詩篇50:1-23

50:1 （亞薩的詩。）大能者上帝─耶和華已經發言招呼天下，從日出之地到日落之處。
50:2 從全美的錫安中，上帝已經發光了。
50:3 我們的上帝要來，決不閉口。有烈火在他面前吞滅；有暴風在他四圍大颳。
50:4 他招呼上天下地，為要審判他的民，
50:5 說：招聚我的聖民到我這裡來，就是那些用祭物與我立約的人。
50:6 諸天必表明他的公義，因為上帝是施行審判的。（細拉）
50:7 我的民哪，你們當聽我的話！以色列啊，我要勸戒你；我是上帝，是你的上帝！
50:8 我並不因你的祭物責備你；你的燔祭常在我面前。
50:9 我不從你家中取公牛，也不從你圈內取山羊；
50:10 因為，樹林中的百獸是我的，千山上的牲畜也是我的。
50:11 山中的飛鳥，我都知道；野地的走獸也都屬我。
50:12 我若是飢餓，我不用告訴你，因為世界和其中所充滿的都是我的。
50:13 我豈吃公牛的肉呢？我豈喝山羊的血呢？
50:14 你們要以感謝為祭獻與上帝，又要向至高者還你的願，
50:15 並要在患難之日求告我；我必搭救你，你也要榮耀我。
50:16 但上帝對惡人說：你怎敢傳說我的律例，口中提到我的約呢？
50:17 其實你恨惡管教，將我的言語丟在背後。
50:18 你見了盜賊就樂意與他同夥，又與行姦淫的人一同有分。
50:19 你口任說惡言；你舌編造詭詐。
50:20 你坐著毀謗你的兄弟，讒毀你親母的兒子。
50:21 你行了這些事，我還閉口不言，你想我恰和你一樣；其實我要責備你，將這些事擺在你眼前。
50:22 你們忘記上帝的，要思想這事，免得我把你們撕碎，無人搭救。
50:23 凡以感謝獻上為祭的便是榮耀我；那按正路而行的，我必使他得著我的救恩。

A psalm of Asaph.

¹ The Mighty One, God, the Lord,
    speaks and summons the earth
    from the rising of the sun to where it sets.
² From Zion, perfect in beauty,
    God shines forth.
³ Our God comes
    and will not be silent;
a fire devours before him,
    and around him a tempest rages.
⁴ He summons the heavens above,
    and the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me this consecrated people,
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
⁶ And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    for he is a God of justice.^[a][b]

⁷ “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
    I will testify against you, Israel:
    I am God, your God.
⁸ I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
⁹ I have no need of a bull from your stall
    or of goats from your pens,
¹⁰ for every animal of the forest is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ “Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
    fulfill your vows to the Most High,
¹⁵ and call on me in the day of trouble;
    I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked person, God says:

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant on your lips?
¹⁷ You hate my instruction
    and cast my words behind you.
¹⁸ When you see a thief, you join with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.
¹⁹ You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.
²⁰ You sit and testify against your brother
    and slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ When you did these things and I kept silent,
    you thought I was exactly^[c] like you.
But I now arraign you
    and set my accusations before you.

²² “Consider this, you who forget God,
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
²³ Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
    and to the blameless^[d] I will show my salvation.”

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    在上帝的眼中獻祭不是最重要的，雖然獻祭代表人的認罪，但是上帝不是要人用獻祭來安慰自己的良心，以為獻祭之後上帝就赦免了，於是一犯再犯，弄到上帝對人都產生厭惡！

    上帝期盼的是人的順服，不是人的獻祭，也因此祂透過詩人宣告：「凡以感謝獻上為祭的便是榮耀我；那按正路而行的，我必使他得著我的救恩。」

    也就是說，上帝喜悅是人對祂的感恩，並且是遵行祂的旨意！這是我們今日成為基督徒的人要思考的，我們敬拜上帝是為了遵守規定讓人覺得我們是義人，還是存感謝的心來到上帝面前？我們有沒有渴慕上帝的拯救而順服上帝，還是為了得著物質的豐盛來敬拜上帝呢？

    今天有許多人誤解信仰的意義，只想神蹟的發生和物質的豐盛，忘記要感謝上帝和渴慕上帝在基督裡的救恩！求聖靈幫助我們，讓我們常常獻上感謝為祭，以遵行上帝的旨意為我們的喜樂和滿足！