108:1 (大衛的詩歌。)上帝啊,我心堅定;我口(原文是榮耀)要唱詩歌頌!
108:2 琴瑟啊,你們當醒起!我自己要極早醒起!
108:3 耶和華啊,我要在萬民中稱謝你,在列邦中歌頌你!
108:4 因為,你的慈愛大過諸天;你的誠實達到穹蒼。
108:5 上帝啊,願你崇高過於諸天!願你的榮耀高過全地!
108:6 求你應允我們,用右手拯救我們,好叫你所親愛的人得救。
108:7 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。
108:8 基列是我的;瑪拿西是我的;以法蓮是護衛我頭的;猶大是我的杖;
108:9 摩押是我的沐浴盆;我要向以東拋鞋;我必因勝非利士呼喊。
108:10 誰能領我進堅固城?誰能引我到以東地?
108:11 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?
108:12 求你幫助我們攻擊敵人,因為人的幫助是枉然的。
108:13 我們倚靠上帝才得施展大能,因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。
108:2 琴瑟啊,你們當醒起!我自己要極早醒起!
108:3 耶和華啊,我要在萬民中稱謝你,在列邦中歌頌你!
108:4 因為,你的慈愛大過諸天;你的誠實達到穹蒼。
108:5 上帝啊,願你崇高過於諸天!願你的榮耀高過全地!
108:6 求你應允我們,用右手拯救我們,好叫你所親愛的人得救。
108:7 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。
108:8 基列是我的;瑪拿西是我的;以法蓮是護衛我頭的;猶大是我的杖;
108:9 摩押是我的沐浴盆;我要向以東拋鞋;我必因勝非利士呼喊。
108:10 誰能領我進堅固城?誰能引我到以東地?
108:11 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?
108:12 求你幫助我們攻擊敵人,因為人的幫助是枉然的。
108:13 我們倚靠上帝才得施展大能,因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。
A song. A psalm of David.
1 My
heart, O God, is steadfast;
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
I will sing and make music with all my soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
3 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
4 For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
6 Save
us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
that those you love may be delivered.
7 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah is my scepter.
9 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
10 Who
will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
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大衛在這裡宣告:「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。」
所以,「得勝」在乎耶和華的同在,而不是有強大的軍隊,或是強而有力的聯軍!這些都不是致勝的主因,因為軍隊雖然有好的訓練,但是在戰場有許多因素,詭譎萬分,不是人可以完全掌控的!但是,耶和華上帝是掌控一切的上帝,甚至於勝過死亡!
也因此,要得勝利必須要倚靠耶和華,正如詩篇118篇8-9節也說:「投靠耶和華,強似倚賴人;投靠耶和華,強似倚賴王子。」
而耶穌基督的復活更是得勝的確據:「死啊!你得勝的權勢在哪裡?死啊!你的毒鉤在哪裡?死的毒鉤就是罪,罪的權勢就是律法。感謝上帝,使我們藉著我們的主耶穌基督得勝。」(哥林多前書15:55-57)
然而希伯來書2章14-15節說得更好:兒女既同有血肉之體,他也照樣親自成了血肉之體,特要藉著死敗壞那掌死權的,就是魔鬼,並要釋放那些一生因怕死而為奴僕的人。」
這表示我們在基督裡已經得勝了,而且是永遠的勝利!也因為如此,上帝國的實現與基督的再來是肯定且必然的!雖然現在尚未完全實現,卻是必定實現的!而勝利就是屬於上帝和他的子民!
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