旧约诗篇 119:89–176
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():诗篇第 119 篇的前半。诗人说“我将你的话藏在心里”,在骄傲人的讥笑和逼迫中,一再求神照祂的话将他救活,也承认受苦使他学习神的律例。
今天你会读到
第 119 篇的后半,从“你的话安定在天”开始:神的话是脚前的灯、路上的光,比蜜更甜,使人比仇敌、比师傅更有智慧。诗人仍在患难中呼求,最后以“我如亡羊走迷了路,求你寻找仆人”作结。
阅读小提示
“你的话是我脚前的灯,是我路上的光”值得背下来。古时的油灯只照得亮脚前几步:神的话不一定让人一次看清整条路,却足够让人走下一步。
点时代可看说明
第 119 篇没有标题,作者和写作年代都不确定;传统上有人认为是大卫所写,也有学者认为成于被掳归回以后。
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诗篇 第 119 章
你的话安定在天
89耶和华啊,你的话安定在天,直到永远。Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
90你的诚实存到万代;你坚定了地,地就长存。Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
91天地照你的安排存到今日;万物都是你的仆役。Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
92我若不是喜爱你的律法,早就在苦难中灭绝了!If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
93我永不忘记你的训词,因你用这训词将我救活了。I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
94我是属你的,求你救我,因我寻求了你的训词。I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95恶人等待我,要灭绝我,我却要你的法度。The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
96我看万事尽都,惟有你的命令极其宽广。I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
我何等爱慕你的律法
97我何等爱慕你的律法,终日不住地思想。Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
98你的命令常存在我心里,使我比仇敌有智慧。Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99我比我的师傅更通达,因我思想你的法度。I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
100我比年老的更明白,因我守了你的训词。I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
101我禁止我脚走一切的邪路,为要遵守你的话。I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
102我没有偏离你的典章,因为你教训了我。I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103你的言语在我何等甘美,在我口中比蜜更甜!How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
104我借着你的训词得以明白,所以我恨一切的假道。I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
脚前的灯,路上的光
105你的话是我脚前的灯,是我路上的光。Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106你公义的典章,我曾起誓遵守,我必按誓而行。I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107我甚是受苦;耶和华啊,求你照你的话将我救活!I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
108耶和华啊,求你悦纳我口中的赞美为,又将你的典章教训我!Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
109我的性命常在危险之中,我却不忘记你的律法。I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.
110恶人为我设下网罗,我却没有偏离你的训词。The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111我以你的法度为永远的产业,因这是我心中所喜爱的。Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112我的心专向你的律例,永远遵行,一直到底。I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
恨恶二心,爱你的律法
113为我所恨;但你的律法为我所爱。The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
114你是我藏身之处,又是我的盾牌;我甚仰望你的话语。You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
115作恶的人哪,你们离开我吧!我好遵守我 神的命令。Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
116求你照你的话扶持我,使我存活,也不叫我因失望而害羞。Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117求你扶持我,我便得救,时常看重你的律例。Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.
118凡偏离你律例的人,你都他们,因为他们的诡诈必归虚空。You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
119凡地上的恶人,你除掉他,好像除掉;因此我爱你的法度。All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120我因惧怕你,肉就发抖;我也怕你的判语。My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
求你不要撇下我
121我行过公平和公义,求你不要撇下我给欺压我的人!I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122求你为仆人,使我得好处,不容骄傲人欺压我!Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
123我因盼望你的救恩和你公义的话眼睛失明。My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
124求你照你的慈爱待仆人,将你的律例教训我。Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
125我是你的仆人,求你赐我悟性,使我得知你的法度。I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126这是耶和华降罚的时候,因人废了你的律法。It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.
127所以,我爱你的命令胜于金子,更胜于精金。Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
128你一切的训词,在万事上我都以为正直;我却恨恶一切假道。Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
你的法度奇妙
129你的法度奇妙,所以我一心谨守。Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
130你的言语一解开就发出亮光,使愚人通达。The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
131我张口而,因我切慕你的命令。I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
132求你转向我,怜悯我,好像你素常待那些爱你名的人。Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
133求你用你的话使我脚步稳当,不许什么罪孽辖制我。Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
134求你救我脱离人的欺压,我要遵守你的训词。Redeem me from the oppression of man, that I may keep Your precepts.
