今日读经

主啊，你世世代代作我们的居所

¹（神人摩西的祈祷）主啊，你世世代代作我们的居所。A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

²诸山未曾生出，地与世界你未曾造成，从亘古到永远，你是　神。Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

人生如草，转眼成空

³你使人归于尘土，说：你们世人要归回。You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

⁴在你看来，千年如已过的昨日，又如夜间的一更。For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

⁵你叫他们如水冲去；他们如睡一觉。早晨，他们如生长的草，You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

⁶早晨发芽生长，晚上割下枯干。in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

⁷我们因你的怒气而消灭，因你的忿怒而惊惶。For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

⁸你将我们的罪孽摆在你面前，将我们的隐恶摆在你面光之中。You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

⁹我们经过的日子都在你震怒之下；我们度尽的年岁好像一声叹息。For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.

¹⁰我们一生的年日是七十岁，若是强壮可到八十岁；但其中所矜夸的不过是劳苦愁烦，转眼成空，我们便如飞而去。The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

¹¹谁晓得你怒气的权势？谁按着你该受的敬畏晓得你的忿怒呢？Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.

求你教我们数算自己的日子

¹²求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子，好叫我们得着智慧的心。So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

¹³耶和华啊，我们要等到几时呢？求你转回，为你的仆人后悔。Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

¹⁴求你使我们早早饱得你的慈爱，好叫我们一生一世欢呼喜乐。Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

¹⁵求你照着你使我们受苦的日子，和我们遭难的年岁，叫我们喜乐。Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

¹⁶愿你的作为向你仆人显现；愿你的荣耀向他们子孙显明。May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.

¹⁷愿主—我们　神的荣美归于我们身上。愿你坚立我们手所做的工；我们手所做的工，愿你坚立。May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!

住在至高者隐密处的

¹住在至高者隐密处的，必住在全能者的荫下。He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

²我要论到耶和华说：他是我的避难所，是我的山寨，是我的　神，是我所倚靠的。I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

³他必救你脱离捕鸟人的网罗和毒害的瘟疫。Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

⁴他必用自己的翎毛遮蔽你；你要投靠在他的翅膀底下；他的诚实是大小的盾牌。He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

⁵你必不怕黑夜的惊骇，或是白日飞的箭，You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

⁶也不怕黑夜行的瘟疫，或是午间灭人的毒病。nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.

⁷虽有千人仆倒在你旁边，万人仆倒在你右边，这灾却不得临近你。Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.

⁸你惟亲眼观看，见恶人遭报。You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.

神要为你吩咐祂的使者

⁹耶和华是我的避难所；你已将至高者当你的居所，Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—

¹⁰祸患必不临到你，灾害也不挨近你的帐棚。no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.

¹¹因他要为你吩咐他的使者，在你行的一切道路上保护你。For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

¹²他们要用手托着你，免得你的脚碰在石头上。They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

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¹³你要踹在狮子和虺蛇的身上，践踏少壮狮子和大蛇。You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.

¹⁴神说：因为他专心爱我，我就要搭救他；因为他知道我的名，我要把他安置在高处。“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

¹⁵他若求告我，我就应允他；他在急难中，我要与他同在；我要搭救他，使他尊贵。When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

¹⁶我要使他足享长寿，将我的救恩显明给他。With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

安息日的赞美

¹（安息日的诗歌。）称谢耶和华！歌颂你至高者的名！A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

^2–3用十弦的乐器和瑟，用琴弹幽雅的声音，早晨传扬你的慈爱；每夜传扬你的信实。这本为美事。to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

⁴因你—耶和华借着你的作为叫我高兴，我要因你手的工作欢呼。For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

⁵耶和华啊，你的工作何其大！你的心思极其深！How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

⁶畜类人不晓得；愚顽人也不明白。A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

⁷恶人茂盛如草，一切作孽之人发旺的时候，正是他们要灭亡，直到永远。that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

⁸惟你—耶和华是至高，直到永远。But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!

⁹耶和华啊，你的仇敌都要灭亡；一切作孽的也要离散。For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

¹⁰你却高举了我的角，如野牛的角；我是被新油膏了的。But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

¹¹我眼睛看见仇敌遭报；我耳朵听见那些起来攻击我的恶人受罚。My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

义人要发旺如棕树

¹²义人要发旺如棕树，生长如黎巴嫩的香柏树。The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

¹³他们栽于耶和华的殿中，发旺在我们　神的院里。Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

¹⁴他们年老的时候仍要结果子，要满了汁浆而常发青，In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,

¹⁵好显明耶和华是正直的。他是我的磐石，在他毫无不义。to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”

耶和华作王

¹耶和华作王！他以威严为衣穿上；耶和华以能力为衣，以能力束腰，世界就坚定，不得动摇。The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

²你的宝座从太初立定；你从亘古就有。Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.

