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旧约 诗篇 119:1–88
新约 哥林多前书 8:1–13

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旧约诗篇 119:1–88

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(111–118 篇)好几篇都以“你们要赞美耶和华”开头或结尾:称颂神奇妙的作为、敬畏神的人有福;115 篇嘲笑“人手所造的”偶像;118 篇反复唱“他的慈爱永远长存”,并说“匠人所弃的石头已成了房角的头块石头”(耶稣在 引用)。

今天你会读到

诗篇最长的一篇(共 176 节),今天读前半。诗人用律法、法度、训词、律例、命令、典章、话语等字眼,一再讲到神的话:要藏在心里、默想、遵行。他被骄傲人讥笑、逼迫,仍求神“照你的话将我救活”,也承认“我受苦是与我有益”。

阅读小提示

这篇在希伯来文是一首字母诗:全诗分 22 段,每段 8 节,同一段的每一节都用同一个希伯来字母开头,按字母顺序排下去。今天的 1–88 节是前 11 段,可以一段一段慢慢读。

点时代可看说明

第 119 篇没有标题,作者和写作年代都不确定;传统上有人认为是大卫所写,也有学者认为成于被掳归回以后。

点经节可选取,长按即复制点经节可选取,按 Ctrl+C⌘C 复制

诗篇 第 119 章

遵行神律法的人有福

1行为完全、遵行耶和华的,这人便为有福!Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.

2遵守他的、一心寻求他的,这人便为有福!Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

3这人不做非义的事,但遵行他的道。They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.

4耶和华啊,你曾将你的吩咐我们,为要我们殷勤遵守。You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

5但愿我行事坚定,得以遵守你的律例。Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

6我看重你的一切命令,就不至于羞愧。Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

7我学了你公义的判语,就要以正直的心称谢你。I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

8我必守你的律例;求你总不要丢弃我!I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

少年人怎样使行为洁净

9少年人用什么洁净他的行为呢?是要遵行你的话!How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

10我一心寻求了你;求你不要叫我偏离你的命令。With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

11我将你的话藏在心里,免得我得罪你。I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

12耶和华啊,你是应当称颂的!求你将你的律例教训我!Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

13我用嘴唇传扬你口中的一切典章。With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.

14我喜悦你的法度,如同喜悦一切的财物。I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.

15我要默想你的训词,看重你的道路。I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.

16我要在你的律例中自乐;我不忘记你的话。I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

求你开我的眼睛

17求你用厚恩待你的仆人,使我存活,我就遵守你的话。Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

18求你开我的眼睛,使我看出你律法中的奇妙。Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

19我是在地上作;求你不要向我隐瞒你的命令!I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.

20我时常切慕你的典章,甚至心碎。My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

21受咒诅、偏离你命令的骄傲人,你已经责备他们。You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.

22求你除掉我所受的羞辱和藐视,因我遵守你的法度。Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

23虽有首领坐着我,你仆人却思想你的律例。Though rulers sit and slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

24你的法度是我所喜乐的,是我的谋士。Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

性命几乎归于尘土

25我的性命几乎归于尘土;求你照你的话将我救活!My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

26我述说我所行的,你应允了我;求你将你的律例教训我!I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

27求你使我明白你的训词,我就思想你的奇事。Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

28我的心因愁苦而;求你照你的话使我坚立!My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.

29求你使我离开奸诈的道,开恩将你的律法赐给我!Remove me from the path of deceit and graciously grant me Your law.

30我拣选了忠信的道,将你的典章摆在我面前。I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.

31我持守你的法度;耶和华啊,求你不要叫我羞愧!I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

32你我心的时候,我就往你命令的道上直奔。I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

求你将律例指教我

33耶和华啊,求你将你的律例指教我,我必遵守到底!Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.

34求你赐我悟性,我便遵守你的律法,且要一心遵守。Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.

