旧约诗篇 39–41 篇
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(37–38 篇):37 篇劝人“不要为作恶的心怀不平”,要倚靠耶和华、耐性等候;38 篇大卫在病痛和罪疚中向神认罪,朋友都远远站着,他仍说“耶和华啊,我仰望你”。
今天你会读到
39 篇大卫默然不语,却求神让他明白人生短暂如影;40 篇他从祸坑被拉上来,口唱新歌,说“我乐意照你的旨意行”;41 篇说眷顾贫穷的有福,大卫病中连知己朋友也背弃他。 的颂赞结束了诗篇第一卷。
阅读小提示
“我所倚靠、吃过我饭的也用脚踢我”,耶稣在最后晚餐时引用这节,指出要出卖祂的人()。
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三篇标题都归于大卫;诗篇共分五卷,第一卷(1–41 篇)几乎都是大卫的诗。
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诗篇 第 39 章
我要谨慎我的言行
1(大卫的诗,交与伶长。)我曾说:我要谨慎我的言行,免得我舌头犯罪;恶人在我面前的时候,我要用嚼环勒住我的口。For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2我默然无声,连好话也不出口;我的愁苦就发动了,I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3我的心在我里面发热。我默想的时候,火就烧起,我便用舌头说话。My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
求你叫我晓得我身之终
4耶和华啊,求你叫我晓得我身之终!我的寿数几何?叫我知道我的生命不长!“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5你使我的年日;我一生的年数,在你面前如同无有。各人最稳妥的时候,真是全然。(细拉)You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
6世人行动实系。他们忙乱,真是枉然;积蓄财宝,不知将来有谁收取。Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
我的指望在乎你
7主啊,如今我等什么呢?我的指望在乎你!And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8求你救我脱离一切的过犯,不要使我受愚顽人的羞辱。Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
9因我所遭遇的是出于你,我就默然不语。I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
10求你把你的责罚从我身上免去;因你手的责打,我便消灭。Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11你因人的罪恶惩罚他的时候,叫他的笑容(的笑容:或译所喜爱的)消灭,如衣被虫所咬。世人真是虚幻!(细拉)You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
12耶和华啊,求你听我的祷告,留心听我的呼求!我流泪,求你不要静默无声!因为我在你面前是,是寄居的,像我列祖一般。Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
13求你,使我在去而不返之先可以力量复原。Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
诗篇 第 40 章
他从祸坑里把我拉上来
1(大卫的诗,交与伶长。)我曾耐性等候耶和华;他垂听我的呼求。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
2他从里,从淤泥中,把我拉上来,使我的脚立在磐石上,使我脚步稳当。He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
3他使我口唱新歌,就是赞美我们 神的话。许多人必看见而惧怕,并要倚靠耶和华。He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
倚靠耶和华的人有福
4那倚靠耶和华、不理会狂傲和偏向虚假之辈的,这人便为有福!Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
5耶和华—我的 神啊,你所行的奇事,并你向我们所怀的意念甚多,不能向你陈明。若要陈明,其事不可胜数。Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
我乐意照你的旨意行
6祭物和礼物,你不喜悦;你已经。燔祭和非你所要。Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
7那时我说:看哪,我来了!我的事在上已经记载了。Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8我的 神啊,我乐意照你的旨意行;你的律法在我心里。I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9我在大会中宣传公义的佳音;我必不止住我的嘴唇。耶和华啊,这是你所知道的。I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
10我未曾把你的公义藏在心里;我已陈明你的信实和你的救恩;我在大会中未曾隐瞒你的慈爱和诚实。I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
求你速速帮助我
11耶和华啊,求你不要向我止住你的慈悲!愿你的慈爱和诚实常常保佑我!O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12因有无数的祸患围困我,我的罪孽追上了我,使我不能昂首;这罪孽比我的头发还多,我就心寒胆战。For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
13耶和华啊,求你开恩搭救我!耶和华啊,求你速速帮助我!Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14愿那些寻找我、要灭我命的,一同抱愧蒙羞!愿那些喜悦我受害的,退后受辱!May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15愿那些对我说阿哈、阿哈的,因羞愧而败亡!May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16愿一切寻求你的,因你高兴欢喜!愿那些喜爱你救恩的,常说:当尊耶和华为大!May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
17但我是困苦穷乏的,主仍顾念我;你是帮助我的,搭救我的。 神啊,求你不要耽延!But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
诗篇 第 41 章
眷顾贫穷的有福了
1(大卫的诗,交与伶长。)贫穷的有福了!他遭难的日子,耶和华必搭救他。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2耶和华必保全他,使他存活;他必在地上享福。求你不要把他交给仇敌,遂其所愿。The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
3他病重在榻,耶和华必扶持他;他在病中,你必给他铺床。The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
求你怜恤我,医治我
4我曾说:耶和华啊,求你怜恤我,医治我!因为我得罪了你。I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
5我的仇敌用恶言议论我说:他几时死,他的名才灭亡呢?My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
6他来看我就说假话;他心存奸恶,走到外边才说出来。My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7一切恨我的,都交头接耳地议论我;他们设计要害我。All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
8他们说:有贴在他身上;他已躺卧,必不能再起来。“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
9连我知己的朋友,我所倚靠、也。Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10耶和华啊,求你怜恤我,使我起来,好报复他们!But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11因我的仇敌不得向我夸胜,我从此便知道你喜爱我。By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
12你因我纯正就扶持我,使我永远站在你的面前。In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
第一卷结尾的颂赞
13耶和华—以色列的 神是应当称颂的,从亘古直到永远。!阿们!Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
摘要
诗篇三十九至四十一篇呈现大卫在苦难中的挣扎与信靠。第三十九篇中,大卫深感人生短暂如虚幻,恳求神宽容他;第四十篇见证神从祸坑中拯救他,使他口唱新歌,并表明顺服神旨意胜于祭物;第四十一篇宣告眷顾贫穷者蒙福,大卫虽遭仇敌与知己背叛,仍信靠神的怜恤与扶持,最终以颂赞作结。
反思问题
- 当你感到人生短暂、世事虚幻时,你的指望放在哪里?如何像大卫一样将盼望转向神?