³耶和华啊，大水扬起，大水发声，波浪澎湃。The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

⁴耶和华在高处大有能力，胜过诸水的响声，洋海的大浪。Above the roar of many waters—the mighty breakers of the sea—the LORD on high is majestic.

⁵耶和华啊，你的法度最的确；你的殿永称为圣，是合宜的。Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

伸冤的神啊，求你发光

¹耶和华啊，你是伸冤的　神；伸冤的　神啊，求你发出光来！O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

²审判世界的主啊，求你挺身而立，使骄傲人受应得的报应！Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

³耶和华啊，恶人夸胜要到几时呢？要到几时呢？How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?

⁴他们絮絮叨叨说傲慢的话；一切作孽的人都自己夸张。They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

⁵耶和华啊，他们强压你的百姓，苦害你的产业。They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

⁶他们杀死寡妇和寄居的，又杀害孤儿。They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

⁷他们说：耶和华必不看见；雅各的　神必不思念。They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

⁸你们民间的畜类人当思想；你们愚顽人到几时才有智慧呢？Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

⁹造耳朵的，难道自己不听见吗？造眼睛的，难道自己不看见吗？He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

¹⁰管教列邦的，就是叫人得知识的，难道自己不惩治人吗？He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?

¹¹耶和华知道人的意念是虚妄的。The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

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¹²耶和华啊，你所管教、用律法所教训的人是有福的！Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

¹³你使他在遭难的日子得享平安；惟有恶人陷在所挖的坑中。to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

¹⁴因为耶和华必不丢弃他的百姓，也不离弃他的产业。For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.

¹⁵审判要转向公义；心里正直的，必都随从。Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

若不是耶和华帮助我

¹⁶谁肯为我起来攻击作恶的？谁肯为我站起抵挡作孽的？Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

¹⁷若不是耶和华帮助我，我就住在寂静之中了。Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

¹⁸我正说我失了脚，耶和华啊，那时你的慈爱扶助我。If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

¹⁹我心里多忧多疑，你安慰我，就使我欢乐。When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

²⁰那借着律例架弄残害、在位上行奸恶的，岂能与你相交吗？Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?

²¹他们大家聚集攻击义人，将无辜的人定为死罪。They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

²²但耶和华向来作了我的高台；我的　神作了我投靠的磐石。But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.

²³他叫他们的罪孽归到他们身上。他们正在行恶之中，他要剪除他们；耶和华—我们的　神要把他们剪除。He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

来啊，我们要向耶和华歌唱

¹来啊，我们要向耶和华歌唱，向拯救我们的磐石欢呼！Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

²我们要来感谢他，用诗歌向他欢呼！Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.

³因耶和华为大神，为大王，超乎万神之上。For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.

⁴地的深处在他手中；山的高峰也属他。In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.

⁵海洋属他，是他造的；旱地也是他手造成的。The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.

⁶来啊，我们要屈身敬拜，在造我们的耶和华面前跪下。O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

今天要听祂的话

⁷因为他是我们的　神；我们是他草场的羊，是他手下的民。惟愿你们今天听他的话：For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

⁸你们不可硬着心，像当日在米利巴，就是在旷野的玛撒。do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

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⁹那时，你们的祖宗试我探我，并且观看我的作为。where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

¹⁰四十年之久，我厌烦那世代，说：这是心里迷糊的百姓，竟不晓得我的作为！For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”

¹¹所以，我在怒中起誓，说：他们断不可进入我的安息！So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”

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向耶和华唱新歌

¹你们要向耶和华唱新歌！全地都要向耶和华歌唱！Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.

²要向耶和华歌唱，称颂他的名！天天传扬他的救恩！Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.

³在列邦中述说他的荣耀！在万民中述说他的奇事！Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.

⁴因耶和华为大，当受极大的赞美；他在万神之上，当受敬畏。For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

⁵外邦的神都属虚无；惟独耶和华创造诸天。For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

⁶有尊荣和威严在他面前；有能力与华美在他圣所。Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.