35求你叫我遵行你的命令,因为这是我所喜乐的。Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

36求你使我的心趋向你的法度,不趋向非义之财。Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

37求你叫我转眼不看,又叫我在你的道中生活。Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

38你向敬畏你的人所应许的话,求你向仆人坚定!Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

39求你使我所怕的羞辱远离我,因你的典章本为美。Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

40我羡慕你的训词;求你使我在你的公义上生活!How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

愿你的慈爱临到我

41耶和华啊,愿你照你的话,使你的慈爱,就是你的救恩,临到我身上,May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.

42我就有话回答那羞辱我的,因我倚靠你的话。Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

43求你叫真理的话总不离开我口,因我仰望你的典章。Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.

44我要常守你的律法,直到永永远远。I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.

45我要自由而行(或译:我要行在宽阔之地),因我素来你的训词。And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.

46我也要在君王面前论说你的法度,并不至于羞愧。I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.

47我要在你的命令中自乐;这命令素来是我所爱的。I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

48我又要遵行(原文是举手)你的命令,这命令素来是我所爱的;我也要思想你的律例。I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

患难中因神的话得安慰

49求你记念向你仆人所应许的话,叫我有盼望。Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.

50这话将我救活了;我在患难中,因此得安慰。This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

51骄傲的人甚侮慢我,我却未曾偏离你的律法。The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.

52耶和华啊,我记念你从古以来的典章,就得了安慰。I remember Your judgments of old, O LORD, and in them I find comfort.

53我见恶人离弃你的律法,就怒气发作,犹如火烧。Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

54我在世寄居,素来以你的律例为诗歌。Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.

55耶和华啊,我夜间记念你的名,遵守你的律法。In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

56我所以如此,是因我守你的训词。This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.

耶和华是我的福分

57耶和华是我的;我曾说,我要遵守你的言语。The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

58我一心求过你的恩;愿你照你的话怜悯我!I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.

59我思想我所行的道,就转步归向你的法度。I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

60我急忙遵守你的命令,并不迟延。I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

61恶人的绳索缠绕我,我却没有忘记你的律法。Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.

62我因你公义的典章,半夜必起来称谢你。At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.

63凡敬畏你、守你训词的人,我都与他作伴。I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

64耶和华啊,你的慈爱遍满大地;求你将你的律例教训我!The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.

受苦是与我有益

65耶和华啊,你向来是照你的话善待仆人。You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

66求你将和知识赐给我,因我信了你的命令。Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.

67我未受苦以先走迷了路,现在却遵守你的话。Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

68你本为善,所行的也善;求你将你的律例教训我!You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.

69骄傲人谎言攻击我,我却要一心守你的训词。Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

70他们,我却喜爱你的律法。Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.

71我受苦是与我有益,为要使我学习你的律例。It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

72你口中的训言(或译:律法)与我有益,胜于千万的金银。The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

你的手制造我

73你的手制造我,建立我;求你赐我悟性,可以学习你的命令!Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

74敬畏你的人见我就要欢喜,因我仰望你的话。May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

75耶和华啊,我知道你的判语是公义的;你使我受苦是以诚实待我。I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

76求你照着应许仆人的话,以慈爱安慰我。May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray, according to Your promise to Your servant.

77愿你的慈悲临到我,使我存活,因你的律法是我所喜爱的。May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

78愿骄傲人蒙羞,因为他们无理地倾覆我;但我要思想你的训词。May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.

79愿敬畏你的人归向我,他们就知道你的法度。May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

80愿我的心在你的律例上完全,使我不致蒙羞。May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

我心渴想你的救恩

81我心渴想你的救恩,仰望你的应许。My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

82我因盼望你的应许眼睛失明,说:你何时安慰我?My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

83我好像,却不忘记你的律例。Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

84你仆人的年日有多少呢?你几时向逼迫我的人施行审判呢?How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

85不从你律法的骄傲人为我。The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

86你的命令尽都诚实;他们无理地逼迫我,求你帮助我!All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

87他们几乎把我从世上灭绝,但我没有离弃你的训词。They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.