135求你用脸光照仆人,又将你的律例教训我。Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136我的眼泪下流成河,因为他们不守你的律法。My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
耶和华啊,你是公义的
137耶和华啊,你是公义的;你的判语也是正直的!Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
138你所命定的法度是凭公义和至诚。The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
139我心,如同火烧,因我敌人忘记你的言语。My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
140你的话极其,所以你的仆人喜爱。Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
141我微小,被人藐视,却不忘记你的训词。I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142你的公义永远长存;你的律法尽都真实。Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
143我遭遇患难愁苦,你的命令却是我所喜爱的。Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
144你的法度永远是公义的;求你赐我悟性,我就活了。Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
我一心呼吁你
145耶和华啊,我一心呼吁你;求你应允我,我必谨守你的律例!I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
146我向你呼吁,求你救我!我要遵守你的法度。I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
147我趁天未亮呼求;我仰望了你的言语。I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
148我趁未换将眼睁开,为要思想你的话语。My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
149求你照你的慈爱听我的声音;耶和华啊,求你照你的典章将我救活!Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
150追求奸恶的人临近了;他们远离你的律法。Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
151耶和华啊,你与我相近;你一切的命令尽都真实!You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
152我因学你的法度,久已知道是你永远立定的。Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.
求你看顾我的苦难
153求你看顾我的苦难,搭救我,因我不忘记你的律法。Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
154求你为我,救赎我,照你的话将我救活。Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
155救恩远离恶人,因为他们不寻求你的律例。Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
156耶和华啊,你的慈悲本为大;求你照你的典章将我救活。Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
157逼迫我的,抵挡我的,很多,我却没有偏离你的法度。Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
158我看见奸恶的人就甚憎恶,因为他们不遵守你的话。I look on the faithless with loathing because they do not keep Your word.
159你看我怎样爱你的训词!耶和华啊,求你照你的慈爱将我救活!Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
160你话的总纲是真实;你一切公义的典章是永远长存。The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
我的心畏惧你的言语
161首领无故地逼迫我,但我的心畏惧你的言语。Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
162我喜爱你的话,好像人得了许多。I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
163谎话是我所恨恶所憎嫌的;惟你的律法是我所爱的。I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164我因你公义的典章一天七次赞美你。Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
165爱你律法的人有大平安,什么都不能使他们绊脚。Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
166耶和华啊,我仰望了你的救恩,遵行了你的命令。I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167我心里守了你的法度;这法度我甚喜爱。I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168我遵守了你的训词和法度,因我一切所行的都在你面前。I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
愿我的呼吁达到你面前
169耶和华啊,愿我的呼吁达到你面前,照你的话赐我悟性。May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
170愿我的恳求达到你面前,照你的话搭救我。May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
171愿我的嘴发出赞美的话,因为你将律例教训我。My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
172愿我的舌头歌唱你的话,因你一切的命令尽都公义。My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173愿你用手帮助我,因我拣选了你的训词。May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174耶和华啊,我切慕你的救恩!你的律法也是我所喜爱的。I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
175愿我的性命存活,得以赞美你!愿你的典章帮助我!Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
176我如亡羊走迷了路,求你寻找仆人,因我不忘记你的命令。I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
摘要
诗篇119篇89至176节持续颂赞神话语的永恒与可靠——神的话安定在天,是脚前的灯、路上的光,其总纲是真实的。诗人在苦难、逼迫与试探中,仍以神的律法为至宝,胜过金银,带来智慧、平安与喜乐。全段反复表达对神话语的渴慕与委身,并恳求神赐悟性、救活、扶持,最后以迷羊求牧者寻回作结,承认人的软弱与对神的全然依靠。
反思问题
- 诗人说“你的话是我脚前的灯,是我路上的光”——在你目前面对的抉择或困惑中,你有没有具体地寻求神话语的引导?
- 诗人在受苦中仍持守神的话语并从中得安慰,你在困难时期如何让神的话成为你的力量来源?
- 诗篇最后一节承认自己如迷羊走失,你是否愿意在软弱中诚实地向神呼求,让祂来寻找和牧养你?
