What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
49主啊,你從前憑你的信實向大衛立誓要施行的慈愛在哪裡呢?Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
50主啊,求你記念僕人們所受的羞辱,記念我怎樣將一切強盛民的羞辱存在我懷裡。Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
51耶和華啊,你的仇敵用這羞辱羞辱了你的僕人,羞辱了你受膏者的腳蹤。how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
52耶和華是應當稱頌的,直到永遠。阿們!阿們!Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and amen.
摘要
詩篇八十至八十九篇收錄亞薩、可拉後裔、大衛、希幔與以探的詩。詩人以被毀的葡萄樹比喻以色列,一再呼求神使百姓回轉;神追述拯救之恩,責備百姓不肯聽從,也審判不秉公義的掌權者。詩人求神擊敗結盟來攻的列國,又表達對神殿的渴慕,盼望神再施慈愛,使公義與平安相親,並預言萬民都要以錫安為出生之地。希幔在黑暗與孤絕中仍晝夜向神呼求;以探先頌讚神與大衛所立的永約,再為受膏者遭棄絕而哀嘆,最後仍以稱頌神作結。
反思問題
- 詩人一再求「使我們回轉,使你的臉發光」。你的生命中有哪些地方需要神的復興?今天可以怎樣轉向祂?
- 神說「甚願我的民肯聽從我」,又要人為貧寒、孤兒和困苦的人伸冤。你在哪些事上沒有聽從神的聲音?在你所處的位置,可以怎樣實踐公義、保護弱者?
- 希幔在看不見出路的黑暗中仍天天向神舉手,以探在約好像落空時仍稱頌神。當禱告似乎沒有回應時,你如何繼續信靠神的信實?
新約哥林多前書 3:1–23
前情提要
上回說到
昨天():保羅回想初到哥林多時,沒有用高言大智,只傳耶穌基督並他釘十字架;他說神奧祕的智慧是藉著聖靈顯明的,屬血氣的人以為愚拙,屬靈的人才能看透。
今天你會讀到
保羅說哥林多信徒還像吃奶的嬰孩,因為他們嫉妒、紛爭、各擁一位領袖;他用種田和蓋房子作比喻:保羅栽種、亞波羅澆灌,惟有神叫他生長;根基就是耶穌基督,各人的工程將來要被火試驗。最後提醒他們是神的殿,不可拿人誇口。
閱讀小提示
的「你們」是複數:保羅在這裡說整個教會是神的殿( 也用「殿」來說信徒的身子)。分黨拆毀教會,就是在毀壞神的殿()。
點時代可看說明
保羅離開哥林多以後,亞波羅接著到那裡幫助信徒(),所以教會裡有人說屬保羅、有人說屬亞波羅。
哥林多前書 第 3 章
還是屬肉體的嬰孩
1弟兄們,我從前對你們說話,不能把你們當作屬靈的,只得把你們當作屬肉體,在基督裡為嬰孩的。Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
2我是用奶餵你們,沒有用飯餵你們。那時你們不能吃,就是如今還是不能。I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
3你們仍是的,因為在你們中間有嫉妒、紛爭,這豈不是屬乎肉體、照著世人的樣子行嗎?for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
4有說:「我是屬保羅的」;有說:「我是屬的。」這豈不是你們和世人一樣嗎?For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
惟有神叫他生長
5亞波羅算甚麼?保羅算甚麼?無非是,照主所賜給他們各人的,引導你們相信。What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
6我栽種了,亞波羅澆灌了,惟有 神叫他生長。I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
7可見栽種的,算不得甚麼,澆灌的,也算不得甚麼;只在那叫他生長的 神。So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
8栽種的和澆灌的,都是一樣,但將來各人要照自己的得自己的賞賜。He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
9因為我們是與 神同工的;你們是 神所耕種的田地,所建造的房屋。For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
耶穌基督是根基
10我照 神所給我的恩,好像一個聰明的,立好了根基,有別人在上面建造;只是各人要謹慎怎樣在上面建造。By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
11因為那已經立好的根基就是耶穌基督,此外沒有人能立別的根基。For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
各人的工程要被火試驗
12若有人用金、銀、寶石、草木、在這根基上建造,If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13各人的工程必然顯露,因為要將它表明出來,有火發現;這火要試驗各人的工程怎樣。his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.
14人在那根基上所建造的工程若存得住,他就要得賞賜。If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.
15人的工程若被燒了,他就要受,自己卻要得救;雖然得救,乃像從火裡經過的一樣。If it is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as if through the flames.
你們是神的殿
16豈不知你們是 , 神的靈住在你們裡頭嗎?Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
17若有人毀壞 神的殿, 神必要毀壞那人;因為 神的殿是聖的,這殿就是你們。If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
世上的智慧在神看是愚拙
18人不可自欺。你們中間若有人在這世界自以為有智慧,倒不如變作愚拙,好成為有智慧的。Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
19因這世界的智慧,在 神看是愚拙。如經上記著說:「主叫有智慧的,中了自己的」;For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
20又說:「主知道智慧人的意念是的。」And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
萬有全是你們的
21所以無論誰,都不可拿人誇口,因為萬有全是你們的。Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
22或保羅,或亞波羅,或,或世界,或生,或死,或現今的事,或將來的事,全是你們的;whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
23並且你們是屬基督的,基督又是屬 神的。and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
摘要
保羅指出哥林多信徒仍屬肉體,像在基督裡的嬰孩,因為他們中間有嫉妒紛爭,各人分別說自己屬保羅或屬亞波羅。他說明保羅和亞波羅都只是執事,栽種與澆灌的算不得什麼,惟有神叫人生長;信徒是神的田地、神的房屋,惟一的根基就是耶穌基督,各人的工程將來都要被火試驗。保羅也提醒信徒是神的殿,有神的靈住在裡面,不可自恃世上的智慧,也不可拿人誇口,因為萬有都是他們的,而他們是屬基督的,基督又是屬神的。
反思問題
- 哥林多教會因跟隨不同的領袖而分黨。你是否也曾因為偏愛某位傳道人、某個群體或某種立場,而與人疏遠或起紛爭?
- 保羅說各人的工程要被火試驗。你現在投入時間和心力的事,哪些是在基督的根基上用「金、銀、寶石」建造?哪些可能只是「草木、禾稭」?
- 既然你是神的殿,有神的靈住在裡面,這個真理會怎樣改變你看待自己的身體、言語和人際關係?