旧约诗篇 135–139 篇
前情提要
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昨天(132–134 篇):上行之诗的最后三篇。诗人回顾大卫为约柜寻找居所、神向大卫起誓并拣选锡安;赞美“弟兄和睦同居是何等地善,何等地美”;最后呼召夜间在殿中事奉的人称颂耶和华。
今天你会读到
135 篇赞美神拣选以色列、在埃及和旷野施行大能,偶像却有口不能言;136 篇每一节下半都重复“因他的慈爱永远长存”;137 篇是被掳的人在巴比伦河边哭泣,唱不出锡安的歌;138 篇一心称谢;139 篇惊叹神无所不知、无所不在,连人在母腹中都是祂所造的。
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136 篇可能是轮流对唱的:一人唱上半句,会众齐声回应“因他的慈爱永远长存”,一共 26 次。从创造、出埃及一直唱到赐粮食,每件事后面都是同一个理由。
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137 篇明显写于被掳到巴比伦的时期或之后(主前 586 年以后);138、139 篇的标题提到大卫。
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诗篇 第 135 章
你们要赞美耶和华
1–2你们要赞美耶和华!你们要赞美耶和华的名!耶和华的仆人站在耶和华殿中;站在我们 神殿院中的,你们要赞美他!Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD, who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
3你们要赞美耶和华!耶和华本为善;要歌颂他的名,因为这是美好的。Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
4耶和华拣选雅各归自己,拣选以色列特作自己的。For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
耶和华超乎万神之上
5原来我知道耶和华为大,也知道我们的主超乎万神之上。For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
6耶和华在天上,在地下,在海中,在一切的深处,都随自己的意旨而行。The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
7他使云雾从地极上腾,造电随雨而闪,从中带出风来。He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
8他将埃及头生的,连人带牲畜都击杀了。He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
9埃及啊,他施行神迹奇事,在你当中,在法老和他一切臣仆身上。He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10他击杀许多的民,又杀戮大能的王,He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
11就是亚摩利王和巴珊王噩,并迦南一切的国王,Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
12将他们的地赏赐他的百姓以色列为业。He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.
13耶和华啊,你的名存到永远!耶和华啊,你可记念的名存到万代!Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.
14耶和华要为他的百姓伸冤,为他的仆人。For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
外邦的偶像有口不能言
15外邦的偶像是金的,银的,是人手所造的;The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
16有口却不能言,有眼却不能看,They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
17有耳却不能听,口中也没有气息。they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
18造他的要和他一样,凡靠他的也要如此。Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
19以色列家啊,你们要称颂耶和华!亚伦家啊,你们要称颂耶和华!O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
20利未家啊,你们要称颂耶和华!你们敬畏耶和华的,要称颂耶和华!O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
21住在耶路撒冷的耶和华该从锡安受称颂。你们要赞美耶和华!Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
诗篇 第 136 章
他的慈爱永远长存
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你们要称谢万神之神,因他的慈爱永远长存。Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.
3你们要称谢万主之主,因他的慈爱永远长存。Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever.
4称谢那独行大奇事的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
5称谢那用智慧造天的,因他的慈爱永远长存。By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
6称谢那铺地在水以上的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
7称谢那造成大光的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.
8他造日头管白昼,因他的慈爱永远长存。the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.
9他造月亮星宿管黑夜,因他的慈爱永远长存。the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
击杀埃及长子、分开红海
10称谢那击杀埃及人之长子的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
11他领以色列人从他们中间出来,因他的慈爱永远长存。and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.
12他施展大能的手和伸出来的膀臂,因他的慈爱永远长存。with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.
13称谢那分裂红海的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.
14他领以色列从其中经过,因他的慈爱永远长存;and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
15却把法老和他的军兵推翻在红海里,因他的慈爱永远长存。but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
16称谢那引导自己的民行走旷野的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.
17称谢那击杀大君王的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.
18他杀戮有名的君王,因他的慈爱永远长存;and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever.
19就是杀戮亚摩利王西宏,因他的慈爱永远长存;Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
20又杀巴珊王噩,因他的慈爱永远长存。and Og king of Bashan—His loving devotion endures forever.
21他将他们的地赐他的百姓为业,因他的慈爱永远长存;and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.
22就是赐他的仆人以色列为业,因他的慈爱永远长存。a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.
顾念卑微的我们
23他顾念我们在卑微的地步,因他的慈爱永远长存。He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
24他救拔我们脱离敌人,因他的慈爱永远长存。and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.
25他赐粮食给凡有血气的,因他的慈爱永远长存。He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
26你们要称谢天上的 神,因他的慈爱永远长存。Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever.
