今日读经

我是遭遇困苦的人

¹我是因耶和华忿怒的杖，遭遇困苦的人。I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

²他引导我，使我行在黑暗中，不行在光明里。He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

³他真是终日再三反手攻击我。Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

⁴他使我的皮肉枯干；他折断（或译：压伤）我的骨头。He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

⁵他筑垒攻击我，用苦楚（原文是苦胆）和艰难围困我。He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

⁶他使我住在幽暗之处，像死了许久的人一样。He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.

⁷他用篱笆围住我，使我不能出去；他使我的铜链沉重。He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

⁸我哀号求救；他使我的祷告不得上达。Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

⁹他用凿过的石头挡住我的道；他使我的路弯曲。He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

神像熊和狮子

¹⁰他向我如熊埋伏，如狮子在隐密处。He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

¹¹他使我转离正路，将我撕碎，使我凄凉。He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.

¹²他张弓将我当作箭靶子。He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

¹³他把箭袋中的箭射入我的肺腑。He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.

¹⁴我成了众民的笑话；他们终日以我为歌曲。I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

¹⁵他用苦楚充满我，使我饱用茵蔯。He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

¹⁶他又用沙石碜断我的牙，用灰尘将我蒙蔽。He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

毫无指望

¹⁷你使我远离平安，我忘记好处。My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

¹⁸我就说：我的力量衰败；我在耶和华那里毫无指望！So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

求你记念我的困苦

¹⁹耶和华啊，求你记念我如茵蔯和苦胆的困苦窘迫。Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

²⁰我心想念这些，就在里面忧闷。Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.

神的慈爱每早晨都是新的

²¹我想起这事，心里就有指望。Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

²²我们不致消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱；是因他的怜悯不致断绝。Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

²³每早晨，这都是新的；你的诚实极其广大！They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

²⁴我心里说：耶和华是我的分，因此，我要仰望他。“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

静默等候神的救恩

²⁵凡等候耶和华，心里寻求他的，耶和华必施恩给他。The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

²⁶人仰望耶和华，静默等候他的救恩，这原是好的。It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

²⁷人在幼年负轭，这原是好的。It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.

²⁸他当独坐无言，因为这是耶和华加在他身上的。Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.

²⁹他当口贴尘埃，或者有指望。Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.

³⁰他当由人打他的腮颊，要满受凌辱。Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

主必不永远丢弃人

³¹因为主必不永远丢弃人。For the Lord will not cast us off forever.

³²主虽使人忧愁，还要照他诸般的慈爱发怜悯。Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

³³因他并不甘心使人受苦，使人忧愁。For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

不公不义主都看不上

³⁴人将世上被囚的踹（原文是压）在脚下，To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,

³⁵或在至高者面前屈枉人，to deny a man justice before the Most High,

³⁶或在人的讼事上颠倒是非，这都是主看不上的。to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.

³⁷除非主命定，谁能说成就成呢？Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?

³⁸祸福不都出于至高者的口吗？Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

³⁹活人因自己的罪受罚，为何发怨言呢？Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

省察自己，归向耶和华

⁴⁰我们当深深考察自己的行为，再归向耶和华。Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.

⁴¹我们当诚心向天上的神举手祷告。Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

我们犯罪，你不赦免

⁴²我们犯罪背逆，你并不赦免。“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

⁴³你自被怒气遮蔽，追赶我们；你施行杀戮，并不顾惜。You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

⁴⁴你以黑云遮蔽自己，以致祷告不得透入。You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

⁴⁵你使我们在万民中成为污秽和渣滓。You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

⁴⁶我们的仇敌都向我们大大张口。All our enemies open their mouths against us.

⁴⁷恐惧和陷坑，残害和毁灭，都临近我们。Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.

眼泪下流如河

⁴⁸因我众民遭的毁灭，我就眼泪下流如河。Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹我的眼多多流泪，总不止息，My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

⁵⁰直等耶和华垂顾，从天观看。until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

⁵¹因我本城的众民，我的眼，使我的心伤痛。My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

从深牢中求告

⁵²无故与我为仇的追逼我，像追雀鸟一样。Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

⁵³他们使我的命在牢狱中断绝，并将一块石头抛在我身上。They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

⁵⁴众水流过我头，我说：我命断绝了！The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

⁵⁵耶和华啊，我从深牢中求告你的名。I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

⁵⁶你曾听见我的声音；我求你解救，你不要掩耳不听。You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

⁵⁷我求告你的日子，你临近我，说：不要惧怕！You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”

求你为我伸冤

⁵⁸主啊，你伸明了我的冤；你救赎了我的命。You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.

⁵⁹耶和华啊，你见了我受的委屈；求你为我伸冤。You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!

⁶⁰他们仇恨我，谋害我，你都看见了。You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.

⁶¹耶和华啊，你听见他们辱骂我的话，知道他们向我所设的计，O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

⁶²并那些起来攻击我的人口中所说的话，以及终日向我所设的计谋。the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.

