詩篇33:1-22

33:1 義人哪，你們應當靠耶和華歡樂；正直人的讚美是合宜的。
33:2 你們應當彈琴稱謝耶和華，用十弦瑟歌頌他。
33:3 應當向他唱新歌，彈得巧妙，聲音洪亮。
33:4 因為耶和華的言語正直；凡他所做的盡都誠實。
33:5 他喜愛仁義公平；遍地滿了耶和華的慈愛。
33:6 諸天藉耶和華的命而造；萬象藉他口中的氣而成。
33:7 他聚集海水如壘，收藏深洋在庫房。
33:8 願全地都敬畏耶和華！願世上的居民都懼怕他！
33:9 因為他說有，就有，命立，就立。
33:10 耶和華使列國的籌算歸於無有，使眾民的思念無有功效。
33:11 耶和華的籌算永遠立定；他心中的思念萬代常存。
33:12 以耶和華為上帝的，那國是有福的！他所揀選為自己產業的，那民是有福的！
33:13 耶和華從天上觀看；他看見一切的世人。
33:14 從他的居所往外察看地上一切的居民。
33:15 他是那造成他們眾人心的，留意他們一切作為的。
33:16 君王不能因兵多得勝；勇士不能因力大得救。
33:17 靠馬得救是枉然的；馬也不能因力大救人。
33:18 耶和華的眼目看顧敬畏他的人和仰望他慈愛的人，
33:19 要救他們的命脫離死亡，並使他們在饑荒中存活。
33:20 我們的心向來等候耶和華；他是我們的幫助，我們的盾牌。
33:21 我們的心必靠他歡喜，因為我們向來倚靠他的聖名。
33:22 耶和華啊，求你照著我們所仰望你的，向我們施行慈愛！

¹ Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
    it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
² Praise the Lord with the harp;
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
³ Sing to him a new song;
    play skillfully, and shout for joy.

⁴ For the word of the Lord is right and true;
    he is faithful in all he does.
⁵ The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
    the earth is full of his unfailing love.

⁶ By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
⁷ He gathers the waters of the sea into jars^[a];
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the people of the world revere him.
⁹ For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰ The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
    he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹ But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
    the purposes of his heart through all generations.

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people he chose for his inheritance.
¹³ From heaven the Lord looks down
    and sees all mankind;
¹⁴ from his dwelling place he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵ he who forms the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.

¹⁶ No king is saved by the size of his army;
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷ A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸ But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
¹⁹ to deliver them from death
    and keep them alive in famine.

²⁰ We wait in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹ In him our hearts rejoice,
    for we trust in his holy name.
²² May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

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    讀了這首詩歌，讓人感覺像在禮拜一般！

    一開始是「宣召」：義人哪，你們應當靠耶和華歡樂；正直人的讚美是合宜的。

    接著是「讚美」：你們應當彈琴稱謝耶和華，用十弦瑟歌頌他。應當向他唱新歌，彈得巧妙，聲音洪亮。

    在這裡也有一個「講道篇」，說到上帝的作為，尤其是上帝的護理和上帝的救恩，讓人感受到，我們必須來投靠上帝，專心仰望和倚賴祂，而不靠其他可見和世人所倚靠的。因為世人所倚靠的都是有限的，都是會過去的，唯有上帝是永恆且有效的，因為：「耶和華的眼目看顧敬畏他的人和仰望他慈愛的人，要救他們的命脫離死亡，並使他們在饑荒中存活。」

    在講道之後有「回應詩」：我們的心向來等候耶和華；他是我們的幫助，我們的盾牌。我們的心必靠他歡喜，因為我們向來倚靠他的聖名。

    回應詩之後也有「祝禱」：耶和華啊，求你照著我們所仰望你的，向我們施行慈愛！

    這是不是一個完美的禮拜呢？你有與上帝相遇嗎？有沒有被上帝差遣出去宣揚「福音」？相信這是肯定的！