旧约诗篇 73–77 篇
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(69–72 篇):被众水淹没、被人辱骂的诗人呼求神,新约多次引用来描写耶稣的受苦;一位老人求神到年老发白也不要离弃他;72 篇为君王祈求公义,以“大卫的祈祷完毕”结束诗篇第二卷。
今天你会读到
诗篇第三卷(73–89 篇)开始,前几篇都是亚萨的诗:73 篇诗人羡慕恶人亨通,直到进了神的圣所才明白他们的结局;74 篇哀哭圣殿被敌人焚毁;75–76 篇宣告神必按时审判、折断敌人的兵器;77 篇在患难中追想神古时的作为,想起神曾藉摩西和亚伦领百姓。
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73 篇的转折在“等我进了神的圣所”():问题没有改变,改变的是诗人的眼光。 是许多人在困难中常背诵的经文。
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74 篇描写圣殿被焚、会所被烧,一般认为反映主前 586 年巴比伦毁灭耶路撒冷后的景况;所以标题的“亚萨”可能指亚萨家族的歌者,不一定是大卫时代的亚萨本人。
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诗篇 第 73 章
我见恶人享平安就心怀不平
1(亚萨的诗。) 神实在恩待以色列那些清心的人!A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
2至于我,我的脚几乎;我的脚险些滑跌。But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
3我见恶人和狂傲人享平安就。For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4他们死的时候没有疼痛;他们的力气却也壮实。They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
5他们不像别人受苦,也不像别人遭灾。They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
6所以,骄傲如链子戴在他们的项上;强暴像衣裳遮住他们的身体。Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
7他们的眼睛因体胖而凸出;他们所得的,过于心里所想的。From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
8他们讥笑人,凭恶意说欺压人的话;他们说话自高。They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
9他们的口亵渎上天;他们的舌毁谤全地。They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
10所以 神的民归到这里,喝尽了满杯的苦水。So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
11他们说: 神怎能晓得?至高者岂有知识呢?The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
12看哪,这就是恶人;他们既是常享安逸,财宝便加增。Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
我实在徒然洁净了我的心
13我实在徒然洁净了我的心,徒然。Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
14因为,我终日遭灾难;每早晨受惩治。For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
15我若说,我要这样讲,这就是以奸诈待你的众子。If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
16我思索怎能明白这事,眼看实系为难,When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
进了神的圣所才明白
17等我进了 神的,思想他们的结局。until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
18你实在把他们安在滑地,使他们掉在沉沦之中。Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
19他们转眼之间成了何等的荒凉!他们被惊恐灭尽了。How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
20人睡醒了,怎样看梦;主啊,你醒了也必照样轻看他们的。Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
21因而,我心里发酸,被刺。When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
22我这样愚昧无知,在你面前如畜类一般。I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
除你以外,我还有谁
23然而,我常与你同在;你搀着我的右手。Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
24你要以你的训言引导我,以后必接我到荣耀里。You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
25除你以外,在天上我有谁呢?除你以外,在地上我也没有所爱慕的。Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
26我的肉体和我的心肠衰残;但 神是我心里的力量,又是我的,直到永远。My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27远离你的,必要死亡;凡离弃你行邪淫的,你都灭绝了。Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
28但我亲近 神是与我有益;我以主耶和华为我的避难所,好叫我述说你一切的作为。But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.
诗篇 第 74 章
神啊,你为何丢弃我们
1(亚萨的训诲诗。) 神啊,你为何永远丢弃我们呢?你为何向你草场的羊发怒,如烟冒出呢?A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
2求你记念你古时所得来的会众,就是你所赎、作你产业支派的,并记念你向来所居住的锡安山。Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
3求你举步去看那日久荒凉之地,仇敌在圣所中所行的一切恶事。Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
4你的敌人在你会中吼叫;他们竖了自己的旗为记号。Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
5他们好像人扬起斧子,砍伐林中的树。like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
6圣所中一切雕刻的,他们现在用斧子锤子打坏了。and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
7他们用火焚烧你的圣所,亵渎你名的居所,拆毁到地。They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.
