129:1 (上行之詩。)以色列當說:從我幼年以來,敵人屢次苦害我,
129:2 從我幼年以來,敵人屢次苦害我,卻沒有勝了我。
129:3 如同扶犁的在我背上扶犁而耕,耕的犁溝甚長。
129:4 耶和華是公義的;他砍斷了惡人的繩索。
129:5 願恨惡錫安的都蒙羞退後!
129:6 願他們像房頂上的草,未長成而枯乾,
129:7 收割的不夠一把,捆禾的也不滿懷。
129:8 過路的也不說:願耶和華所賜的福歸與你們!我們奉耶和華的名給你們祝福!
129:2 從我幼年以來,敵人屢次苦害我,卻沒有勝了我。
129:3 如同扶犁的在我背上扶犁而耕,耕的犁溝甚長。
129:4 耶和華是公義的;他砍斷了惡人的繩索。
129:5 願恨惡錫安的都蒙羞退後!
129:6 願他們像房頂上的草,未長成而枯乾,
129:7 收割的不夠一把,捆禾的也不滿懷。
129:8 過路的也不說:願耶和華所賜的福歸與你們!我們奉耶和華的名給你們祝福!
A song of ascents.
1 “They
have greatly oppressed me from my youth,”
let Israel say;
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Plowmen have plowed my back
and made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord is righteous;
he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
let Israel say;
2 “they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,
but they have not gained the victory over me.
3 Plowmen have plowed my back
and made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord is righteous;
he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 May
all who hate Zion
be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 May those who pass by not say to them,
“The blessing of the Lord be on you;
we bless you in the name of the Lord.”
be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
7 a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8 May those who pass by not say to them,
“The blessing of the Lord be on you;
we bless you in the name of the Lord.”
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以色列人來到上帝面前,向上帝述說自己受到敵人的壓制和苦害,是抒發不是埋怨!雖然如此,卻也體會到上帝的拯救!正如詩人在這裡所說:「以色列當說:從我幼年以來,敵人屢次苦害我,從我幼年以來,敵人屢次苦害我,卻沒有勝了我。如同扶犁的在我背上扶犁而耕,耕的犁溝甚長。耶和華是公義的;他砍斷了惡人的繩索。」
讚我們的生命中所遇到的人,有些人是善待我們,也有惡待我們的!但是上帝會為我們申冤的,他會就我們脫離那些要苦害我們的人,正如主耶穌在會堂讀以賽亞書的經文:「主耶和華的靈在我身上;因為耶和華用膏膏我,叫我傳好信息給謙卑的人(或譯:傳福音給貧窮的人),差遣我醫好傷心的人,報告被擄的得釋放,被囚的出監牢;報告耶和華的恩年,和我們上帝報仇的日子;安慰一切悲哀的人!(61:1-2)
是的,不管遇到甚麼事情,我們都要仰望上帝,也願那欺壓人、占人便宜的人,都像詩人所說:「願恨惡錫安的都蒙羞退後!願他們像房頂上的草,未長成而枯乾,收割的不夠一把,捆禾的也不滿懷。過路的也不說:願耶和華所賜的福歸與你們!我們奉耶和華的名給你們祝福!」
因為上帝是公平與正義的上帝,他必定為我們申冤,使祂的名榮耀!
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