- 大卫说神所喜悦的不是祭物,而是乐意遵行神旨意的心。在你的信仰生活中,有哪些外在形式需要被内心的顺服所取代?
- 大卫经历知己朋友的背叛却仍仰望神。当你被亲近的人伤害时,你如何在痛苦中持守对神的信靠?
新约罗马书 10:4–21
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():保罗用窑匠和泥的比喻,说明受造的人无权质问神;以色列人想靠行为立自己的义,就跌在绊脚石上;但保罗“心里所愿的”仍是他们得救。
今天你会读到
“律法的总结就是基督”:出于信心的义不必上天下地去找,这道就在你口里、心里;口里认耶稣为主,心里信神叫祂复活,就必得救,犹太人和希腊人都一样。但人要信就得有人传;以色列人听见了,却不肯听从。
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一连串的“怎能”:求告、信、听见、传道、奉差遣。保罗引用 说,报福音的人“脚踪何等佳美”。
点时代可看说明
传统认为约主后 57 年写于哥林多;这段引用了 和以赛亚书的多处经文。
罗马书 第 10 章
律法的总结就是基督
4律法的就是基督,使凡信他的都得着义。For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
出于信心的义
5摩西写着说:“人若行那出于律法的义,就必因此活着。”For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
6惟有出于信心的义如此说:“你不要心里说:谁要升到天上去呢?(就是要领下基督来;)But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
7谁要下到去呢?(就是要领基督从死里上来。)”or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
8他到底怎么说呢?他说:这道离你不远,正在你口里,在你心里—(就是我们所传信主的道。)But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
口里承认,心里相信
9你若口里,心里信 神叫他从死里复活,就必得救。that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10因为,人心里相信就可以称义,口里承认就可以得救。For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
11经上说:“凡信他的人必不至于羞愧。”It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
凡求告主名的就必得救
12犹太人和希腊人并没有分别,因为众人同有一位主;他也一切求告他的人。For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
13因为“凡求告的就必得救”。for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
没有传道的,怎能听见
14然而,人未曾信他,怎能求他呢?未曾听见他,怎能信他呢?没有传道的,怎能听见呢?How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
15若没有奉差遣,怎能传道呢?如经上所记:“报福音、,他们的脚踪何等!”And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
以色列人没有都听从
16只是人没有都听从福音,因为以赛亚说:“主啊,我们所传的有谁信呢?”But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
17可见,,听道是从基督的话来的。Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
18但我说,人没有听见吗?诚然听见了。他们的声音传遍天下;他们的言语传到。But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
19我再说,以色列人不知道吗?先有摩西说:我要用那不成子民的你们的愤恨;我要用那无知的民触动你们的怒气。I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
20又有以赛亚放胆说:没有寻找我的,我叫他们遇见;没有访问我的,我向他们显现。And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
21至于以色列人,他说:“我整天伸手招呼那的百姓。”But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
摘要
罗马书十章4至21节阐明因信称义的核心真理:基督是律法的总结,救恩不靠行为而靠口里承认、心里相信。保罗强调犹太人与外邦人并无分别,凡求告主名的都必得救,并指出信道从听道来、听道需有人传道的福音链。然而以色列人虽已听闻,却悖逆不信,神仍整天向他们伸手招呼。
反思问题
- 保罗指出以色列人有热心却不按真知识。你的信仰生活中,是否有凭热心却偏离神真理的地方需要调整?
- ‘信道是从听道来的,听道是从基督的话来的。’你目前如何持续地聆听与领受神的话语?又如何将福音传递给身边的人?
- 神整天向悖逆的百姓伸手招呼,显出祂极大的耐心与慈爱。这对你理解神对你的态度有什么启发?