旧约诗篇 111–118 篇
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(107–110 篇):诗篇第五卷开始,各样落难的人向神哀求就蒙拯救;被冤枉的人向神呼求公道;110 篇宣告一位坐在神右边、照着麦基洗德等次永远为祭司的王。
今天你会读到
111–112 篇是一对按字母排列的诗:111 篇赞美神的作为,112 篇描写敬畏神的人有福;113–118 篇是犹太人在逾越节等节期唱的一组赞美诗:神从灰尘里抬举贫寒人、出埃及时海也奔逃、偶像有口不能言、神救人脱离死亡;118 篇说匠人所弃的石头成了房角的头块石头。
阅读小提示
耶稣和门徒吃完最后的晚餐,“唱了诗,就出来”(),传统认为唱的就是 113–118 篇中的诗。“匠人所弃的石头”,耶稣后来用来说自己()。
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这几篇没有标明作者和年代;犹太传统在逾越节的筵席中分段唱诵,113–114 篇在餐前,115–118 篇在餐后。
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诗篇 第 111 章
一心称谢耶和华
1!我要在正直人的大会中,并公会中,一心称谢耶和华。Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
2耶和华的作为本为大;凡喜爱的都必。Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
3他所行的是尊荣和威严;他的公义存到永远。Splendid and majestic is His work; His righteousness endures forever.
4他行了奇事,使人记念;耶和华有恩惠,有怜悯。He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
5他赐粮食给敬畏他的人;他必永远记念他的约。He provides food for those who fear Him; He remembers His covenant forever.
6他向百姓显出大能的作为,把外邦的地赐给他们为业。He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the nations.
7他手所行的是诚实公平;他的训词都是确实的,The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
8是永永远远坚定的,是按诚实正直设立的。They are upheld forever and ever, enacted in truth and uprightness.
9他向百姓施行救赎,命定他的约,直到永远;他的名圣而可畏。He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端
10敬畏耶和华是;凡遵行他命令的是聪明人。耶和华是永远当赞美的!The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
诗篇 第 112 章
敬畏耶和华的人有福
1你们要赞美耶和华!敬畏耶和华,甚喜爱他命令的,这人便为有福!Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
2他的后裔在世必强盛;正直人的后代必要蒙福。His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3他家中有货物,有钱财;他的公义存到永远。Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
4正直人在黑暗中,有光向他;他有恩惠,有怜悯,有公义。Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
5施恩与人、借贷与人的,这人事情顺利;他被审判的时候要诉明自己的冤。It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
6他永不动摇;义人被记念,直到永远。Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
7他必不怕凶恶的信息;他心坚定,倚靠耶和华。He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
8他心确定,总不惧怕,直到他看见敌人遭报。His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
9他施舍钱财,贫穷;他的仁义存到永远。他的角必被高举,大有荣耀。He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
10恶人看见便恼恨,必咬牙而消化;恶人的心愿要归灭绝。The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
诗篇 第 113 章
从日出到日落都要赞美
1你们要赞美耶和华!耶和华的仆人哪,你们要赞美,赞美耶和华的名!Hallelujah! Give praise, O servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD.
2耶和华的名是应当称颂的,从今时直到永远!Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
3从日出之地到日落之处,耶和华的名是应当赞美的!From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
4耶和华超乎万民之上;他的荣耀高过诸天。The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.
神从灰尘里抬举贫寒人
5谁像耶和华—我们的 神呢?他坐在至高之处,Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?
6自己谦卑,观看天上地下的事。He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
7他从灰尘里抬举贫寒人,从中提拔穷乏人,He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
8使他们与王子同坐,就是与本国的王子同坐。to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
9他使不能生育的妇人安居家中,为多子的。你们要赞美耶和华!He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
诗篇 第 114 章
以色列出了埃及
1以色列出了埃及,雅各家离开;When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
2那时,犹大为主的圣所,以色列为他所治理的国度。Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
3沧海看见就奔逃;约旦河也倒流。The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
4大山踊跃,如公羊;小山跳舞,如羊羔。the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
5沧海啊,你为何奔逃?约旦哪,你为何倒流?Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
6大山哪,你为何踊跃,如公羊?小山哪,你为何跳舞,如羊羔?O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
7大地啊,你因见主的面,就是雅各 神的面,便要震动。Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8他叫磐石变为水池,叫坚石变为泉源。who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
诗篇 第 115 章
荣耀不要归与我们
1耶和华啊,荣耀不要归与我们,不要归与我们;要因你的慈爱和诚实归在你的名下!Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
2为何容外邦人说:他们的 神在哪里呢?Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
3然而,我们的 神在天上,都随自己的意旨行事。Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
偶像有口却不能言
4他们的偶像是金的,银的,是人手所造的,Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
5有口却不能言,有眼却不能看,They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
6有耳却不能听,有鼻却不能闻,they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;
7有手却不能摸,有脚却不能走,有喉咙也不能出声。they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
8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.
