今日读经

我要时时称颂耶和华

¹（大卫在亚比米勒面前装疯，被他赶出去，就作这诗。）我要时时称颂耶和华；赞美他的话必常在我口中。Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

²我的心必因耶和华夸耀；谦卑人听见就要喜乐。My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

³你们和我当称耶和华为大，一同高举他的名。Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.

我曾寻求耶和华

⁴我曾寻求耶和华，他就应允我，救我脱离了一切的恐惧。I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

⁵凡仰望他的，便有光荣；他们的脸必不蒙羞。Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.

⁶我这困苦人呼求，耶和华便垂听，救我脱离一切患难。This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

⁷耶和华的使者在敬畏他的人四围安营，搭救他们。The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.

你们要尝尝主恩的滋味

⁸你们要尝尝主恩的滋味，便知道他是美善；投靠他的人有福了！Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

⁹耶和华的圣民哪，你们当敬畏他，因敬畏他的一无所缺。Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

¹⁰少壮狮子还缺食忍饿，但寻求耶和华的什么好处都不缺。Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

敬畏耶和华的道

¹¹众弟子啊，你们当来听我的话！我要将敬畏耶和华的道教训你们。Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹²有何人喜好存活，爱慕长寿，得享美福，Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

¹³就要禁止舌头不出恶言，嘴唇不说诡诈的话。Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

¹⁴要离恶行善，寻求和睦，一心追赶。Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

耶和华靠近伤心的人

¹⁵耶和华的眼目看顾义人；他的耳朵听他们的呼求。The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

¹⁶耶和华向行恶的人变脸，要从世上除灭他们的名号。But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

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¹⁷义人呼求，耶和华听见了，便救他们脱离一切患难。The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

¹⁸耶和华靠近伤心的人，拯救灵性痛悔的人。The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

¹⁹义人多有苦难，但耶和华救他脱离这一切，Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

²⁰又保全他一身的骨头，连一根也不折断。He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

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²¹恶必害死恶人；恨恶义人的，必被定罪。Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

²²耶和华救赎他仆人的灵魂；凡投靠他的，必不致定罪。The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

求你与他们相争

¹（大卫的诗。）耶和华啊，与我相争的，求你与他们相争！与我相战的，求你与他们相战！Of David. Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.

²拿着大小的盾牌，起来帮助我。Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.

³抽出枪来，挡住那追赶我的；求你对我的灵魂说：我是拯救你的。Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

⁴愿那寻索我命的，蒙羞受辱！愿那谋害我的，退后羞愧！May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

⁵愿他们像风前的糠，有耶和华的使者赶逐他们。May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

⁶愿他们的道路又暗又滑，有耶和华的使者追赶他们。May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

⁷因他们无故地为我暗设网罗，无故地挖坑，要害我的性命。For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

⁸愿灾祸忽然临到他身上！愿他暗设的网缠住自己！愿他落在其中遭灾祸！May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

⁹我的心必靠耶和华快乐，靠他的救恩高兴。Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.

¹⁰我的骨头都要说：耶和华啊，谁能像你救护困苦人脱离那比他强壮的，救护困苦穷乏人脱离那抢夺他的？All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”

以恶报善的人

¹¹凶恶的见证人起来，盘问我所不知道的事。Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

¹²他们向我以恶报善，使我的灵魂孤苦。They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

¹³至于我，当他们有病的时候，我便穿麻衣，禁食，刻苦己心；我所求的都归到自己的怀中。Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

¹⁴我这样行，好像他是我的朋友，我的弟兄；我屈身悲哀，如同人为母亲哀痛。I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

¹⁵我在患难中，他们却欢喜，大家聚集。我所不认识的那些下流人聚集攻击我；他们不住地把我撕裂。But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

¹⁶他们如同席上好嬉笑的狂妄人向我咬牙。Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

主啊，要到几时呢

¹⁷主啊，你看着不理要到几时呢？求你救我的灵魂脱离他们的残害！救我的生命（生命：原文是独一者）脱离少壮狮子！How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

¹⁸我在大会中要称谢你，在众民中要赞美你。Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.

¹⁹求你不容那无理与我为仇的向我夸耀！不容那无故恨我的向我挤眼！Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.

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²⁰因为他们不说和平话，倒想出诡诈的言语害地上的安静人。For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.

