12:1 (大衛的詩,交與伶長。調用第八。)耶和華啊,求你幫助,因虔誠人斷絕了;世人中間的忠信人沒有了。
12:2 人人向鄰舍說謊;他們說話,是嘴唇油滑,心口不一。
12:3 凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭,耶和華必要剪除。
12:4 他們曾說:我們必能以舌頭得勝;我們的嘴唇是我們自己的,誰能作我們的主呢?
12:5 耶和華說:因為困苦人的冤屈和貧窮人的歎息,我現在要起來,把他安置在他所切慕的穩妥之地。
12:6 耶和華的言語是純淨的言語,如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。
12:7 耶和華啊,你必保護他們;你必保佑他們永遠脫離這世代的人。
12:8 下流人在世人中升高,就有惡人到處遊行。
12:2 人人向鄰舍說謊;他們說話,是嘴唇油滑,心口不一。
12:3 凡油滑的嘴唇和誇大的舌頭,耶和華必要剪除。
12:4 他們曾說:我們必能以舌頭得勝;我們的嘴唇是我們自己的,誰能作我們的主呢?
12:5 耶和華說:因為困苦人的冤屈和貧窮人的歎息,我現在要起來,把他安置在他所切慕的穩妥之地。
12:6 耶和華的言語是純淨的言語,如同銀子在泥爐中煉過七次。
12:7 耶和華啊,你必保護他們;你必保佑他們永遠脫離這世代的人。
12:8 下流人在世人中升高,就有惡人到處遊行。
For the director of music. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of
David.
1 Help,
Lord, for no one is faithful
anymore;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Everyone lies to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Everyone lies to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.
3 May
the Lord silence all flattering
lips
and every boastful tongue—
4 those who say,
“By our tongues we will prevail;
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
and every boastful tongue—
4 those who say,
“By our tongues we will prevail;
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
5 “Because
the poor are plundered and the needy groan,
I will now arise,” says the Lord.
“I will protect them from those who malign them.”
6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold[c] refined seven times.
I will now arise,” says the Lord.
“I will protect them from those who malign them.”
6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold[c] refined seven times.
7 You,
Lord, will keep the needy safe
and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8 who freely strut about
when what is vile is honored by the human race.
and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8 who freely strut about
when what is vile is honored by the human race.
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世界上的人,包括我們自己,沒有一個人可以在上帝面前有資格稱為義人,都是被罪惡所污染的人,要不是上帝透過耶穌基督拯救我們,我們必定沉淪和別人沒有兩樣。所以,我們無法誇口自己,必須謙卑面對上帝與世人。
當然,聖靈在我們心中動工,使我們看見與認識自己的不義,我們才能夠在上帝面前認罪,正如約翰福音所說:「然而,我將真情告訴你們,我去是與你們有益的;我若不去,保惠師就不到你們這裡來;我若去,就差他來。 他既來了,就要叫世人為罪、為義、為審判,自己責備自己。」(16:7-8)
可是人若沒有上帝在基督裡的拯救,就無法覺悟,仍然活在罪中,依然覺得自己很好,從來不會認識到自己是:「人人向鄰舍說謊;他們說話,是嘴唇油滑,心口不一。」「我們必能以舌頭得勝;我們的嘴唇是我們自己的,誰能作我們的主呢?」
求主幫助我們,透過聖靈可以認識自己的本相,求聖靈更新我們,讓我們可以活出聖潔,使我們在這世界可以如明燈照耀,榮耀主名!
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