今日读经

神从各地招聚赎民

¹你们要称谢耶和华，因他本为善；他的慈爱永远长存！Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

²愿耶和华的赎民说这话，就是他从敌人手中所救赎的，Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy

³从各地，从东从西，从南从北，所招聚来的。and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

在旷野漂流的人

⁴他们在旷野荒地漂流，寻不见可住的城邑，Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

⁵又饥又渴，心里发昏。They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

⁶于是，他们在苦难中哀求耶和华；他从他们的祸患中搭救他们，Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

⁷又领他们行走直路，使他们往可居住的城邑。He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.

⁸但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他；Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

⁹因他使心里渴慕的人得以知足，使心里饥饿的人得饱美物。For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

坐在黑暗死荫里的人

¹⁰那些坐在黑暗中、死荫里的人被困苦和铁链捆锁，Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,

¹¹是因他们违背　神的话语，藐视至高者的旨意。because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

¹²所以，他用劳苦治服他们的心；他们仆倒，无人扶助。He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

¹³于是，他们在苦难中哀求耶和华；他从他们的祸患中拯救他们。Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

¹⁴他从黑暗中和死荫里领他们出来，折断他们的绑索。He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.

¹⁵但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他；Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

¹⁶因为他打破了铜门，砍断了铁闩。For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

因罪受苦、临近死门的人

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

¹⁸他们心里厌恶各样的食物，就临近死门。They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

¹⁹于是，他们在苦难中哀求耶和华；他从他们的祸患中拯救他们。Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

²⁰他发命医治他们，救他们脱离死亡。He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.

²¹但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他。Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

²²愿他们以感谢为祭献给他，欢呼述说他的作为！Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

在海上遇风暴的人

²³在海上坐船，在大水中经理事务的，Others went out to sea in ships, conducting trade on the mighty waters.

²⁴他们看见耶和华的作为，并他在深水中的奇事。They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

²⁵因他一吩咐，狂风就起来，海中的波浪也扬起。For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.

²⁶他们上到天空，下到海底；他们的心因患难便消化。They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

²⁷他们摇摇晃晃，东倒西歪，好像醉酒的人；他们的智慧无法可施。They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

²⁸于是，他们在苦难中哀求耶和华，他从他们的祸患中领出他们来。Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

²⁹他使狂风止息，波浪就平静。He calmed the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

³⁰风息浪静，他们便欢喜；他就引他们到所愿去的海口。They rejoiced in the silence, and He guided them to the harbor they desired.

³¹但愿人因耶和华的慈爱和他向人所行的奇事都称赞他。Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.

³²愿他们在民的会中尊崇他，在长老的位上赞美他！Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders.

神使旷野变为水潭

³³他使江河变为旷野，叫水泉变为干渴之地，He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

³⁴使肥地变为硷地；这都因其间居民的罪恶。and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

³⁵他使旷野变为水潭，叫旱地变为水泉。He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

³⁶他使饥饿的人住在那里，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又种田地，栽葡萄园，得享所出的土产。They sow fields and plant vineyards that yield a fruitful harvest.

³⁸他又赐福给他们，叫他们生养众多，也不叫他们的牲畜减少。He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.

³⁹他们又因暴虐、患难、愁苦，就减少且卑下。When they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,

⁴⁰他使君王蒙羞被辱，使他们在荒废无路之地漂流。He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

⁴¹他却将穷乏人安置在高处，脱离苦难，使他的家属多如羊群。But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.

⁴²正直人看见就欢喜；罪孽之辈必塞口无言。The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.

⁴³凡有智慧的，必在这些事上留心，也必思想耶和华的慈爱。Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.

我心坚定，我要歌颂

¹（大卫的诗歌。）　神啊，我心坚定；我口（原文是荣耀）要唱诗歌颂！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，你们当醒起！我自己要极早醒起！Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

³耶和华啊，我要在万民中称谢你，在列邦中歌颂你！I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.

⁴因为，你的慈爱大过诸天；你的诚实达到穹苍。For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵神啊，愿你崇高过于诸天！愿你的荣耀高过全地！Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

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求你用右手拯救我们

⁶求你应允我们，用右手拯救我们，好叫你所亲爱的人得救。Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

⁷神已经指着他的圣洁说（说：或译应许我）：我要欢乐；我要分开示剑，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；玛拿西是我的；以法莲是护卫我头的；犹大是我的杖；Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

⁹摩押是我的沐浴盆；我要向以东抛鞋；我必因胜非利士呼喊。Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰谁能领我进坚固城？谁能引我到以东地？Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹¹神啊，你不是丢弃了我们吗？　神啊，你不和我们的军兵同去吗？Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?

¹²求你帮助我们攻击敌人，因为人的帮助是枉然的。Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

¹³我们倚靠　神才得施展大能，因为践踏我们敌人的就是他。With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.

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求你不要闭口不言

¹（大卫的诗，交与伶长。）我所赞美的　神啊，求你不要闭口不言。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.

²因为恶人的嘴和诡诈人的口已经张开攻击我；他们用撒谎的舌头对我说话。For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.

³他们围绕我，说怨恨的话，又无故地攻打我。They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

⁴他们与我为敌以报我爱，但我专心祈祷。In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

⁵他们向我以恶报善，以恨报爱。They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

愿恶人自食其果

⁶愿你派一个恶人辖制他，派一个对头站在他右边！Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

⁷他受审判的时候，愿他出来担当罪名！愿他的祈祷反成为罪！When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

⁸愿他的年日短少！愿别人得他的职分！May his days be few; may another take his position.