新约哥林多前书 9:1–27
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(8 章):保罗谈吃祭偶像之物。偶像算不得甚么,有知识的人吃了也无妨;但“知识是叫人自高自大,惟有爱心能造就人”,若会叫软弱的弟兄跌倒,保罗宁可永远不吃肉。
今天你会读到
保罗拿自己作例子:身为使徒,他本来有权利靠福音生活、娶妻同行,却一概不用,免得福音被阻隔;他“向甚么样的人,我就作甚么样的人”,为要多救些人;最后用赛跑和斗拳比喻自我约束。
阅读小提示
一连五次说“为要得”:保罗放下权利,不是因为权利不重要,而是因为让人得着福音比坚持自己的权利更重要。
点时代可看说明
传统认为约主后 53–55 年写于以弗所。保罗在哥林多时和亚居拉、百基拉一起做帐棚维生(),没有靠哥林多人供养。
哥林多前书 第 9 章
我不是使徒吗
1我不是自由的吗?我不是使徒吗?我不是见过我们的主耶稣吗?你们不是我在主里面所做之工吗?Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
2假若在别人,我不是使徒,在你们,我总是使徒,因为你们在主里正是我作使徒的。Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
使徒当得的权柄
3我对那盘问我的人就是这样:This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:
4难道我们没有权柄靠福音吃喝吗?Have we no right to food and to drink?
5难道我们没有权柄娶信主的姊妹为妻,带着一同往来,仿佛其余的使徒和主的弟兄并一样吗?Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
6独有我与没有权柄不做工吗?Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
7有谁当兵自备呢?有谁栽葡萄园不吃园里的果子呢?有谁牧养牛羊不吃牛羊的奶呢?Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
8我说这话,岂是照人的意见;律法不也是这样说吗?Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
9就如摩西的律法记着说:“牛在场上踹谷的时候,。”难道 神所挂念的是牛吗?For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
10不全是为我们说的吗?分明是为我们说的。因为耕种的当存着指望去耕种;打场的也当存得粮的指望去打场。Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
11我们若把属灵的种子撒在你们中间,就是从你们收割奉养肉身之物,这还算大事吗?If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
12若别人在你们身上有这权柄,何况我们呢?然而,我们没有用过这权柄,倒凡事忍受,免得基督的福音被。If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
传福音的靠福音养生
13你们岂不知为圣事劳碌的就吃殿中的物吗?就分领坛上的物吗?Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
14主也是这样命定,叫传福音的靠着福音养生。In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
叫人不花钱得福音
15但这权柄我全没有用过。我写这话,并非要你们这样待我,因为我宁可死也不叫人使我所夸的落了空。But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
16我传福音原没有可夸的,因为我是的。若不传福音,我便有祸了。Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
17我若甘心做这事,就有赏赐;若不甘心,责任却已经我了。If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
18既是这样,我的赏赐是什么呢?就是我传福音的时候叫人不花钱得福音,免得用尽我传福音的权柄。What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
向甚么人就作甚么人
19我虽是自由的,无人辖管;然而我甘心作了众人的仆人,为要多得人。Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
20向犹太人,我就作犹太人,为要得犹太人;向律法以下的人,我虽不在律法以下,还是作律法以下的人,为要得律法以下的人。To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
21向没有律法的人,我就作没有律法的人,为要得没有律法的人;其实我在 神面前,不是没有律法;在基督面前,正在律法之下。To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
22向软弱的人,我就作软弱的人,为要得软弱的人。向什么样的人,我就作什么样的人。无论如何,总要救些人。To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
23凡我所行的,都是为福音的缘故,为要与人同得这福音的好处。I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
要得不能坏的冠冕
24岂不知的都跑,但得奖赏的只有一人?你们也当这样跑,好叫你们得着奖赏。Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
25凡的,诸事都有节制,他们不过是要得;我们却是要得不能坏的冠冕。Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
26所以,我奔跑不像无定向的;我斗拳不像打空气的。Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
27我是,叫身服我,恐怕我传福音给别人,自己反被了。No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
摘要
保罗在哥林多前书第九章为自己的使徒身分与权柄辩护,论证传福音者有权靠福音养生,却表明他甘愿放弃这权柄,免费传福音,免得福音受阻。他进而阐述自己向什么人就作什么人的弹性宣教策略,一切为要多得人归主。最后以运动员比喻勉励信徒要有纪律地奔跑信仰之路,攻克己身,追求那不能坏的冠冕。
反思问题
- 保罗为福音的缘故甘愿放弃合理的权利,在你的生活中,有哪些个人权益是你愿意为了服事他人或传扬福音而放下的?
- 保罗“向什么样的人就作什么样的人”,你在与不同背景的人相处时,如何在保持信仰原则的同时展现弹性与同理心?
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