今日读经

不要为作恶的心怀不平

¹（大卫的诗。）不要为作恶的心怀不平，也不要向那行不义的生出嫉妒。Of David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.

²因为他们如草快被割下，又如青菜快要枯干。For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

倚靠耶和华而行善

³你当倚靠耶和华而行善，住在地上，以他的信实为粮；Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

⁴又要以耶和华为乐，他就将你心里所求的赐给你。Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵当将你的事交托耶和华，并倚靠他，他就必成全。Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

⁶他要使你的公义如光发出，使你的公平明如正午。He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

默然倚靠，耐性等候

⁷你当默然倚靠耶和华，耐性等候他；不要因那道路通达的和那恶谋成就的心怀不平。Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

⁸当止住怒气，离弃忿怒；不要心怀不平，以致作恶。Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

⁹因为作恶的必被剪除；惟有等候耶和华的必承受地土。For the evildoers will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

¹⁰还有片时，恶人要归于无有；你就是细察他的住处也要归于无有。Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

¹¹但谦卑人必承受地土，以丰盛的平安为乐。But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

恶人的刀必刺入自己的心

¹²恶人设谋害义人，又向他咬牙。The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

¹³主要笑他，因见他受罚的日子将要来到。but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.

¹⁴恶人已经弓上弦，刀出鞘，要打倒困苦穷乏的人，要杀害行动正直的人。The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

¹⁵他们的刀必刺入自己的心；他们的弓必被折断。But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

¹⁶一个义人所有的虽少，强过许多恶人的富余。Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.

¹⁷因为恶人的膀臂必被折断；但耶和华是扶持义人。For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

耶和华知道完全人的日子

¹⁸耶和华知道完全人的日子；他们的产业要存到永远。The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

¹⁹他们在急难的时候不致羞愧，在饥荒的日子必得饱足。In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

²⁰恶人却要灭亡。耶和华的仇敌要像羊羔的脂油（或译：像草地的华美）；他们要消灭，要如烟消灭。But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

²¹恶人借贷而不偿还；义人却恩待人，并且施舍。The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

²²蒙耶和华赐福的必承受地土；被他咒诅的必被剪除。Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

义人的脚步被耶和华立定

²³义人的脚步被耶和华立定；他的道路，耶和华也喜爱。The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

²⁴他虽失脚也不致全身仆倒，因为耶和华用手搀扶他（或译：搀扶他的手）。Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

²⁵我从前年幼，现在年老，却未见过义人被弃，也未见过他的后裔讨饭。I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.

²⁶他终日恩待人，借给人；他的后裔也蒙福！They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

²⁷你当离恶行善，就可永远安居。Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

²⁸因为，耶和华喜爱公平，不撇弃他的圣民；他们永蒙保佑，但恶人的后裔必被剪除。For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

²⁹义人必承受地土，永居其上。The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

义人的口谈论智慧

³⁰义人的口谈论智慧；他的舌头讲说公平。The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

³¹神的律法在他心里；他的脚总不滑跌。The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

³²恶人窥探义人，想要杀他。Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

³³耶和华必不撇他在恶人手中；当审判的时候，也不定他的罪。the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.

³⁴你当等候耶和华，遵守他的道，他就抬举你，使你承受地土；恶人被剪除的时候，你必看见。Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

恶人消逝，和平人有好结局

³⁵我见过恶人大有势力，好像一棵青翠树在本土生发。I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

³⁶有人从那里经过，不料，他没有了；我也寻找他，却寻不着。yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

³⁷你要细察那完全人，观看那正直人，因为和平人有好结局。Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

³⁸至于犯法的人，必一同灭绝；恶人终必剪除。But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

³⁹但义人得救是由于耶和华；他在患难时作他们的营寨。The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

⁴⁰耶和华帮助他们，解救他们；他解救他们脱离恶人，把他们救出来，因为他们投靠他。The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

求你不要在怒中责备我

¹（大卫的记念诗。）耶和华啊，求你不要在怒中责备我，不要在烈怒中惩罚我！A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

