2020年4月1日 星期三

詩篇65:1-13


65:1 (大衛的詩歌,交與伶長。)上帝啊,錫安的人都等候讚美你;所許的願也要向你償還。
65:2
聽禱告的主啊,凡有血氣的都要來就你。
65:3
罪孽勝了我;至於我們的過犯,你都要赦免。
65:4
你所揀選、使他親近你、住在你院中的,這人便為有福!我們必因你居所、你聖殿的美福知足了。
65:5
拯救我們的上帝啊,你必以威嚴秉公義應允我們;你本是一切地極和海上遠處的人所倚靠的。
65:6
他既以大能束腰,就用力量安定諸山,
65:7
使諸海的響聲和其中波浪的響聲,並萬民的喧嘩,都平靜了。
65:8
住在地極的人因你的神蹟懼怕;你使日出日落之地都歡呼。
65:9
你眷顧地,降下透雨,使地大得肥美。上帝的河滿了水;你這樣澆灌了地,好為人預備五穀。
65:10
你澆透地的犁溝,潤平犁脊,降甘霖,使地軟和;其中發長的,蒙你賜福。
65:11
你以恩典為年歲的冠冕;你的路徑都滴下脂油,
65:12
滴在曠野的草場上。小山以歡樂束腰;
65:13
草場以羊群為衣;谷中也長滿了五穀。這一切都歡呼歌唱。

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song.
1 Praise awaits[b] you, our God, in Zion;
    to you our vows will be fulfilled.
2 You who answer prayer,
    to you all people will come.
3 When we were overwhelmed by sins,
    you forgave[c] our transgressions.
4 Blessed are those you choose
    and bring near to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,
    of your holy temple.
5 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,
    God our Savior,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
    and of the farthest seas,
6 who formed the mountains by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.
8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.
9 You care for the land and water it;
    you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,
    for so you have ordained it.[d]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,
    and your carts overflow with abundance.
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills are clothed with gladness.
13 The meadows are covered with flocks
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;
    they shout for joy and sing.

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    真正的讚美是對著上帝發出的,除了被上帝的作為感動之外,更感受到上帝同在的榮華!因為唯有上帝是配得讚美的,一切的受造之物只是彰顯上帝的榮耀,並不能增加上帝的榮耀!正如摩西看見上帝,是無法看見正面,那是人無法承受的,他只能看見上帝的背面!

    耶穌基督雖然是要人因祂而看見父神,但是祂仍然以人的樣式向人顯現,謙謙卑卑成為木匠之子,並且背負世人的罪孽而上十字架,以最軟弱的方式來向人展現上帝,因為人無法面對那能穿越地獄的最高榮耀!卻用人認為軟弱的方式勝過了地獄的勢力!

    也因為這樣,這位全能的上帝雖然隱藏了祂的榮耀,沒有向人顯現,但是祂的榮耀卻是不變的!祂仍然用祂的大能托住宇宙萬物,仍然眷顧屬祂的兒女,使他們脫離罪惡來歸向祂、敬拜祂,渴望見到祂的榮耀而得滿足!

    然而這樣的渴望終必實現!因為在上帝國實現的時候,人是可以和上帝面對面的同在,那時人要真正目睹三一上帝的榮耀,而得永遠的滿足!那時候,時間是沒有意義了,一切的榮耀將充滿到永遠!



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