詩篇66:1-20

66:1 （一篇詩歌，交與伶長。）全地都當向上帝歡呼！
66:2 歌頌他名的榮耀！用讚美的言語將他的榮耀發明！
66:3 當對上帝說：你的作為何等可畏！因你的大能，仇敵要投降你。
66:4 全地要敬拜你，歌頌你，要歌頌你的名。（細拉）
66:5 你們來看上帝所行的，他向世人所做之事是可畏的。
66:6 他將海變成乾地，眾民步行過河；我們在那裡因他歡喜。
66:7 他用權能治理萬民，直到永遠。他的眼睛鑒察列邦；悖逆的人不可自高。（細拉）
66:8 萬民哪，你們當稱頌我們的上帝，使人得聽讚美他的聲音。
66:9 他使我們的性命存活，也不叫我們的腳搖動。
66:10 上帝啊，你曾試驗我們，熬煉我們，如熬煉銀子一樣。
66:11 你使我們進入網羅，把重擔放在我們的身上。
66:12 你使人坐車軋我們的頭；我們經過水火，你卻使我們到豐富之地。
66:13 我要用燔祭進你的殿，向你還我的願，
66:14 就是在急難時我嘴唇所發的、口中所許的。
66:15 我要把肥牛作燔祭，將公羊的香祭獻給你，又把公牛和山羊獻上。（細拉）
66:16 凡敬畏上帝的人，你們都來聽！我要述說他為我所行的事。
66:17 我曾用口求告他；我的舌頭也稱他為高。
66:18 我若心裡注重罪孽，主必不聽。
66:19 但上帝實在聽見了；他側耳聽了我禱告的聲音。
66:20 上帝是應當稱頌的！他並沒有推卻我的禱告，也沒有叫他的慈愛離開我。

For the director of music. A song. A psalm.

¹ Shout for joy to God, all the earth!
²     Sing the glory of his name;
    make his praise glorious.
³ Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
    So great is your power
    that your enemies cringe before you.
⁴ All the earth bows down to you;
    they sing praise to you,
    they sing the praises of your name.”^[a]

⁵ Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds for mankind!
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land,
    they passed through the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice in him.
⁷ He rules forever by his power,
    his eyes watch the nations—
    let not the rebellious rise up against him.

⁸ Praise our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
⁹ he has preserved our lives
    and kept our feet from slipping.
¹⁰ For you, God, tested us;
    you refined us like silver.
¹¹ You brought us into prison
    and laid burdens on our backs.
¹² You let people ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.

¹³ I will come to your temple with burnt offerings
    and fulfill my vows to you—
¹⁴ vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
¹⁵ I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.

¹⁶ Come and hear, all you who fear God;
    let me tell you what he has done for me.
¹⁷ I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸ If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;
¹⁹ but God has surely listened
    and has heard my prayer.
²⁰ Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

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    詩人心中的感動是來自於：「但上帝實在聽見了；他側耳聽了我禱告的聲音。上帝是應當稱頌的！他並沒有推卻我的禱告，也沒有叫他的慈愛離開我。」

    這不一定說是上帝應允禱告，照著詩人的禱告成就，而是詩人感受到上帝的看重，認定他是一個義人，就是與上帝有合宜關係的人，因為「我若心裡注重罪孽，主必不聽。」

    然而我們如何認定我們是上帝眼中的義人呢？是透過主耶穌！我們信靠主耶穌之後，就是披戴基督，基督的義就成為我們的義，就能為上帝所接納成為上帝的兒女，活在上帝的賜福之中，而不是憤怒之中！