81:1 （亞薩的詩，交與伶長。用迦特樂器。）你們當向上帝─我們的力量大聲歡呼，向雅各的上帝發聲歡樂！
81:2 唱起詩歌，打手鼓，彈美琴與瑟。
81:3 當在月朔並月望─我們過節的日期吹角，
81:4 因這是為以色列定的律例，是雅各上帝的典章。
81:5 他去攻擊埃及地的時候，在約瑟中間立此為證。我在那裡聽見我所不明白的言語：
81:6 上帝說：我使你的肩得脫重擔，你的手放下筐子。
81:7 你在急難中呼求，我就搭救你；我在雷的隱密處應允你，在米利巴水那裡試驗你。（細拉）
81:8 我的民哪，你當聽，我要勸戒你；以色列啊，甚願你肯聽從我。
81:9 在你當中，不可有別的神；外邦的神，你也不可下拜。
81:10 我是耶和華─你的上帝，曾把你從埃及地領上來；你要大大張口，我就給你充滿。
81:11 無奈，我的民不聽我的聲音；以色列全不理我。
81:12 我便任憑他們心裡剛硬，隨自己的計謀而行。
81:13 甚願我的民肯聽從我，以色列肯行我的道，
81:14 我便速速治服他們的仇敵，反手攻擊他們的敵人。
81:15 恨耶和華的人必來投降，但他的百姓必永久長存。
81:16 他也必拿上好的麥子給他們吃，又拿從磐石出的蜂蜜叫他們飽足。
81:2 唱起詩歌，打手鼓，彈美琴與瑟。
81:3 當在月朔並月望─我們過節的日期吹角，
81:4 因這是為以色列定的律例，是雅各上帝的典章。
81:5 他去攻擊埃及地的時候，在約瑟中間立此為證。我在那裡聽見我所不明白的言語：
81:6 上帝說：我使你的肩得脫重擔，你的手放下筐子。
81:7 你在急難中呼求，我就搭救你；我在雷的隱密處應允你，在米利巴水那裡試驗你。（細拉）
81:8 我的民哪，你當聽，我要勸戒你；以色列啊，甚願你肯聽從我。
81:9 在你當中，不可有別的神；外邦的神，你也不可下拜。
81:10 我是耶和華─你的上帝，曾把你從埃及地領上來；你要大大張口，我就給你充滿。
81:11 無奈，我的民不聽我的聲音；以色列全不理我。
81:12 我便任憑他們心裡剛硬，隨自己的計謀而行。
81:13 甚願我的民肯聽從我，以色列肯行我的道，
81:14 我便速速治服他們的仇敵，反手攻擊他們的敵人。
81:15 恨耶和華的人必來投降，但他的百姓必永久長存。
81:16 他也必拿上好的麥子給他們吃，又拿從磐石出的蜂蜜叫他們飽足。
For the director of music. According to gittith.
Of Asaph.
1 Sing
for joy to God our strength;
shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,
play the melodious harp and lyre.
shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
2 Begin the music, strike the timbrel,
play the melodious harp and lyre.
3 Sound
the ram’s horn at the New Moon,
and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
4 this is a decree for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 When God went out against Egypt,
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
4 this is a decree for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 When God went out against Egypt,
he established it as a statute for Joseph.
I
heard an unknown voice say:
6 “I
removed the burden from their shoulders;
their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you,
I answered you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[c]
8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you;
you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
their hands were set free from the basket.
7 In your distress you called and I rescued you,
I answered you out of a thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[c]
8 Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
9 You shall have no foreign god among you;
you shall not worship any god other than me.
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of Egypt.
Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.
11 “But
my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
Israel would not submit to me.
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
to follow their own devices.
13 “If
my people would only listen to me,
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
if Israel would only follow my ways,
14 how quickly I would subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their punishment would last forever.
16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;
with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
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亞薩的詩歌是為了勸勉以色列人並安慰他們在苦難中所寫的，雖然讀起來好像在挑戰上帝，其實真正的目的還是要挑戰以色列人，要他們認清今天會造患難不是因為上帝不保護他們，而是因為以色列人本身早就離開上帝，不遵行上帝的律法和敬拜別神！
所以，詩人大聲疾呼：「我的民哪，你當聽，我要勸戒你；以色列啊，甚願你肯聽從我。在你當中，不可有別的神；外邦的神，你也不可下拜。我是耶和華─你的上帝，曾把你從埃及地領上來；你要大大張口，我就給你充滿。」
無奈的是，以色列人不聽從詩人這樣的呼籲，繼續過背叛上帝的生活！而對於不悔改的人，上帝就任憑他們，讓他們走滅亡的路，最後就徹底滅亡了！正如羅馬書1章28節所說：「他們既然故意不認識上帝，上帝就任憑他們存邪僻的心，行那些不合理的事！」
雖然如此，上帝仍然要以色列迴轉歸向祂，透過上帝的話語宣告：「甚願我的民肯聽從我，以色列肯行我的道，我便速速治服他們的仇敵，反手攻擊他們的敵人。恨耶和華的人必來投降，但他的百姓必永久長存。他也必拿上好的麥子給他們吃，又拿從磐石出的蜂蜜叫他們飽足。」
今日上帝仍然在基督裡乎召人悔改來歸向祂，讓我們快快丟棄悖逆的心，在聖靈的引導下，藉由基督與上帝和好，將生命交託在祂的手中！
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