9以色列啊,你要倚靠耶和华!他是你的帮助和你的盾牌。O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
10啊,你们要倚靠耶和华!他是你们的帮助和你们的盾牌。O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
11你们敬畏耶和华的,要倚靠耶和华!他是你们的帮助和你们的盾牌。You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
12耶和华向来眷念我们;他还要赐福给我们:要赐福给以色列的家,赐福给亚伦的家。The LORD is mindful of us; He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron;
13凡敬畏耶和华的,无论大小,主必赐福给他。He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.
14愿耶和华叫你们和你们的子孙日见加增。May the LORD give you increase, both you and your children.
15你们蒙了造天地之耶和华的福!May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
16天,是耶和华的天;地,他却给了世人。The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
17死人不能赞美耶和华;下到中的也都不能。It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
18但我们要称颂耶和华,从今时直到永远。你们要赞美耶和华!But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
诗篇 第 116 章
我爱耶和华,因祂听了我
1我爱耶和华,因为他听了我的声音和我的恳求。I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
2他既向我侧耳,我一生要求告他。Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
3死亡的绳索缠绕我;阴间的痛苦抓住我;我遭遇患难愁苦。The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
4那时,我便求告耶和华的名,说:耶和华啊,求你救我的灵魂!Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
5耶和华有恩惠,有公义;我们的 神以怜悯为怀。The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
6耶和华保护愚人;我落到卑微的地步,他救了我。The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me.
7我的心哪!你要仍归安乐,因为耶和华用厚恩待你。Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
8主啊,你救我的命免了死亡,救我的眼免了流泪,救我的脚免了跌倒。For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9我要在耶和华面前行活人之路。I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10;我受了极大的困苦。I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
11我曾急促地说:人都是说谎的!In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
我拿甚么报答耶和华
12我拿什么报答耶和华向我所赐的一切厚恩?How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
13我要举起,称扬耶和华的名。I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
14我要在他众民面前向耶和华还我的愿。I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.
15在耶和华眼中,看圣民之死。Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
16耶和华啊,我真是你的仆人;我是你的仆人,是你婢女的儿子。你已经解开我的绑索。Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
17我要以感谢为祭献给你,又要求告耶和华的名。I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
18–19我要在他众民面前,在耶和华殿的院内,在耶路撒冷当中,向耶和华还我的愿。你们要赞美耶和华!I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people, in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
诗篇 第 117 章
万国都当赞美耶和华
1万国啊,你们都当赞美耶和华!万民哪,你们都当颂赞他!Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!
2因为他向我们大施慈爱;耶和华的诚实存到永远。你们要赞美耶和华!For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!
诗篇 第 118 章
祂的慈爱永远长存
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愿以色列说:他的慈爱永远长存!Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
3愿亚伦的家说:他的慈爱永远长存!Let the house of Aaron say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
4愿敬畏耶和华的说:他的慈爱永远长存!Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
5我在急难中求告耶和华,他就应允我,把我安置在宽阔之地。In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
6有耶和华帮助我,我必不惧怕,人能把我怎么样呢?The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7在那帮助我的人中,有耶和华帮助我,所以我要看见那恨我的人遭报。The LORD is on my side; He is my helper. Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me.
8投靠耶和华,强似倚赖人;It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.
9投靠耶和华,强似倚赖王子。It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
10万民围绕我,我靠耶和华的名必剿灭他们。All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
11他们环绕我,围困我,我靠耶和华的名必剿灭他们。They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
12他们如同蜂子围绕我,好像烧荆棘的火,必被熄灭;我靠耶和华的名,必剿灭他们。They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
13你推我,要叫我跌倒,但耶和华帮助了我。I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
14耶和华是我的力量,是我的诗歌;他也成了我的拯救。The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
15在义人的帐棚里,有欢呼拯救的声音;耶和华的右手施展大能。Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
16耶和华的右手高举;耶和华的右手施展大能。The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
17我必不致死,仍要存活,并要传扬耶和华的作为。I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
18耶和华虽严严地惩治我,却未曾将我交于死亡。The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
给我敞开义门
19给我敞开义门;我要进去称谢耶和华!Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
20这是耶和华的门;义人要进去!This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.
21我要称谢你,因为你已经应允我,又成了我的拯救!I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
匠人所弃的石头
22匠人所弃的石头已成了。The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23这是耶和华所做的,在我们眼中看为希奇。This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
24这是耶和华所定的日子,我们在其中要高兴欢喜!This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
25耶和华啊,!耶和华啊,求你使我们亨通!O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
26是应当称颂的!我们从耶和华的殿中为你们祝福!Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.
27耶和华是 神;他光照了我们。理当用绳索把祭牲拴住,牵到那里。The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
28你是我的 神,我要称谢你!你是我的 神,我要尊崇你!You are my God, and I will give You thanks. You are my God, and I will exalt You.
29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.