8他们心里说:我们要尽行毁灭;他们就在遍地把 神的都烧毁了。They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
9我们不见我们的标帜,不再有先知;我们内中也没有人知道这灾祸要到几时呢!There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
10神啊,敌人辱骂要到几时呢?仇敌亵渎你的名要到永远吗?How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
11你为什么缩回你的右手?求你从怀中伸出来,毁灭他们。Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
神自古以来为我的王
12神自古以来为我的王,在地上施行拯救。Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
13你曾用能力将海分开,将水中大鱼的头打破。You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
14你曾砸碎的头,把它给旷野的禽兽(禽兽:原文是民)为食物。You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
15你曾分裂磐石,水便成了溪河;你使长流的江河干了。You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
16白昼属你,黑夜也属你;亮光和日头是你所预备的。The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
17地的一切疆界是你所立的;夏天和冬天是你所定的。You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
求你顾念所立的约
18耶和华啊,仇敌辱骂,愚顽民亵渎了你的名,求你记念这事。Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
19不要将你的性命交给野兽;不要永远忘记你困苦人的性命。Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
20求你顾念所立的约,因为地上黑暗之处都满了强暴的居所。Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21不要叫受欺压的人蒙羞回去;要叫困苦穷乏的人赞美你的名。Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
22神啊,求你起来为自己伸诉!要记念愚顽人怎样终日辱骂你。Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
23不要忘记你敌人的声音;那起来敌你之人的喧哗时常上升。Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
诗篇 第 75 章
神必按时审判
1(亚萨的诗歌,交与伶长。调用休要毁坏。) 神啊,我们称谢你,我们称谢你!因为你的名相近,人都述说你奇妙的作为。For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
2我到了所定的日期,必按正直施行审判。“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
3地和其上的居民都消化了;我曾立了地的柱子。(细拉)When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
4我对狂傲人说:不要行事狂傲!对凶恶人说:不要!I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
5不要把你们的角高举;不要挺着颈项说话。Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
6因为高举非从东,非从西,也非从南而来。For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
7惟有 神断定;他使这人降卑,使那人升高。but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
8耶和华手里有,其中的酒起沫,杯内满了搀杂的酒;他倒出来,地上的恶人必都喝这酒的,而且喝尽。For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
9但我要宣扬,直到永远!我要歌颂雅各的 神!But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10恶人一切的角,我要砍断;惟有义人的角必被高举。“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
诗篇 第 76 章
神在犹大为人所认识
1(亚萨的诗歌,交与伶长。用丝弦的乐器。)在犹大, 神为人所认识;在以色列,他的名为大。For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
2在有他的帐幕;在锡安有他的居所。His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.
3他在那里折断弓上的火箭,并盾牌、刀剑,和争战的兵器。(细拉)There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
4你从有野食之山而来,有光华和荣美。You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
5心中勇敢的人都被抢夺;他们睡了长觉,没有一个英雄能。The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
6雅各的 神啊,你的斥责一发,坐车的、骑马的都沉睡了。At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
惟独你是可畏的
7惟独你是可畏的!你怒气一发,谁能在你面前站得住呢?You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
8–9你从天上使人听判断。 神起来施行审判,要救地上一切谦卑的人;那时地就惧怕而静默。(细拉)From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
10人的忿怒要成全你的荣美;人的余怒,你要禁止。Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
11你们许愿,当向耶和华—你们的 神还愿;在他四面的人都当拿贡物献给那可畏的主。Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
12他要挫折王子的骄气;他向地上的君王显威可畏。He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
诗篇 第 77 章
患难之日我寻求主
1(亚萨的诗,照耶杜顿的作法,交与伶长。)我要向 神发声呼求;我向 神发声,他必留心听我。For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
2我在患难之日寻求主;我在夜间不住地举手祷告;我的心不肯受安慰。In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
3我想念 神,就烦躁不安;我沉吟悲伤,心便发昏。(细拉)I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
4你叫我不能闭眼;我烦乱不安,甚至不能说话。You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.
5我追想古时之日,上古之年。I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
6我想起我夜间的歌曲,;我心里也仔细省察。At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
难道主要永远丢弃我吗
7难道主要永远丢弃我,不再施恩吗?“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
8难道他的慈爱永远穷尽,他的应许世世废弃吗?Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
9难道 神忘记开恩,因发怒就止住他的慈悲吗?(细拉)Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
追念神古时的作为
10我便说:这是我的懦弱,但我要追念至高者显出右手之年代。So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
11我要提说耶和华所行的;我要记念你古时的奇事。I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
12我也要思想你的经营,默念你的作为。I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds.
13神啊,你的作为是洁净的;有何神大如 神呢?Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?
14你是行奇事的 神;你曾在列邦中彰显你的能力。You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
15你曾用你的膀臂赎了你的民,就是雅各和约瑟的子孙。(细拉)With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
你的道在海中
16神啊,诸水见你,一见就都惊惶;深渊也都战抖。The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
17云中倒出水来;天空发出响声;你的箭也飞行四方。The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
18你的雷声在旋风中;电光照亮世界;大地战抖震动。Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
19你的道在海中;你的路在大水中;你的脚踪无人知道。Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
20你曾借的手引导你的百姓,好像羊群一般。You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
摘要
诗篇七十三至七十七篇是亚萨的诗集,贯穿信仰挣扎与重新得力的历程。诗人从嫉妒恶人亨通、质疑神的公义开始,进入圣所后领悟恶人终必灭亡,转而宣告神是唯一的倚靠与福分;面对圣殿被毁、先知断绝的困境,诗人恳求神记念祂的约、为自己的名起来施行拯救;最终透过追念神古时的奇事——分海、引导百姓如羊群——在患难中重拾对神信实与大能的信心。
反思问题
- 当你看见不义之人顺利亨通时,你如何回到神面前重新校准自己的价值观与信心?
