60:1 (大衛與兩河間的亞蘭並瑣巴的亞蘭爭戰的時候,約押轉回,在鹽谷攻擊以東,殺了一萬二千人。那時,大衛作這金詩叫人學習,交與伶長。調用為證的百合花。)上帝啊,你丟棄了我們,使我們破敗;你向我們發怒,求你使我們復興!
60:2 你使地震動,而且崩裂;求你將裂口醫好,因為地搖動。
60:3 你叫你的民遇見艱難;你叫我們喝那使人東倒西歪的酒。
60:4 你把旌旗賜給敬畏你的人,可以為真理揚起來。(細拉)
60:5 求你應允我們,用右手拯救我們,好叫你所親愛的人得救。
60:6 上帝已經指著他的聖潔說(說:或譯應許我):我要歡樂;我要分開示劍,丈量疏割谷。
60:7 基列是我的,瑪拿西也是我的。以法蓮是護衛我頭的;猶大是我的杖。
60:8 摩押是我的沐浴盆;我要向以東拋鞋。非利士啊,你還能因我歡呼嗎?
60:9 誰能領我進堅固城?誰能引我到以東地?
60:10 上帝啊,你不是丟棄了我們嗎?上帝啊,你不和我們的軍兵同去嗎?
60:11 求你幫助我們攻擊敵人,因為人的幫助是枉然的。
60:12 我們倚靠上帝才得施展大能,因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。
60:2 你使地震動,而且崩裂;求你將裂口醫好,因為地搖動。
60:3 你叫你的民遇見艱難;你叫我們喝那使人東倒西歪的酒。
60:4 你把旌旗賜給敬畏你的人,可以為真理揚起來。(細拉)
60:5 求你應允我們,用右手拯救我們,好叫你所親愛的人得救。
60:6 上帝已經指著他的聖潔說(說:或譯應許我):我要歡樂;我要分開示劍,丈量疏割谷。
60:7 基列是我的,瑪拿西也是我的。以法蓮是護衛我頭的;猶大是我的杖。
60:8 摩押是我的沐浴盆;我要向以東拋鞋。非利士啊,你還能因我歡呼嗎?
60:9 誰能領我進堅固城?誰能引我到以東地?
60:10 上帝啊,你不是丟棄了我們嗎?上帝啊,你不和我們的軍兵同去嗎?
60:11 求你幫助我們攻擊敵人,因為人的幫助是枉然的。
60:12 我們倚靠上帝才得施展大能,因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily
of the Covenant.” A miktam of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram
Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down
twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1 You
have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;
you have been angry—now restore us!
2 You have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
3 You have shown your people desperate times;
you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to be unfurled against the bow.
you have been angry—now restore us!
2 You have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
3 You have shown your people desperate times;
you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to be unfurled against the bow.
5 Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
6 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
that those you love may be delivered.
6 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
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詩篇的標題是記述得勝的,但是詩句當中卻感受到這個勝利是得來不易的,因為剛開始感覺到幾乎要被打敗,是因為上帝的出手,才能轉敗為勝,正如第四節所說:「你把旌旗賜給敬畏你的人,可以為真理揚起來。」當然英文翻譯的更好,就是展開抵擋敵人的弓箭!
也因為這樣,大衛讚美上帝說:「上帝啊,你不是丟棄了我們嗎?上帝啊,你不和我們的軍兵同去嗎?求你幫助我們攻擊敵人,因為人的幫助是枉然的。我們倚靠上帝才得施展大能,因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。」
而大衛這樣的經歷也讓我們想到,人不能一直強調要有「自信心」或是「正面思考」,讓自己活在自欺的狀態,而忘記該有的防範措施,反而會被困難和外力打敗!因為人不能以靠自己,自己是有限的!要倚靠的是全能的上帝,要存謙卑的心讓上帝來保守與引導,才能享受真正的勝利!
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