旧约诗篇 21–25 篇
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(18–20 篇):大卫称颂神是他的磐石、山寨,把他从大水中拉上来;19 篇说“诸天述说神的荣耀”,神的律法更能苏醒人心;20 篇百姓为出征的王祷告:“有人靠车,有人靠马,但我们要提到耶和华”。
今天你会读到
21 篇为王得胜感恩;22 篇从“我的神,我的神!为甚么离弃我?”的呼喊,转为向万国宣扬神;23 篇说耶和华是我的牧者;24 篇迎接荣耀的王进城;25 篇是按希伯来字母排列的祷告,求神指引、赦罪。
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耶稣在十字架上的呼喊,就是 的话();22 篇的“扎了我的手,我的脚”()、“为我的里衣拈阄”(),也和福音书记载的受难情景相呼应。
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这几篇标题都归于大卫;25 篇每节开头大致依照希伯来字母的顺序排列。
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诗篇 第 21 章
王因神的救恩欢喜
1(大卫的诗,交与伶长。)耶和华啊,王必因你的能力欢喜;因你的救恩,他的快乐何其大!For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
2他心里所愿的,你已经赐给他;他嘴唇所求的,你未尝不应允。(细拉)You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
3你以美福迎接他,把精金的冠冕戴在他头上。For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
4他向你求寿,你便赐给他,就是日子长久,直到永远。He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
5他因你的救恩大有荣耀;你又将尊荣威严加在他身上。Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
6你使他有,直到永远,又使他在你面前欢喜快乐。For You grant him blessings forever; You cheer him with joy in Your presence.
7王倚靠耶和华,因至高者的慈爱必不摇动。For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
神必搜出仇敌
8你的手要搜出你的一切仇敌;你的右手要搜出那些恨你的人。Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
9你发怒的时候,要使他们如在炎热的火炉中。耶和华要在他的震怒中吞灭他们;那火要把他们烧尽了。You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
10你必从世上灭绝他们的子孙(原文是果子),从人间灭绝他们的后裔。You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
11因为他们有意加害于你;他们想出计谋,却不能做成。Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
12你必使他们转背逃跑,向他们的脸搭箭在弦。For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
13耶和华啊,愿你因自己的能力显为至高!这样,我们就唱诗,歌颂你的大能。Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
诗篇 第 22 章
我的神,为甚么离弃我
1(大卫的诗,交与伶长。调用。)我的 神,我的 神!为什么离弃我?为什么远离不救我?不听我唉哼的言语?For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
2我的 神啊,我白日呼求,你不应允,夜间呼求,并不住声。I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
3但你是圣洁的,是用以色列的赞美为宝座(或译:居所)的。Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4我们的祖宗倚靠你;他们倚靠你,你便解救他们。In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
5他们哀求你,便蒙解救;他们倚靠你,就不羞愧。They cried out to You and were set free; they trusted in You and were not disappointed.
6但,不是人,被众人羞辱,被百姓藐视。But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
7凡看见我的都嗤笑我;他们,说:All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
8他把自己交托耶和华,耶和华可以救他吧!耶和华既喜悦他,可以搭救他吧!“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
9但你是叫我出母腹的;我在母怀里,你就使我有倚靠的心。Yet You brought me forth from the womb; You made me secure at my mother’s breast.
10我自出母胎就被交在你手里;从我母亲生我,你就是我的 神。From birth I was cast upon You; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.
11求你不要远离我!因为急难临近了,没有人帮助我。Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
公牛、狮子和犬类围绕我
12有许多公牛围绕我,大力的公牛四面困住我。Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
13它们向我张口,好像抓撕吼叫的狮子。They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
14我如水被倒出来;我的骨头都脱了节;我心在我里面如蜡熔化。I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
15我的精力枯干,如同瓦片;我的舌头贴在我牙床上。你将我安置在死地的尘土中。My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
16犬类围着我,恶党环绕我;他们我的手,我的脚。For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
17我的骨头,我都能数过;他们瞪着眼看我。I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.
18他们分我的外衣,为我的里衣。They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
求你快来帮助我
19耶和华啊,求你不要远离我!我的救主啊,求你快来帮助我!But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
20求你救我的灵魂脱离刀剑,救我的生命(生命:原文是独一者)脱离犬类,Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
21救我脱离狮子的口;你已经应允我,使我脱离野牛的角。Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
在会中赞美你
22我要将你的名传与我的弟兄,在会中我要赞美你。I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
23你们敬畏耶和华的人要赞美他!雅各的后裔都要荣耀他!以色列的后裔都要惧怕他!You who fear the LORD, praise Him! All descendants of Jacob, honor Him! All offspring of Israel, revere Him!
