132:1 (上行之詩。)耶和華啊,求你記念大衛所受的一切苦難!
132:2 他怎樣向耶和華起誓,向雅各的大能者許願,
132:3 說:我必不進我的帳幕,也不上我的床榻;
132:4 我不容我的眼睛睡覺,也不容我的眼目打盹;
132:5 直等我為耶和華尋得所在,為雅各的大能者尋得居所。
132:6 我們聽說約櫃在以法他,我們在基列‧耶琳就尋見了。
132:7 我們要進他的居所,在他腳凳前下拜。
132:8 耶和華啊,求你興起,和你有能力的約櫃同入安息之所!
132:9 願你的祭司披上公義!願你的聖民歡呼!
132:10 求你因你僕人大衛的緣故,不要厭棄你的受膏者!
132:11 耶和華向大衛、憑誠實起了誓,必不反覆,說:我要使你所生的坐在你的寶座上。
132:12 你的眾子若守我的約和我所教訓他們的法度,他們的子孫必永遠坐在你的寶座上。
132:13 因為耶和華揀選了錫安,願意當作自己的居所,
132:14 說:這是我永遠安息之所;我要住在這裡,因為是我所願意的。
132:15 我要使其中的糧食豐滿,使其中的窮人飽足。
132:16 我要使祭司披上救恩,聖民大聲歡呼!
132:17 我要叫大衛的角在那裡發生;我為我的受膏者預備明燈。
132:18 我要使他的仇敵披上羞恥;但他的冠冕要在頭上發光。
A song of ascents.
1 Lord, remember David
and all his self-denial.
2 He
swore an oath to the Lord,
he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 “I will not enter my house
or go to my bed,
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 We
heard it in Ephrathah,
we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a]
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place,
let us worship at his footstool, saying,
8 ‘Arise, Lord,
and come to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
9 May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;
may your faithful people sing for joy.’”
10 For
the sake of your servant David,
do not reject your anointed one.
11 The Lord swore an oath to David,
a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants
I will place on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant
and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
on your throne for ever and ever.”
13 For
the Lord has chosen Zion,
he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;
here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.
15 I will bless her with abundant provisions;
her poor I will satisfy with food.
16 I will clothe her priests with salvation,
and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.
17 “Here
I will make a horn[b] grow for
David
and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,
but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”
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大衛是以上帝的事為念的君王,他的心一直盼望能為上帝建聖殿!然而在建聖殿之前要先讓約櫃回到以色列來,因為約櫃在撒母耳先知還小的時候,就被非力士人擄走。後來又被送到基列‧耶琳,但是就沒有人迎回來!只有當大衛為王的時候,才將約櫃迎回!
這首詩歌是描寫大衛如何看重上帝的同在,所以要將約櫃迎到耶路撒冷的錫安山,讓上帝同在與榮耀重新回到以色列人的當中,好享受上帝永遠的賜福!也因為這樣,上帝應許:「我要使你所生的坐在你的寶座上。你的眾子若守我的約和我所教訓他們的法度,他們的子孫必永遠坐在你的寶座上。」
當然這位大衛的子孫,我們知道就是指主耶穌!正如保羅所說:「這福音是上帝從前藉眾先知在聖經上所應許的,論到他兒子─我主耶穌基督。按肉體說,是從大衛後裔生的;按聖善的靈說,因從死裡復活,以大能顯明是上帝的兒子。」(羅馬書1:2-4)
這是多麼奇妙的安排!也讓我們再一次的感受到上帝偉大的救恩,因為上帝透過耶穌基督將永生賜給我們,使我們感受到上帝的同在的榮耀!也因為這樣,我們要登高來到錫安朝見我們的上帝,在聖靈的的引導下,靠著真理的道,來敬拜我們的上帝,這位永遠與祂子民同在的上帝!
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