摘要
诗篇一一一至一一八篇是一组以“你们要赞美耶和华”为主调的颂赞诗,称颂神作为的伟大、公义与信实,说明敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端,敬畏祂的人必蒙福,心坚定而不惧怕凶恶的信息。诗人回顾以色列出埃及时天地都因主的面震动,对比外邦人手造的偶像不能言、不能看,劝众人倚靠耶和华作帮助和盾牌;也见证神在死亡的痛苦中听了他的恳求,所以要举起救恩的杯、还所许的愿。最后呼召万国同来赞美,并宣告匠人所弃的石头已成了房角的头块石头,因祂本为善,祂的慈爱永远长存。
反思问题
- 诗篇说“敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端”,你在做决定、待人处事时,有没有让敬畏神成为最先考虑的事?
- 诗人问“我拿什么报答耶和华向我所赐的一切厚恩?”回想神在你困难中的拯救,你这周可以用什么具体的行动来感谢祂、向祂还愿?
- “投靠耶和华,强似倚赖人;强似倚赖王子”,你现在是否在倚靠某些人、金钱或成就,就像倚靠“人手所造的偶像”一样?要怎样把信靠转回到神身上?
新约哥林多前书 7:25–40
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():保罗开始回答哥林多人信上的问题:夫妻要彼此尽本分;他自己单身,但“各人领受神的恩赐”不同;已婚的不可离弃配偶,配偶不信主而愿意同住也不要离弃;各人蒙召时是甚么身分,就在神面前守住这身分。
今天你会读到
保罗谈到还没结婚的人:因现今的艰难,他建议守素安常,但结婚并不是犯罪;时候减少了,这世界的样子将要过去,所以不要被世上的事缠住,好专心服事主。最后谈到让女儿出嫁的事,以及寡妇可以再嫁,只是要嫁在主里面的人。
阅读小提示
留意保罗很诚实地区分:7:25 说“我没有主的命令”,只是自己的意见。他的劝告是出于爱护,“不是要牢笼你们”(),而是要他们能专心服事主。
点时代可看说明
“现今的艰难”()具体指甚么不确定:有学者认为指当时的饥荒或逼迫,也有人认为泛指主再来以前的困苦。
哥林多前书 第 7 章
论到童身的人
25论到,我没有主的命令,但我既蒙主能作忠心的人,就把自己的意见告诉你们。Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
因现今的艰难
26因,据我看来,人不如才好。Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27你有妻子呢,就不要求脱离;你没有妻子缠着呢,就不要求妻子。Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
28你若娶妻,并不是犯罪;处女若出嫁,也不是犯罪。然而这等人肉身必受苦难,我却愿意你们免这苦难。But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
时候减少了
29弟兄们,我对你们说:。从此以后,那有妻子的,要像没有妻子;What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
30哀哭的,要像不哀哭;快乐的,要像不快乐;的,要像无有所得;those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
31用世物的,要像不用世物,因为将要过去了。and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
无所挂虑,专心服事主
32我愿你们。没有娶妻的,是为主的事挂虑,想怎样叫主喜悦。I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
33娶了妻的,是为世上的事挂虑,想怎样叫妻子喜悦。But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
34妇人和处女也有分别。没有出嫁的,是为主的事挂虑,要身体、灵魂都圣洁;已经出嫁的,是为世上的事挂虑,想怎样叫丈夫喜悦。and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
35我说这话是为你们的益处,不是要你们,乃是要叫你们行合宜的事,得以殷勤服事主,没有分心的事。I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
让女儿出嫁的事
36若有人以为自己待他的不合宜,女儿也过了年岁,事又当行,他就可随意办理,不算有罪,叫二人就是了。However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
37倘若人心里坚定,没有不得已的事,并且由得自己作主,心里又决定了留下女儿不出嫁,如此行也好。But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
38这样看来,叫自己的女儿出嫁是好,不叫她出嫁更是好。So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
寡妇可以再嫁
39丈夫活着的时候,妻子是被约束的;丈夫若死了,妻子就可以自由,随意再嫁,只是要嫁这。A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
40然而按我的意见,若常更有福气。我也想自己是被 神的灵感动了。In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
摘要
保罗说明他论童身的事没有主的命令,只是提出自己的意见:因现今的艰难,人不如维持原本的身分;嫁娶不是犯罪,但已婚的人肉身会受苦难。他提醒信徒时候减少了,这世界的样子将要过去,所以拥有和使用世物都不要被它们绑住;没有嫁娶的人能专心为主的事挂虑,已婚的人则要顾念怎样叫配偶喜悦。保罗强调这些话是为信徒的益处,不是要牢笼他们,是要他们殷勤服事主、不分心;守童身或嫁娶都可以,寡妇也可以再嫁,只是要嫁在主里面的人。
反思问题
- 保罗说“这世界的样子将要过去了”,你目前最在意的哪些东西(工作、财物、情绪、人际关系)需要用永恒的眼光重新看待?
- 无论单身或已婚,你生活中有哪些“挂虑”让你不能专心服事主?可以怎样调整,让自己更少分心?
- 保罗尊重不同的选择,也说明嫁娶都要“在主里面”,你在做感情、婚姻或其他人生重大决定时,怎样寻求神的心意,而不只照自己或社会的期待?