今日讀經

神從各地招聚贖民

¹你們要稱謝耶和華，因他本為善；他的慈愛永遠長存！Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

²願耶和華的贖民說這話，就是他從敵人手中所救贖的，Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

³從各地，從東從西，從南從北，所招聚來的。and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

在曠野漂流的人

⁴他們在曠野荒地漂流，尋不見可住的城邑，Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

⁵又飢又渴，心裡發昏。They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

⁶於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華；他從他們的禍患中搭救他們，Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

⁷又領他們行走直路，使他們往可居住的城邑。He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

⁸但願人因耶和華的慈愛和他向人所行的奇事都稱讚他；Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

⁹因他使心裡渴慕的人得以知足，使心裡飢餓的人得飽美物。For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

坐在黑暗死蔭裡的人

¹⁰那些坐在黑暗中、死蔭裡的人被困苦和鐵鍊捆鎖，Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

¹¹是因他們違背　神的話語，藐視至高者的旨意。because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

¹²所以，他用勞苦治服他們的心；他們仆倒，無人扶助。He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

¹³於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華；他從他們的禍患中拯救他們。Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

¹⁴他從黑暗中和死蔭裡領他們出來，折斷他們的綁索。He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

¹⁵但願人因耶和華的慈愛和他向人所行的奇事都稱讚他；Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁶因為他打破了銅門，砍斷了鐵閂。For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

因罪受苦、臨近死門的人

¹⁷愚妄人因自己的過犯和自己的罪孽便受苦楚。Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

¹⁸他們心裡厭惡各樣的食物，就臨近死門。They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

¹⁹於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華；他從他們的禍患中拯救他們。Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

²⁰他發命醫治他們，救他們脫離死亡。He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

²¹但願人因耶和華的慈愛和他向人所行的奇事都稱讚他。Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

²²願他們以感謝為祭獻給他，歡呼述說他的作為！Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

在海上遇風暴的人

²³在海上坐船，在大水中經理事務的，Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

²⁴他們看見耶和華的作為，並他在深水中的奇事。They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

²⁵因他一吩咐，狂風就起來，海中的波浪也揚起。For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

²⁶他們上到天空，下到海底；他們的心因患難便消化。They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

²⁷他們搖搖晃晃，東倒西歪，好像醉酒的人；他們的智慧無法可施。They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

²⁸於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華，他從他們的禍患中領出他們來。Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

²⁹他使狂風止息，波浪就平靜。He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰風息浪靜，他們便歡喜；他就引他們到所願去的海口。They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

³¹但願人因耶和華的慈愛和他向人所行的奇事都稱讚他。Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

³²願他們在民的會中尊崇他，在長老的位上讚美他！Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

神使曠野變為水潭

³³他使江河變為曠野，叫水泉變為乾渴之地，He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

³⁴使肥地變為鹼地；這都因其間居民的罪惡。and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

³⁵他使曠野變為水潭，叫旱地變為水泉。He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

³⁶他使飢餓的人住在那裡，好建造可住的城邑，He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

³⁷又種田地，栽葡萄園，得享所出的土產。They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

³⁸他又賜福給他們，叫他們生養眾多，也不叫他們的牲畜減少。He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

³⁹他們又因暴虐、患難、愁苦，就減少且卑下。When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰他使君王蒙羞被辱，使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流。He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

⁴¹他卻將窮乏人安置在高處，脫離苦難，使他的家屬多如羊群。But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

⁴²正直人看見就歡喜；罪孽之輩必塞口無言。The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

⁴³凡有智慧的，必在這些事上留心，也必思想耶和華的慈愛。Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

我心堅定，我要歌頌

¹（大衛的詩歌。）　神啊，我心堅定；我口（原文是榮耀）要唱詩歌頌！A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.

²琴瑟啊，你們當醒起！我自己要極早醒起！Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

³耶和華啊，我要在萬民中稱謝你，在列邦中歌頌你！I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.

⁴因為，你的慈愛大過諸天；你的誠實達到穹蒼。For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵神啊，願你崇高過於諸天！願你的榮耀高過全地！Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

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求你用右手拯救我們

⁶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.

⁷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.

⁸基列是我的；瑪拿西是我的；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.

⁹摩押是我的沐浴盆；我要向以東拋鞋；我必因勝非利士呼喊。Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰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?

¹¹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?

¹²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.

¹³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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求你不要閉口不言

¹（大衛的詩，交與伶長。）我所讚美的　神啊，求你不要閉口不言。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

²因為惡人的嘴和詭詐人的口已經張開攻擊我；他們用撒謊的舌頭對我說話。For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

³他們圍繞我，說怨恨的話，又無故地攻打我。They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

⁴他們與我為敵以報我愛，但我專心祈禱。In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

⁵他們向我以惡報善，以恨報愛。They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

願惡人自食其果

⁶願你派一個惡人轄制他，派一個對頭站在他右邊！Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷他受審判的時候，願他出來擔當罪名！願他的祈禱反成為罪！When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

⁸願他的年日短少！願別人得他的職分！May his days be few; may another take his position.