⁷民中的万族啊，你们要将荣耀、能力归给耶和华，都归给耶和华！Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

⁸要将耶和华的名所当得的荣耀归给他，拿供物来进入他的院宇。Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.

⁹当以圣洁的（的：或译为）妆饰敬拜耶和华；全地要在他面前战抖！Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

¹⁰人在列邦中要说：耶和华作王！世界就坚定，不得动摇；他要按公正审判众民。Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.

¹¹愿天欢喜，愿地快乐！愿海和其中所充满的澎湃！Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.

¹²愿田和其中所有的都欢乐！那时，林中的树木都要在耶和华面前欢呼。Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

¹³因为他来了，他来要审判全地。他要按公义审判世界，按他的信实审判万民。before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

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耶和华作王，愿地快乐

¹耶和华作王！愿地快乐！愿众海岛欢喜！The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.

²密云和幽暗在他的四围；公义和公平是他宝座的根基。Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

³有烈火在他前头行，烧灭他四围的敌人。Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.

⁴他的闪电光照世界，大地看见便震动。His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

⁵诸山见耶和华的面，就是全地之主的面，便消化如蜡。The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶诸天表明他的公义；万民看见他的荣耀。The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.

⁷愿一切事奉雕刻的偶像、靠虚无之神自夸的，都蒙羞愧。万神哪，你们都当拜他。All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

⁸耶和华啊，锡安听见你的判断就欢喜；犹大的城邑（原文是女子）也都快乐。Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

⁹因为你—耶和华至高，超乎全地；你被尊崇，远超万神之上。For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.

¹⁰你们爱耶和华的，都当恨恶罪恶；他保护圣民的性命，搭救他们脱离恶人的手。Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

¹¹散布亮光是为义人；预备喜乐是为正直人。Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

¹²你们义人当靠耶和华欢喜，称谢他可记念的圣名。Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

神奥秘事的管家

¹人应当以我们为基督的执事，为　神奥秘事的管家。So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

²所求于管家的，是要他有忠心。Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

判断我的乃是主

³我被你们论断，或被别人论断，我都以为极小的事；连我自己也不论断自己。I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

⁴我虽不觉得自己有错，却也不能因此得以称义；但判断我的乃是主。My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

⁵所以，时候未到，什么都不要论断，只等主来，他要照出暗中的隐情，显明人心的意念。那时，各人要从　神那里得着称赞。Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

不可过于圣经所记

⁶弟兄们，我为你们的缘故，拿这些事转比自己和亚波罗，叫你们效法我们不可过于圣经所记，免得你们自高自大，贵重这个，轻看那个。Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

⁷使你与人不同的是谁呢？你有什么不是领受的呢？若是领受的，为何自夸，仿佛不是领受的呢？For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

你们已经饱足了

⁸你们已经饱足了！已经丰富了！不用我们，自己就作王了！我愿意你们果真作王，叫我们也得与你们一同作王。Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

使徒像定死罪的囚犯

⁹我想　神把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

¹⁰我们为基督的缘故算是愚拙的，你们在基督里倒是聪明的；我们软弱，你们倒强壮；你们有荣耀，我们倒被藐视。We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

¹¹直到如今，我们还是又饥又渴，又赤身露体，又挨打，又没有一定的住处，To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

¹²并且劳苦，亲手做工。被人咒骂，我们就祝福；被人逼迫，我们就忍受；We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

¹³被人毁谤，我们就善劝。直到如今，人还把我们看作世界上的污秽，万物中的渣滓。when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

像父亲警戒儿女

¹⁴我写这话，不是叫你们羞愧，乃是警戒你们，好像我所亲爱的儿女一样。I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

¹⁵你们学基督的，师傅虽有一万，为父的却是不多，因我在基督耶稣里用福音生了你们。Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

¹⁶所以，我求你们效法我。Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

打发提摩太去

¹⁷因此我已打发提摩太到你们那里去。他在主里面，是我所亲爱、有忠心的儿子。他必提醒你们，记念我在基督里怎样行事，在各处各教会中怎样教导人。That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.

带刑杖去，还是存温柔的心

¹⁸有些人自高自大，以为我不到你们那里去；Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

¹⁹然而，主若许我，我必快到你们那里去，并且我所要知道的，不是那些自高自大之人的言语，乃是他们的权能。But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.

²⁰因为　神的国不在乎言语，乃在乎权能。For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

²¹你们愿意怎么样呢？是愿意我带着刑杖到你们那里去呢？还是要我存慈爱温柔的心呢？Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?