24因为他没有藐视憎恶受苦的人,也没有向他掩面;那受苦之人呼吁的时候,他就垂听。For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
25我在大会中赞美你的话是从你而来的;我要在敬畏耶和华的人面前还我的愿。My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
26谦卑的人必吃得饱足;寻求耶和华的人必赞美他。愿你们的心永远活着!The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
地的四极都要归顺
27地的四极都要想念耶和华,并且归顺他;列国的万族都要在你面前敬拜。All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
28因为国权是耶和华的;他是管理万国的。For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
29地上一切丰肥的人必吃喝而敬拜;凡下到尘土中—不能存活自己性命的人—都要在他面前下拜。All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.
30他必有后裔事奉他;主所行的事必传与后代。Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
31他们必来把他的公义传给将要生的民,言明这事是他所行的。They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn—all that He has done.
诗篇 第 23 章
耶和华是我的牧者
1(大卫的诗。)耶和华是我的牧者,我必不致缺乏。A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2他使我躺卧在青草地上,领我在。He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
3他使我的灵魂苏醒,为自己的名引导我走义路。He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
4我虽然行过死荫的幽谷,也不怕遭害,因为你与我同在;,都安慰我。Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
筵席与福杯
5在我敌人面前,你为我摆设筵席;你,使我的福杯满溢。You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6我一生一世必有恩惠慈爱我;我且要住在耶和华的殿中,直到永远。Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
诗篇 第 24 章
地和其中所充满的都属耶和华
1(大卫的诗。)地和其中所充满的,世界和住在其间的,都属耶和华。A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
2他把地建立在海上,安定在大水之上。For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
谁能登耶和华的山
3谁能登耶和华的山?谁能站在他的圣所?Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
4就是、不向虚妄、起誓不怀诡诈的人。He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
5他必蒙耶和华赐福,又蒙救他的 神使他成义。He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
6这是寻求耶和华的族类,是寻求你面的雅各。(细拉)Such is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O God of Jacob. Selah
众城门哪,要抬起头来
7哪,你们要抬起头来!永久的门户,你们要被举起!那荣耀的王将要进来!Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
8荣耀的王是谁呢?就是有力有能的耶和华,在战场上有能的耶和华!Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9众城门哪,你们要抬起头来!永久的门户,你们要把头抬起!那荣耀的王将要进来!Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
10荣耀的王是谁呢?,他是荣耀的王!(细拉)Who is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts—He is the King of Glory. Selah
诗篇 第 25 章
求你将你的道指示我
1(大卫的诗。)耶和华啊,我的心仰望你。Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
2我的 神啊,我素来倚靠你;求你不要叫我羞愧,不要叫我的仇敌向我夸胜。in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
3凡等候你的必不羞愧;惟有那无故行奸诈的必要羞愧。Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
4耶和华啊,求你将你的道指示我,将你的路教训我!Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
5求你以你的真理引导我,教训我,因为你是救我的 神。我终日等候你。Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
6耶和华啊,求你记念你的怜悯和慈爱,因为这是亘古以来所常有的。Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
7求你不要记念我幼年的和我的过犯;耶和华啊,求你因你的恩惠,按你的慈爱记念我。Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
8耶和华是良善正直的,所以他必指示罪人走正路。Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
9他必按公平引领谦卑人,将他的道教训他们。He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
10凡遵守他的约和他法度的人,耶和华都以慈爱诚实待他。All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
11耶和华啊,求你因你的名赦免我的罪,因为我的罪重大。For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
12谁敬畏耶和华,耶和华必指示他当选择的道路。Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
13他必安然居住;他的后裔必承受地土。His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
14耶和华与敬畏他的人;他必将自己的约指示他们。The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
15我的眼目时常仰望耶和华,因为他必将我的脚从网里拉出来。My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
求你转向我,怜恤我
16求你转向我,怜恤我,因为我是孤独困苦。Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
17我心里的愁苦甚多,求你救我脱离我的祸患。The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
18求你看顾我的困苦,我的艰难,赦免我一切的罪。Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
19求你察看我的仇敌,因为他们人多,并且痛痛地恨我。Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
20求你保护我的性命,搭救我,使我不致羞愧,因为我投靠你。Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
21愿纯全、正直保守我,因为我等候你。May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
22神啊,求你救赎以色列脱离他一切的愁苦。Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.
摘要
诗篇二十一至二十五篇涵盖了信仰生命的多重面向:从君王因神的能力与救恩欢喜(诗21),到义人在极度痛苦中呼求神却仍持守信靠的经典预言诗(诗22),再到神作牧者供应一切所需的确信(诗23)。诗篇二十四篇宣告神是创造主与荣耀的君王,唯手洁心清的人能亲近祂;二十五篇则是谦卑的祷告,求神引导、赦罪、保护,表达对神慈爱与信实的全然倚靠。
反思问题
- 在诗篇二十二篇中,诗人经历被神离弃的感受却仍呼求神,你在感到神似乎沉默时,如何持守对祂的信靠?