诗篇 第 137 章
在巴比伦的河边
1我们曾在坐下,一追想锡安就哭了。By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2我们把琴挂在那里的上;There on the willows we hung our harps,
3因为在那里,掳掠我们的要我们唱歌,抢夺我们的要我们作乐,说:给我们唱一首锡安歌吧!for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
4我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢?How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
5耶路撒冷啊,我若忘记你,情愿我的右手忘记!If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
6我若不记念你,若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的,情愿我的舌头贴于上膛!May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
求你记念这仇
7耶路撒冷遭难的日子,说:拆毁!拆毁!直拆到根基!耶和华啊,求你记念这仇!Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
8将要被灭的巴比伦城啊(城:原文是女子),报复你像你待我们的,那人便为有福!O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
9拿你的婴孩的,那人便为有福!Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
诗篇 第 138 章
我要一心称谢你
1(大卫的诗。)我要一心称谢你,在面前歌颂你。Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
2我要向你的圣殿下拜,为你的慈爱和诚实称赞你的名;因你使你的话显为大,过于你所应许的(或译:超乎你的名声)。I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
3我呼求的日子,你就应允我,鼓励我,使我心里有能力。On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
4耶和华啊,地上的君王都要称谢你,因他们听见了你口中的言语。All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
5他们要歌颂耶和华的作为,因耶和华大有荣耀。They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
6耶和华虽高,仍看顾低微的人;他却从远处看出骄傲的人。Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
7我虽行在患难中,你必将我救活;我的仇敌发怒,你必伸手抵挡他们;你的右手也必救我。If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
8耶和华必成全关乎我的事;耶和华啊,你的慈爱永远长存!求你不要离弃你手所造的。The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.
诗篇 第 139 章
你已经鉴察我
1(大卫的诗,交与伶长。)耶和华啊,你已经鉴察我,认识我。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2我坐下,我起来,你都晓得;你从远处知道我的意念。You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3我行路,我躺卧,你都;你也深知我一切所行的。You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4耶和华啊,我舌头上的话,你没有一句不知道的。Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5你在我前后环绕我,按手在我身上。You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6这样的知识奇妙,是我不能测的,至高,是我不能及的。Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
我往哪里躲避你的灵
7我往哪里去躲避你的灵?我往哪里逃、躲避你的面?Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8我若升到天上,你在那里;我若在,你也在那里。If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9我若展开清晨的翅膀,飞到海极居住,If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10就是在那里,你的手必引导我;你的右手也必扶持我。even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11我若说:黑暗必定遮蔽我,我周围的亮光必成为黑夜;If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12黑暗也不能遮蔽我,使你不见,黑夜却如白昼发亮。黑暗和光明,在你看都是一样。even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
我在母腹中,你已覆庇我
13我的是你所造的;我在母腹中,你已我。For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14我要称谢你,因我受造,奇妙可畏;你的作为奇妙,这是我心深知道的。I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15我在暗中受造,在地的深处;那时,我的形体并不向你隐藏。My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16我未成形的,你的眼早已看见了;你所定的日子,我尚未度一日(或译:我被造的肢体尚未有其一),你都写在你的册上了。Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
17神啊,你的意念向我何等宝贵!其数何等众多!How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18我若数点,比海沙更多;我睡醒的时候,仍和你同在。If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
求你杀戮恶人
19神啊,你必要杀戮恶人;所以,你们好流人血的,离开我去吧!O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20因为他们说恶言顶撞你;你的仇敌也妄称你的名。who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21耶和华啊,恨恶你的,我岂不恨恶他们吗?攻击你的,我岂不憎嫌他们吗?Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22我切切地恨恶他们,以他们为仇敌。I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
求你鉴察我的心
23神啊,求你鉴察我,知道我的心思,试炼我,知道我的意念,Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24看在我里面有什么恶行没有,引导我走永生的道路。See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
摘要
诗篇135至139篇涵盖多重主题:135篇呼召神的仆人赞美耶和华,因祂拣选以色列、掌管万有、胜过列国,并对比偶像的虚无;136篇以“祂的慈爱永远长存”为反复副歌,从创造天地、拯救以色列出埃及、赐迦南地为业,到顾念卑微之人,历数神慈爱的作为;137篇记述被掳巴比伦的哀歌,表达对锡安刻骨铭心的思念与对压迫者的悲愤;138篇是大卫的感恩诗,宣告神应允祷告、看顾卑微人、在患难中施行拯救;139篇深刻描绘神对人无所不知、无所不在的认识,从母腹中的塑造到每日的引导,最终祈求神鉴察内心、引导走永生之路。
反思问题
- 诗篇136篇反复宣告“祂的慈爱永远长存”,回顾你的生命历程,有哪些经历让你深刻体会到神持续不断的慈爱?
- 诗篇139篇描述神在你未成形之前就已认识你、为你定下日子。这样的认知如何影响你看待自己的价值与人生方向?
- 邀请神鉴察内心、试炼意念。你是否愿意在今天的祷告中,诚实地请神光照你内心隐藏的态度或动机?