⁶³求你观看，他们坐下，起来，都以我为歌曲。When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

⁶⁴耶和华啊，你要按着他们手所做的向他们施行报应。You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵你要使他们心里刚硬，使你的咒诅临到他们。Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

⁶⁶你要发怒追赶他们，从耶和华的天下除灭他们。You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

信是甚么

¹信就是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

²古人在这信上得了美好的证据。This is why the ancients were commended.

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³我们因着信，就知道诸世界是借　神话造成的；这样，所看见的，并不是从显然之物造出来的。By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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亚伯、以诺、挪亚

⁴亚伯因着信，献祭与　神，比该隐所献的更美，因此便得了称义的见证，就是　神指他礼物作的见证。他虽然死了，却因这信，仍旧说话。By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

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⁵以诺因着信，被接去，不至于见死，人也找不着他，因为　神已经把他接去了；只是他被接去以先，已经得了　神喜悦他的明证。By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

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⁶人非有信，就不能得　神的喜悦；因为到　神面前来的人必须信有　神，且信他赏赐那寻求他的人。And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

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⁷挪亚因着信，既蒙　神指示他未见的事，动了敬畏的心，预备了一只方舟，使他全家得救。因此就定了那世代的罪，自己也承受了那从信而来的义。By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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亚伯拉罕和撒拉

⁸亚伯拉罕因着信，蒙召的时候就遵命出去，往将来要得为业的地方去；出去的时候，还不知往哪里去。By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

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⁹他因着信，就在所应许之地作客，好像在异地居住帐棚，与那同蒙一个应许的以撒、雅各一样。By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

¹⁰因为他等候那座有根基的城，就是　神所经营所建造的。For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

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¹¹因着信，连撒拉自己，虽然过了生育的岁数，还能怀孕，因她以为那应许她的是可信的。By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

¹²所以从一个仿佛已死的人就生出子孙，如同天上的星那样众多，海边的沙那样无数。And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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羡慕更美的家乡

¹³这些人都是存着信心死的，并没有得着所应许的；却从远处望见，且欢喜迎接，又承认自己在世上是客旅，是寄居的。All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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¹⁴说这样话的人是表明自己要找一个家乡。Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

¹⁵他们若想念所离开的家乡，还有可以回去的机会。If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

¹⁶他们却羡慕一个更美的家乡，就是在天上的。所以　神被称为他们的　神，并不以为耻，因为他已经给他们预备了一座城。Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

亚伯拉罕献以撒

¹⁷亚伯拉罕因着信，被试验的时候，就把以撒献上；这便是那欢喜领受应许的，将自己独生的儿子献上。By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

¹⁸论到这儿子，曾有话说：“从以撒生的才要称为你的后裔。”even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

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¹⁹他以为　神还能叫人从死里复活；他也仿佛从死中得回他的儿子来。Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

以撒、雅各、约瑟

²⁰以撒因着信，就指着将来的事给雅各、以扫祝福。By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

²¹雅各因着信，临死的时候，给约瑟的两个儿子各自祝福，扶着杖头敬拜　神。By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

²²约瑟因着信，临终的时候，提到以色列族将来要出埃及，并为自己的骸骨留下遗命。By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

摩西的信心

²³摩西生下来，他的父母见他是个俊美的孩子，就因着信，把他藏了三个月，并不怕王命。By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

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²⁴摩西因着信，长大了就不肯称为法老女儿之子。By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

²⁵他宁可和　神的百姓同受苦害，也不愿暂时享受罪中之乐。He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

²⁶他看为基督受的凌辱比埃及的财物更宝贵，因他想望所要得的赏赐。He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

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²⁷他因着信，就离开埃及，不怕王怒；因为他恒心忍耐，如同看见那不能看见的主。By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

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²⁸他因着信，就守（或译：立）逾越节，行洒血的礼，免得那灭长子的临近以色列人。By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

过红海，耶利哥城倒塌

²⁹他们因着信，过红海如行干地；埃及人试着要过去，就被吞灭了。By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

³⁰以色列人因着信，围绕耶利哥城七日，城墙就倒塌了。By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

³¹妓女喇合因着信，曾和和平平地接待探子，就不与那些不顺从的人一同灭亡。By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

还有许多信心的见证人

³²我又何必再说呢？若要一一细说，基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳，和众先知的事，时候就不够了。And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

³³他们因着信，制伏了敌国，行了公义，得了应许，堵了狮子的口，who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

³⁴灭了烈火的猛势，脱了刀剑的锋刃；软弱变为刚强，争战显出勇敢，打退外邦的全军。quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

³⁵有妇人得自己的死人复活。又有人忍受严刑，不肯苟且得释放（原文是赎），为要得着更美的复活。Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

³⁶又有人忍受戏弄、鞭打、捆锁、监禁、各等的磨炼，Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

³⁷被石头打死，被锯锯死，受试探，被刀杀，披着绵羊、山羊的皮各处奔跑，受穷乏、患难、苦害，They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

³⁸在旷野、山岭、山洞、地穴，飘流无定，本是世界不配有的人。The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

等候更美的事

³⁹这些人都是因信得了美好的证据，却仍未得着所应许的；These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

⁴⁰因为　神给我们预备了更美的事，叫他们若不与我们同得，就不能完全。God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

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