- 在感到神似乎沉默或远离的季节里,回顾神过去在你生命中的作为如何帮助你持守盼望?
- 诗人说“除你以外,在天上我有谁呢?”这句话对你目前最看重的事物和关系带来什么挑战?
新约哥林多前书 1:10–31
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():保罗写信给哥林多教会,称他们是在基督里成圣、蒙召作圣徒的;他为他们在口才、知识、恩赐上的富足感谢神,并宣告“神是信实的”。
今天你会读到
哥林多教会分成好几派,各自说“我是属保罗的”“我是属亚波罗的”。保罗问:基督是分开的吗?接着说明,十字架的道理在世人看来愚拙,却是神的大能和智慧;神特意拣选世上愚拙、软弱、卑贱的人,叫谁都不能在神面前自夸。
阅读小提示
可以读两遍:哥林多信徒大多不是有学问、有地位的人,神却拣选了他们。这正是保罗最后那句话的根据:“夸口的,当指着主夸口”()。
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传统认为约主后 53–55 年写于以弗所;分党的消息来自“革来氏家里的人”(),可能是她家中的成员或仆人到以弗所告诉保罗的。
哥林多前书 第 1 章
不可分党
10弟兄们,我借我们主耶稣基督的名劝你们都说一样的话。你们中间也不可,只要一心一意,。I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
11因为家里的人曾对我提起弟兄们来,说你们中间有纷争。My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
12我的意思就是你们各人说:“我是属保罗的”;“我是属的”;“我是属的”;“我是属基督的”。What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
基督是分开的吗
13基督是分开的吗?保罗为你们钉了十字架吗?你们是奉保罗的名受了洗吗?Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
14我感谢 神,除了并该犹以外,我没有给你们一个人施洗,I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
15免得有人说,你们是奉我的名受洗。so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.
16我也给司提法那家施过洗,此外给别人施洗没有,我却记不清。Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
17基督差遣我,原不是为施洗,乃是为传福音,并不用智慧的言语,免得基督的十字架。For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
十字架的道理是神的大能
18因为十字架的道理,在那灭亡的人为;在我们得救的人,却为 神的大能。For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
19就如经上所记:我要灭绝智慧人的智慧,废弃聪明人的聪明。For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
20智慧人在哪里?在哪里?这世上的在哪里? 神岂不是叫这世上的智慧变成愚拙吗?Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
21世人凭自己的智慧,既不认识 神, 神就乐意用人所当作愚拙的道理拯救那些信的人;这就是 神的智慧了。For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
犹太人要神迹,希腊人求智慧
22犹太人是要神迹,是求智慧,Jews demand signs and Greeks search for wisdom,
23我们却是传,在犹太人为,在外邦人为愚拙;but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
24但在那蒙召的,无论是犹太人、希腊人,基督总为 神的能力, 神的智慧。but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25因 神的愚拙总比人智慧, 神的软弱总比人强壮。For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
神拣选世上愚拙软弱的
26弟兄们哪,可见你们蒙召的,有智慧的不多,有能力的不多,有尊贵的也不多。Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
27神却拣选了世上愚拙的,叫有智慧的羞愧;又拣选了世上软弱的,叫那强壮的羞愧。But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
28神也拣选了世上卑贱的,被人厌恶的,以及那,为要废掉那有的,He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
29使一切,在 神面前一个也不能自夸。so that no one may boast in His presence.
基督成为我们的智慧
30但你们得在基督耶稣里是本乎 神, 神又使他成为我们的智慧、公义、圣洁、。It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
31如经上所记:“夸口的,当指着主夸口。”Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
摘要
保罗针对哥林多教会的分党纷争提出严正劝诫,指出信徒不应以领袖之名彼此分裂,因为基督是不可分割的。他进而阐明十字架的道理颠覆世人对智慧与能力的标准——神刻意拣选世上愚拙的、软弱的、卑贱的,使一切人无法在神面前自夸;真正的智慧、公义、圣洁与救赎都在基督耶稣里,因此夸口的当指着主夸口。
反思问题
- 你在教会或信仰群体中,是否曾不自觉地以人的恩赐、背景或派别来划分彼此?如何实践“一心一意彼此相合”?
- 十字架的道理在世人眼中看为愚拙,你在职场或生活中见证信仰时,如何面对被视为不合主流的压力?
- 保罗说神拣选卑微软弱的人,这对你理解自身的不足与神的呼召有什么鼓励和提醒?