新约哥林多前书 12:1–31
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():保罗处理聚会中的两个问题:女人祷告、讲道时蒙头的规矩,以及主的晚餐上有人先吃、有人挨饿。他重述主耶稣设立晚餐的话,提醒人要先省察自己,聚会吃的时候要彼此等待。
今天你会读到
保罗开始谈属灵的恩赐(12–14 章):恩赐各有不同,却是同一位圣灵所赐,为的是叫人得益处。他用身体作比喻:肢体虽多,仍是一个身子;没有一个肢体可以对别的肢体说“我用不着你”,一个肢体受苦,所有的肢体就一同受苦。
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最后一句“我现今把最妙的道指示你们”接到下一章:谈完各样恩赐,保罗要指出比一切恩赐更重要的道路,就是爱。
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传统认为约主后 53–55 年写于以弗所。12–14 章是保罗回答哥林多人问到属灵恩赐的事()。
哥林多前书 第 12 章
论到属灵的恩赐
1弟兄们,论到属灵的恩赐,我不愿意你们不明白。Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
2你们作外邦人的时候,随事被牵引,受迷惑,去服事那,这是你们知道的。You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
3所以我告诉你们,被 神的灵感动的,没有说“耶稣是可咒诅”的;若不是被圣灵感动的,也没有能说“”的。Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
恩赐不同,圣灵是一位
4原有分别,圣灵却是一位。There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
5也有分别,主却是一位。There are different ministries, but the same Lord.
6也有分别, 神却是一位,在众人里面运行一切的事。There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
7圣灵显在各人身上,是叫人得益处。Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
8这人蒙圣灵赐他智慧的言语,那人也蒙这位圣灵赐他知识的言语,To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
9又有一人蒙这位圣灵赐他信心,还有一人蒙这位圣灵赐他医病的恩赐,to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
10又叫一人能行,又叫一人,又叫一人能辨别诸灵,又叫一人能说,又叫一人能翻方言。to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
11这一切都是这位圣灵所运行、随己意分给各人的。All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
一个身子,许多肢体
12就如身子是一个,却有许多肢体;而且肢体虽多,仍是一个身子;基督也是这样。The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
13我们不拘是犹太人,是希腊人,是,是自主的,都从一位圣灵受洗,成了一个身体,一位圣灵。For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
肢体不能说不属乎身子
14身子原不是一个肢体,乃是许多肢体。For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
15设若脚说:“我不是手,所以不属乎身子,”它不能因此就不属乎身子。If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
16设若耳说:“我不是眼,所以不属乎身子,”它不能因此就不属乎身子。And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
17若全身是眼,从哪里听声呢?若全身是耳,从哪里闻味呢?If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
18但如今, 神随自己的意思把肢体俱各安排在身上了。But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
19若都是一个肢体,身子在哪里呢?If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20但如今肢体是多的,身子却是一个。As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
不能说我用不着你
21眼不能对手说:“我用不着你。”头也不能对脚说:“我用不着你。”The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
22不但如此,身上肢体人以为软弱的,更是不可少的。On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23身上肢体,我们看为,越发给它加上体面;不俊美的,越发得着俊美。and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,
24我们俊美的肢体,自然用不着装饰;但 神这身子,把加倍的体面给那有缺欠的肢体,whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
25免得身上分门别类,总要肢体彼此。so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
26若一个肢体受苦,所有的肢体就一同受苦;若一个肢体得荣耀,所有的肢体就一同快乐。If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
你们就是基督的身子
27你们就是基督的身子,并且各自作肢体。Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
28神在教会所设立的:第一是,第二是先知,第三是教师,其次是行异能的,再次是得恩赐医病的,帮助人的,,说方言的。And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
29岂都是使徒吗?岂都是先知吗?岂都是教师吗?岂都是行异能的吗?Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30岂都是得恩赐医病的吗?岂都是说方言的吗?岂都是翻方言的吗?Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
31你们要切切地求那更大的恩赐。我现今把最妙的道指示你们。But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.
摘要
哥林多前书12章论述属灵恩赐的本质与运作。保罗首先指出圣灵感动人认耶稣为主,接着说明恩赐虽有分别,但都出于同一位圣灵,随祂的意思分给各人,目的是叫人得益处。保罗以身体的比喻阐明教会的合一与多元:每个肢体都不可或缺,看似软弱的更是必要,神刻意配搭,使肢体彼此相顾、同甘共苦,而非分门别类。
反思问题
- 保罗强调恩赐是圣灵“随己意分给各人的”,你是否曾因羡慕别人的恩赐而忽略了自己所领受的?如何重新看待神给你的独特托付?
- 经文指出看似软弱、不体面的肢体更是不可少的。在你所处的教会或团契中,有哪些默默服事的弟兄姊妹是你可以更多关顾和感谢的?
- “若一个肢体受苦,所有的肢体就一同受苦”——面对身边正在经历困难的肢体,你可以采取什么具体行动来实践彼此相顾?