²因为，你的箭射入我身；你的手压住我。For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

³因你的恼怒，我的肉无一完全；因我的罪过，我的骨头也不安宁。There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

⁴我的罪孽高过我的头，如同重担叫我担当不起。For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

⁵因我的愚昧，我的伤发臭流脓。My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

⁶我疼痛，大大拳曲，终日哀痛。I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

⁷我满腰是火；我的肉无一完全。For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

⁸我被压伤，身体疲倦；因心里不安，我就唉哼。I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

我的心愿都在你面前

⁹主啊，我的心愿都在你面前；我的叹息不向你隐瞒。O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

¹⁰我心跳动，我力衰微，连我眼中的光也没有了。My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

¹¹我的良朋密友因我的灾病都躲在旁边站着；我的亲戚本家也远远地站立。My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

¹²那寻索我命的设下网罗；那想要害我的口出恶言，终日思想诡计。Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

¹³但我如聋子不听，像哑巴不开口。But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

¹⁴我如不听见的人，口中没有回话。I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

耶和华啊，我仰望你

¹⁵耶和华啊，我仰望你！主—我的　神啊，你必应允我！I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶我曾说：恐怕他们向我夸耀；我失脚的时候，他们向我夸大。For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

¹⁷我几乎跌倒；我的痛苦常在我面前。For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

¹⁸我要承认我的罪孽；我要因我的罪忧愁。Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

¹⁹但我的仇敌又活泼又强壮，无理恨我的增多了。Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

²⁰以恶报善的与我作对，因我是追求良善。Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

²¹耶和华啊，求你不要撇弃我！我的　神啊，求你不要远离我！Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

²²拯救我的主啊，求你快快帮助我！Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

窑匠与泥

¹⁹这样，你必对我说：“他为什么还指责人呢？有谁抗拒他的旨意呢？”One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”

²⁰你这个人哪，你是谁，竟敢向　神强嘴呢？受造之物岂能对造他的说：“你为什么这样造我呢？”But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

²¹窑匠难道没有权柄从一团泥里拿一块做成贵重的器皿，又拿一块做成卑贱的器皿吗？Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

怜悯的器皿

²²倘若　神要显明他的忿怒，彰显他的权能，就多多忍耐宽容那可怒、预备遭毁灭的器皿，What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

²³又要将他丰盛的荣耀彰显在那蒙怜悯、早预备得荣耀的器皿上。What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—

²⁴这器皿就是我们被　神所召的，不但是从犹太人中，也是从外邦人中。这有什么不可呢？including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

不是我子民的，要称为我的子民

²⁵就像　神在何西阿书上说：那本来不是我子民的，我要称为“我的子民”；本来不是蒙爱的，我要称为“蒙爱的”。As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

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²⁶从前在什么地方对他们说：你们不是我的子民，将来就在那里称他们为“永生　神的儿子”。and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

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²⁷以赛亚指着以色列人喊着说：“以色列人虽多如海沙，得救的不过是剩下的余数；Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

²⁸因为主要在世上施行他的话，叫他的话都成全，速速地完结。”For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

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²⁹又如以赛亚先前说过：若不是万军之主给我们存留余种，我们早已像所多玛、蛾摩拉的样子了。It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”

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外邦人因信得义

³⁰这样，我们可说什么呢？那本来不追求义的外邦人反得了义，就是因信而得的义。What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

³¹但以色列人追求律法的义，反得不着律法的义。but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

³²这是什么缘故呢？是因为他们不凭着信心求，只凭着行为求；他们正跌在那绊脚石上。Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

³³就如经上所记：我在锡安放一块绊脚的石头，跌人的磐石；信靠他的人必不至于羞愧。as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

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保罗为以色列人祷告

¹弟兄们，我心里所愿的，向　神所求的，是要以色列人得救。Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.

²我可以证明，他们向　神有热心，但不是按着真知识；For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.

³因为不知道　神的义，想要立自己的义，就不服　神的义了。Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.