122:1 (大衛上行之詩。)人對我說:我們往耶和華的殿去,我就歡喜。
122:2 耶路撒冷啊,我們的腳站在你的門內。
122:3 耶路撒冷被建造,如同連絡整齊的一座城。
122:4 眾支派,就是耶和華的支派,上那裡去,按以色列的常例(或譯:作以色列的證據)稱讚耶和華的名。
122:5 因為在那裡設立審判的寶座,就是大衛家的寶座。
122:6 你們要為耶路撒冷求平安!耶路撒冷啊,愛你的人必然興旺!
122:7 願你城中平安!願你宮內興旺!
122:8 因我弟兄和同伴的緣故,我要說:願平安在你中間!
122:9 因耶和華─我們上帝殿的緣故,我要為你求福!
122:2 耶路撒冷啊,我們的腳站在你的門內。
122:3 耶路撒冷被建造,如同連絡整齊的一座城。
122:4 眾支派,就是耶和華的支派,上那裡去,按以色列的常例(或譯:作以色列的證據)稱讚耶和華的名。
122:5 因為在那裡設立審判的寶座,就是大衛家的寶座。
122:6 你們要為耶路撒冷求平安!耶路撒冷啊,愛你的人必然興旺!
122:7 願你城中平安!願你宮內興旺!
122:8 因我弟兄和同伴的緣故,我要說:願平安在你中間!
122:9 因耶和華─我們上帝殿的緣故,我要為你求福!
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 I
rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem.
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem
is built like a city
that is closely compacted together.
4 That is where the tribes go up—
the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
according to the statute given to Israel.
5 There stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.
that is closely compacted together.
4 That is where the tribes go up—
the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
according to the statute given to Israel.
5 There stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray
for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.”
8 For the sake of my family and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your prosperity.
“May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.”
8 For the sake of my family and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your prosperity.
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「耶路撒冷」的意義是「平安的訓誨」,或是「平安的指引」。是大衛攻打下來的,然後成為以色列的首都,也成為敬拜上帝的地方。更在所羅門王的時候,件立聖殿。然而在聖殿還沒有建立的時候,就有敬拜的規模,也有唱詩班的成立,大衛更是詩篇的作者之一。
這首上行詩說到大家要去耶路撒冷敬拜那份迫切的心,不僅如此還為這城求平安,正如詩句所說:「你們要為耶路撒冷求平安!耶路撒冷啊,愛你的人必然興旺!願你城中平安!願你宮內興旺!因我弟兄和同伴的緣故,我要說:願平安在你中間!因耶和華─我們上帝殿的緣故,我要為你求福!」
這也讓我們看見,期盼教會的增長和興旺也是對的,更是應該的!但是,我們要照上帝的教導來行,不是刻意用什麼方法和策略,反而讓人將榮耀歸給方法和策略,而不歸給上帝,這是不蒙上帝喜悅的原因!
對基督徒而言,教會是我們的耶路撒冷,也就是我們「平安的訓誨」,或是「平安的指引」。而「訓誨」、或是「指引」是聖靈的工作,祂將耶穌基督的救贖大功應用在我們身上,使我們生命更新,並且引導更多人進入基督裡,讓上帝的教會興旺,成為明燈照亮這彎曲悖逆的世代!
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