88求你照你的慈爱将我救活,我就遵守你口中的法度。Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

摘要

诗篇119篇1至88节是诗人对神话语深切爱慕与委身的宣告。诗人以多种同义词——律法、法度、训词、命令、律例、典章——反复表达遵行神话语带来的福分、智慧与安慰。他在患难、羞辱与骄傲人的攻击中,仍然持守神的道,并不断祈求神赐悟性、救活他的生命,使他不偏离正路。

反思问题

  1. 你目前用什么方式将神的话“藏在心里”(v.11)?有哪些具体做法可以帮助你更深默想神的话语?
  2. 诗人说“我受苦是于我有益”(v.71)。回顾你的生命经历,有哪些苦难最终帮助你更认识神、更顺服祂的带领?
  3. 诗人在逼迫与嘲笑中仍坚守神的话(v.51, 69, 87)。当你因信仰立场而受压力时,什么力量能帮助你站立得稳?

新约哥林多前书 8:1–13

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():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;“这世界的样子将要过去了”,所以要无所挂虑、专心服事主;寡妇可以再嫁,只是要嫁在主里面的人。从 起,保罗一题一题回答哥林多人来信问的事,今天是下一题。

今天你会读到

哥林多信徒来信问:可不可以吃祭过偶像的肉?保罗同意偶像算不得甚么,却提醒“知识是叫人自高自大,惟有爱心能造就人”;如果自己的自由叫信心软弱的弟兄跌倒,就是得罪基督。

阅读小提示

留意 保罗的结论:“我就永远不吃肉”。他问的不是自己有没有权利吃,而是会不会叫软弱的弟兄跌倒;下一章他会拿自己作例子说明这个原则。

点时代可看说明

传统认为保罗约在主后 53–55 年、住在以弗所时写了这封信();他先前曾在哥林多住了一年半,建立这个教会()。

哥林多前书 第 8 章

知识叫人自高自大,爱心造就人

1论到,我们晓得我们都有知识。但知识是叫人,惟有爱心能人。Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

2若有人以为自己知道什么,按他所当知道的,他仍是不知道。The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

3若有人爱 神,这人乃是 神所知道的。But the one who loves God is known by God.

偶像算不得甚么

4论到吃祭偶像之物,我们知道偶像在世上算不得什么,也知道 神只有一位,再没有别的 神。So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

5虽有称为 神的,或在天,或在地,就如那许多的 神,许多的主;For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

6然而我们只有一位 神,就是父—万物都本于他;我们也归于他—并有,就是耶稣基督—万物都是借着他有的;我们也是借着他有的。yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

不是人人都有这等知识

7但人不都有这等知识。有人到如今因拜惯了偶像,就以为所吃的是祭偶像之物。他们的既然软弱,也就污秽了。But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

8其实食物不能叫 神我们,因为我们不吃也无损,吃也无益。But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

不要让自由成了绊脚石

9只是你们要谨慎,恐怕你们这竟成了那软弱人的绊脚石。Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

10若有人见你这有知识的,,这人的良心若是软弱,岂不去吃那祭偶像之物吗?For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

11因此,基督为他死的那软弱弟兄,也就因你的知识了。So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

12你们这样得罪弟兄们,伤了他们软弱的良心,就是得罪基督。By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

13所以,食物若叫我弟兄,我就永远不吃肉,免得叫我弟兄跌倒了。Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

摘要

哥林多前书第8章讨论吃祭偶像之物的问题。保罗指出虽然信徒知道偶像算不得什么、神只有一位,但并非所有人都有这等知识。他强调知识使人自高自大,惟有爱心能造就人;信徒不应因自己的自由成为软弱弟兄的绊脚石,因为伤害软弱弟兄的良心就是得罪基督。

反思问题

  1. 在你的信仰群体中,是否有些你认为“无所谓”的事,却可能让信心较弱的弟兄姊妹跌倒?你如何分辨并谨慎行事?
  2. 保罗说“知识叫人自高自大,惟有爱心能造就人”(v.1)。你在与人分享信仰观点时,是否曾不自觉地以知识压过爱心?如何调整?
  3. 保罗愿意为弟兄的缘故永远不吃肉(v.13)。在你的生活中,你愿意为了别人的信仰益处放下哪些个人自由或权利?