- 诗篇二十三篇描述神如牧者般的供应与同在,你目前生活中哪个领域最需要经历祂作牧者的引导与安慰?
- 诗篇二十五篇多次求神赦免罪愆并指示道路,你是否有需要在神面前坦诚认罪、并求祂重新引导的地方?
新约罗马书 7:1–25
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(6 章):信徒受洗归入基督,已经与祂同死同活,不该再作罪的奴仆;“罪的工价乃是死”,神的恩赐却是永生()。
今天你会读到
保罗用婚姻作比喻:丈夫死了,妻子就脱离丈夫的律法;信徒也借着基督在律法上死了,归于复活的主。律法本身是圣洁的,却让人看见罪; 描写立志行善却行不出来的挣扎,最后归向“感谢神”。
阅读小提示
的“我”是指保罗信主以前还是以后,解经家看法不同;但不论哪一种,答案都在 :靠着我们的主耶稣基督。
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传统认为约主后 57 年写于哥林多。
罗马书 第 7 章
婚姻的比喻
1弟兄们,我现在对说,你们岂不晓得律法管人是在活着的时候吗?Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
2就如女人有了丈夫,丈夫还活着,就被律法;丈夫若死了,就脱离了丈夫的律法。For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
3所以丈夫活着,她若归于别人,便叫;丈夫若死了,她就脱离了丈夫的律法,虽然归于别人,也不是淫妇。So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
在律法上死了,归于基督
4我的弟兄们,这样说来,你们借着基督的身体,在律法上也是死了,叫你们归于别人,就是归于那从死里复活的,叫我们结果子给 神。Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
5因为我们属肉体的时候,那因律法而生的恶欲就在我们肢体中发动,以致结成死亡的果子。For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
6但我们既然在捆我们的律法上死了,现今就脱离了律法,叫我们服事主,要按着心灵(心灵:或译圣灵)的,不按着仪文的旧样。But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
律法是罪吗
7这样,我们可说什么呢?律法是罪吗?断乎不是!只是非因律法,我就不知何为罪。非律法说“”,我就不知何为贪心。What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
8然而,罪,就借着叫诸般的贪心在我里头发动;因为没有律法,罪是死的。But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
9我以前没有律法是活着的;但是诫命来到,罪又活了,我就死了。Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
10那本来叫人活的诫命,反倒叫我死;So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
11因为罪趁着机会,就借着诫命我,并且杀了我。For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
12这样看来,律法是圣洁的,诫命也是圣洁、公义、良善的。So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
叫我死的乃是罪
13既然如此,那良善的是叫我死吗?断乎不是!叫我死的乃是罪。但罪借着那良善的叫我死,就显出真是罪,叫罪因着诫命更显出是恶极了。Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
立志为善由得我,行出来由不得我
14我们原晓得律法是属乎灵的,但我是属乎肉体的,是已经。We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
15因为我所做的,我自己不明白;我所愿意的,我并不做;我所恨恶的,我倒去做。I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
16若我所做的,是我所不愿意的,我就律法是善的。And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
17既是这样,就不是我做的,乃是住在我里头的罪做的。In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
18我也知道,在我里头,就是我肉体之中,没有良善。因为,立志为善由得我,只是行出来由不得我。I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19故此,我所愿意的善,我反不做;我所不愿意的恶,我倒去做。For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
20若我去做所不愿意做的,就不是我做的,乃是住在我里头的罪做的。And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21我觉得有个律,就是我愿意为善的时候,便有恶与我同在。So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
22因为按着我里面的意思(原文是人),我是喜欢 神的律;For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
23但我觉得肢体中另有个律和我心中的律交战,把我,叫我附从那肢体中犯罪的律。But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.
谁能救我
24我真是苦啊!谁能救我脱离这呢?What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
25感谢 神,靠着我们的主耶稣基督就能脱离了。这样看来,我以内心顺服 神的律,我肉体却顺服罪的律了。Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
摘要
保罗以婚姻的比喻说明信徒借着基督的死已脱离律法的辖制,得以按圣灵的新样服事神。他接着澄清律法本身是圣洁良善的,但罪却借着律法的诫命在人心中发动,显出罪的可怕本质。保罗深刻描述内心的挣扎——愿意行善却无力做到、所恨恶的恶反去行——最终呼喊唯有靠主耶稣基督才能脱离这取死的身体。
反思问题
- 保罗描述‘立志为善由得我,只是行出来由不得我’的挣扎,你在哪些具体的事上也经历类似的内心交战?
- 认识到律法的功用是显明罪而非使人称义,这如何改变你看待神的标准与自身软弱之间关系的方式?
- 保罗的结论是唯有靠主耶稣基督才能得释放,在你日常面对试探与挣扎时,你如何实际地倚靠基督的能力而非自己的意志力?