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⁹愿他的儿女为孤儿，他的妻子为寡妇！May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

¹⁰愿他的儿女漂流讨饭，从他们荒凉之处出来求食！May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

¹¹愿强暴的债主牢笼他一切所有的！愿外人抢他劳碌得来的！May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

¹²愿无人向他延绵施恩！愿无人可怜他的孤儿！May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

¹³愿他的后人断绝，名字被涂抹，不传于下代！May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

¹⁴愿他祖宗的罪孽被耶和华记念！愿他母亲的罪过不被涂抹！May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

¹⁵愿这些罪常在耶和华面前，使他的名号断绝于世！May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

¹⁶因为他不想施恩，却逼迫困苦穷乏的和伤心的人，要把他们治死。For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

¹⁷他爱咒骂，咒骂就临到他；他不喜爱福乐，福乐就与他远离！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他拿咒骂当衣服穿上；这咒骂就如水进他里面，像油入他的骨头。The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

¹⁹愿这咒骂当他遮身的衣服，当他常束的腰带！May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

²⁰这就是我对头和用恶言议论我的人从耶和华那里所受的报应。May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

求你为你的名恩待我

²¹主—耶和华啊，求你为你的名恩待我；因你的慈爱美好，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因为我困苦穷乏，内心受伤。For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

²³我如日影渐渐偏斜而去；我如蝗虫被抖出来。I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴我因禁食，膝骨软弱；我身上的肉也渐渐瘦了。My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.

²⁵我受他们的羞辱，他们看见我便摇头。I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.

²⁶耶和华—我的　神啊，求你帮助我，照你的慈爱拯救我，Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.

²⁷使他们知道这是你的手，是你—耶和华所行的事。Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.

²⁸任凭他们咒骂，惟愿你赐福；他们几时起来就必蒙羞，你的仆人却要欢喜。Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

²⁹愿我的对头披戴羞辱！愿他们以自己的羞愧为外袍遮身！May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

³⁰我要用口极力称谢耶和华；我要在众人中间赞美他；With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.

³¹因为他必站在穷乏人的右边，要救他脱离审判他灵魂的人。For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

你坐在我的右边

¹（大卫的诗。）耶和华对我主说：你坐在我的右边，等我使你仇敌作你的脚凳。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耶和华必使你从锡安伸出能力的杖来；你要在你仇敌中掌权。The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”

³当你掌权的日子（或译：行军的日子），你的民要以圣洁的妆饰为衣（或译：以圣洁为妆饰），甘心牺牲自己；你的民多如清晨的甘露（或译：你少年时光耀如清晨的甘露）。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.

照着麦基洗德的等次永远为祭司

⁴耶和华起了誓，决不后悔，说：你是照着麦基洗德的等次永远为祭司。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在你右边的主，当他发怒的日子，必打伤列王。The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

⁶他要在列邦中刑罚恶人，尸首就遍满各处；他要在许多国中打破仇敌的头。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，因此必抬起头来。He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.

论到信上所提的事

¹论到你们信上所提的事，我说男不近女倒好。Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

夫妻彼此的本分

²但要免淫乱的事，男子当各有自己的妻子；女子也当各有自己的丈夫。But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

³丈夫当用合宜之分待妻子；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妻子没有权柄主张自己的身子，乃在丈夫；丈夫也没有权柄主张自己的身子，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夫妻不可彼此亏负，除非两相情愿，暂时分房，为要专心祷告方可；以后仍要同房，免得撒但趁着你们情不自禁，引诱你们。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我说这话，原是准你们的，不是命你们的。I say this as a concession, not as a command.

各人有不同的恩赐

⁷我愿意众人像我一样；只是各人领受　神的恩赐，一个是这样，一个是那样。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.

对没有嫁娶的和寡妇

⁸我对着没有嫁娶的和寡妇说，若他们常像我就好。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。与其欲火攻心，倒不如嫁娶为妙。But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

主吩咐：不可离婚

¹⁰至于那已经嫁娶的，我吩咐他们；其实不是我吩咐，乃是主吩咐说：妻子不可离开丈夫，To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

¹¹若是离开了，不可再嫁，或是仍同丈夫和好。丈夫也不可离弃妻子。But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

配偶不信主的时候

¹²我对其余的人说（不是主说）：倘若某弟兄有不信的妻子，妻子也情愿和他同住，他就不要离弃妻子。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，丈夫也情愿和她同住，她就不要离弃丈夫。And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

¹⁴因为不信的丈夫就因着妻子成了圣洁，并且不信的妻子就因着丈夫（原文是弟兄）成了圣洁。不然，你们的儿女就不洁净，但如今他们是圣洁的了。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倘若那不信的人要离去，就由他离去吧！无论是弟兄，是姊妹，遇着这样的事都不必拘束。　神召我们原是要我们和睦。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你这作妻子的，怎么知道不能救你的丈夫呢？你这作丈夫的，怎么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只要照主所分给各人的，和　神所召各人的而行。我吩咐各教会都是这样。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有人已受割礼蒙召呢，就不要废割礼；有人未受割礼蒙召呢，就不要受割礼。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受割礼算不得什么，不受割礼也算不得什么，只要守　神的诫命就是了。Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

²⁰各人蒙召的时候是什么身分，仍要守住这身分。Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

作奴隶蒙召的

²¹你是作奴隶蒙召的吗？不要因此忧虑；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因为作奴仆蒙召于主的，就是主所释放的人；作自由之人蒙召的，就是基督的奴仆。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你们是重价买来的，不要作人的奴仆。You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

²⁴弟兄们，你们各人蒙召的时候是什么身分，仍要在　神面前守住这身分。Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.