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⁹願他的兒女為孤兒，他的妻子為寡婦！May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

¹⁰願他的兒女漂流討飯，從他們荒涼之處出來求食！May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

¹¹願強暴的債主牢籠他一切所有的！願外人搶他勞碌得來的！May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

¹²願無人向他延綿施恩！願無人可憐他的孤兒！May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

¹³願他的後人斷絕，名字被塗抹，不傳於下代！May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

¹⁴願他祖宗的罪孽被耶和華記念！願他母親的罪過不被塗抹！May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

¹⁵願這些罪常在耶和華面前，使他的名號斷絕於世！May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

¹⁶因為他不想施恩，卻逼迫困苦窮乏的和傷心的人，要把他們治死。For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

¹⁷他愛咒罵，咒罵就臨到他；他不喜愛福樂，福樂就與他遠離！The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

¹⁸他拿咒罵當衣服穿上；這咒罵就如水進他裡面，像油入他的骨頭。The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

¹⁹願這咒罵當他遮身的衣服，當他常束的腰帶！May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

²⁰這就是我對頭和用惡言議論我的人從耶和華那裡所受的報應。May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

求你為你的名恩待我

²¹主─耶和華啊，求你為你的名恩待我；因你的慈愛美好，求你搭救我！But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

²²因為我困苦窮乏，內心受傷。For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

²³我如日影漸漸偏斜而去；我如蝗蟲被抖出來。I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴我因禁食，膝骨軟弱；我身上的肉也漸漸瘦了。My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

²⁵我受他們的羞辱，他們看見我便搖頭。I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

²⁶耶和華─我的　神啊，求你幫助我，照你的慈愛拯救我，Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

²⁷使他們知道這是你的手，是你─耶和華所行的事。Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

²⁸任憑他們咒罵，惟願你賜福；他們幾時起來就必蒙羞，你的僕人卻要歡喜。Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

²⁹願我的對頭披戴羞辱！願他們以自己的羞愧為外袍遮身！May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

³⁰我要用口極力稱謝耶和華；我要在眾人中間讚美他；With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

³¹因為他必站在窮乏人的右邊，要救他脫離審判他靈魂的人。For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

你坐在我的右邊

¹（大衛的詩。）耶和華對我主說：你坐在我的右邊，等我使你仇敵作你的腳凳。A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

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²耶和華必使你從錫安伸出能力的杖來；你要在你仇敵中掌權。The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

³當你掌權的日子（或譯：行軍的日子），你的民要以聖潔的妝飾為衣（或譯：以聖潔為妝飾），甘心犧牲自己；你的民多如清晨的甘露（或譯：你少年時光耀如清晨的甘露）。Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.

照著麥基洗德的等次永遠為祭司

⁴耶和華起了誓，決不後悔，說：你是照著麥基洗德的等次永遠為祭司。The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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⁵在你右邊的主，當他發怒的日子，必打傷列王。The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶他要在列邦中刑罰惡人，屍首就遍滿各處；他要在許多國中打破仇敵的頭。He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

⁷他要喝路旁的河水，因此必抬起頭來。He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.

論到信上所提的事

¹論到你們信上所提的事，我說男不近女倒好。Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

夫妻彼此的本分

²但要免淫亂的事，男子當各有自己的妻子；女子也當各有自己的丈夫。But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

³丈夫當用合宜之分待妻子；妻子待丈夫也要如此。The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

⁴妻子沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在丈夫；丈夫也沒有權柄主張自己的身子，乃在妻子。The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

⁵夫妻不可彼此虧負，除非兩相情願，暫時分房，為要專心禱告方可；以後仍要同房，免得撒但趁著你們情不自禁，引誘你們。Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

⁶我說這話，原是准你們的，不是命你們的。I say this as a concession, not as a command.

各人有不同的恩賜

⁷我願意眾人像我一樣；只是各人領受　神的恩賜，一個是這樣，一個是那樣。I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

對沒有嫁娶的和寡婦

⁸我對著沒有嫁娶的和寡婦說，若他們常像我就好。Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

⁹倘若自己禁止不住，就可以嫁娶。與其慾火攻心，倒不如嫁娶為妙。But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

主吩咐：不可離婚

¹⁰至於那已經嫁娶的，我吩咐他們；其實不是我吩咐，乃是主吩咐說：妻子不可離開丈夫，To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

¹¹若是離開了，不可再嫁，或是仍同丈夫和好。丈夫也不可離棄妻子。But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

配偶不信主的時候

¹²我對其餘的人說（不是主說）：倘若某弟兄有不信的妻子，妻子也情願和他同住，他就不要離棄妻子。To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

¹³妻子有不信的丈夫，丈夫也情願和她同住，她就不要離棄丈夫。And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

¹⁴因為不信的丈夫就因著妻子成了聖潔，並且不信的妻子就因著丈夫（原文是弟兄）成了聖潔。不然，你們的兒女就不潔淨，但如今他們是聖潔的了。For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

¹⁵倘若那不信的人要離去，就由他離去吧！無論是弟兄，是姊妹，遇著這樣的事都不必拘束。　神召我們原是要我們和睦。But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

¹⁶你這作妻子的，怎麼知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你這作丈夫的，怎麼知道不能救你的妻子呢？How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

照神所召的而行

¹⁷只要照主所分給各人的，和　神所召各人的而行。我吩咐各教會都是這樣。Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

¹⁸有人已受割禮蒙召呢，就不要廢割禮；有人未受割禮蒙召呢，就不要受割禮。Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

¹⁹受割禮算不得甚麼，不受割禮也算不得甚麼，只要守　神的誡命就是了。Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

²⁰各人蒙召的時候是甚麼身分，仍要守住這身分。Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

作奴隸蒙召的

²¹你是作奴隸蒙召的嗎？不要因此憂慮；若能以自由，就求自由更好。Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

²²因為作奴僕蒙召於主的，就是主所釋放的人；作自由之人蒙召的，就是基督的奴僕。For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

²³你們是重價買來的，不要作人的奴僕。You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

²⁴弟兄們，你們各人蒙召的時候是甚麼身分，仍要在　神面前守住這身分。Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.