²¹他们大大张口攻击我，说：阿哈，阿哈，我们的眼已经看见了！They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

求你奋兴醒起

²²耶和华啊，你已经看见了，求你不要闭口！主啊，求你不要远离我！O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.

²³我的　神我的主啊，求你奋兴醒起，判清我的事，伸明我的冤！Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

²⁴耶和华—我的　神啊，求你按你的公义判断我，不容他们向我夸耀！Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

²⁵不容他们心里说：阿哈，遂我们的心愿了！不容他们说：我们已经把他吞了！Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²⁶愿那喜欢我遭难的一同抱愧蒙羞！愿那向我妄自尊大的披惭愧，蒙羞辱！May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

²⁷愿那喜悦我冤屈得伸的（冤屈得伸：原文是公义）欢呼快乐；愿他们常说：当尊耶和华为大！耶和华喜悦他的仆人平安。May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

²⁸我的舌头要终日论说你的公义，时常赞美你。Then my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness and Your praises all day long.

恶人心里不怕神

¹（耶和华的仆人大卫的诗，交与伶长。）恶人的罪过在他心里说：我眼中不怕　神！For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

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²他自夸自媚，以为他的罪孽终不显露，不被恨恶。For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

³他口中的言语尽是罪孽诡诈；他与智慧善行已经断绝。The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

⁴他在床上图谋罪孽，定意行不善的道，不憎恶恶事。Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

你的慈爱上及诸天

⁵耶和华啊，你的慈爱上及诸天；你的信实达到穹苍。Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

⁶你的公义好像高山；你的判断如同深渊。耶和华啊，人民、牲畜，你都救护。Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

⁷神啊，你的慈爱何其宝贵！世人投靠在你翅膀的荫下。How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

⁸他们必因你殿里的肥甘得以饱足；你也必叫他们喝你乐河的水。They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

⁹因为，在你那里有生命的源头；在你的光中，我们必得见光。For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

愿你常施慈爱

¹⁰愿你常施慈爱给认识你的人，常以公义待心里正直的人。Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹¹不容骄傲人的脚践踏我；不容凶恶人的手赶逐我。Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

¹²在那里，作孽的人已经仆倒；他们被推倒，不能再起来。There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

保罗为同胞忧愁

¹我在基督里说真话，并不谎言，有我良心被圣灵感动，给我作见证：I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

²我是大有忧愁，心里时常伤痛；I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

³为我弟兄，我骨肉之亲，就是自己被咒诅，与基督分离，我也愿意。For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

⁴他们是以色列人；那儿子的名分、荣耀、诸约、律法、礼仪、应许都是他们的。the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

⁵列祖就是他们的祖宗；按肉体说，基督也是从他们出来的。他是在万有之上，永远可称颂的　神。阿们！Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

神的话没有落空

⁶这不是说　神的话落了空。因为从以色列生的不都是以色列人，It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

⁷也不因为是亚伯拉罕的后裔就都作他的儿女；惟独“从以撒生的才要称为你的后裔。”Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

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⁸这就是说，肉身所生的儿女不是　神的儿女，惟独那应许的儿女才算是后裔。So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

⁹因为所应许的话是这样说：“到明年这时候我要来，撒拉必生一个儿子。”For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

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雅各与以扫

¹⁰不但如此，还有利百加，既从一个人，就是从我们的祖宗以撒怀了孕，Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

¹¹（双子还没有生下来，善恶还没有做出来，只因要显明　神拣选人的旨意，不在乎人的行为，乃在乎召人的主。）Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

¹²神就对利百加说：“将来，大的要服事小的。”not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

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¹³正如经上所记：雅各是我所爱的；以扫是我所恶的。So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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神有甚么不公平吗

¹⁴这样，我们可说什么呢？难道　神有什么不公平吗？断乎没有！What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

¹⁵因他对摩西说：我要怜悯谁就怜悯谁，要恩待谁就恩待谁。For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

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¹⁶据此看来，这不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎发怜悯的　神。So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.

法老的例子

¹⁷因为经上有话向法老说：“我将你兴起来，特要在你身上彰显我的权能，并要使我的名传遍天下。”For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

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¹⁸如此看来，　神要怜悯谁就怜悯谁，要叫谁刚硬就叫谁刚硬。Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.