135:1 你們要讚美耶和華!你們要讚美耶和華的名!耶和華的僕人站在耶和華殿中;站在我們上帝殿院中的,你們要讚美他!
135:2 【併於上節】
135:3 你們要讚美耶和華!耶和華本為善;要歌頌他的名,因為這是美好的。
135:4 耶和華揀選雅各歸自己,揀選以色列特作自己的子民。
135:5 原來我知道耶和華為大,也知道我們的主超乎萬神之上。
135:6 耶和華在天上,在地下,在海中,在一切的深處,都隨自己的意旨而行。
135:7 他使雲霧從地極上騰,造電隨雨而閃,從府庫中帶出風來。
135:8 他將埃及頭生的,連人帶牲畜都擊殺了。
135:9 埃及啊,他施行神蹟奇事,在你當中,在法老和他一切臣僕身上。
135:10 他擊殺許多的民,又殺戮大能的王,
135:11 就是亞摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩,並迦南一切的國王,
135:12 將他們的地賞賜他的百姓以色列為業。
135:13 耶和華啊,你的名存到永遠!耶和華啊,你可記念的名存到萬代!
135:14 耶和華要為他的百姓伸冤,為他的僕人後悔。
135:15 外邦的偶像是金的,銀的,是人手所造的;
135:16 有口卻不能言,有眼卻不能看,
135:17 有耳卻不能聽,口中也沒有氣息。
135:18 造他的要和他一樣,凡靠他的也要如此。
135:19 以色列家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!亞倫家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!
135:20 利未家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!你們敬畏耶和華的,要稱頌耶和華!
135:21 住在耶路撒冷的耶和華該從錫安受稱頌。你們要讚美耶和華!
1 Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise
the name of the Lord;
praise him, you servants of the Lord,
2 you who minister in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Praise
the Lord, for the Lord is good;
sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.
4 For the Lord has
chosen Jacob to be his own,
Israel to be his treasured possession.
5 I
know that the Lord is great,
that our Lord is greater than all gods.
6 The Lord does
whatever pleases him,
in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths.
7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
8 He
struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
the firstborn of people and animals.
9 He sent his signs and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 He struck down many nations
and killed mighty kings—
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kings of Canaan—
12 and he gave their land as an inheritance,
an inheritance to his people Israel.
13 Your
name, Lord, endures forever,
your renown, Lord,
through all generations.
14 For the Lord
will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants.
15 The
idols of the nations are silver and gold,
made by human hands.
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
19 All
you Israelites, praise the Lord;
house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
20 house of Levi, praise the Lord;
you who fear him, praise the Lord.
21 Praise be to the Lord
from Zion,
to him who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.
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在詩歌的開頭與結尾,都是「哈利路亞」(你們要讚美耶和華)!
而這首詩敘述了上帝拯救以色列人出埃及,又帶領以色列人勝過在曠野地的亞摩利王西宏和巴珊王噩,不只如此還帶領以色列人進入迦南地,勝過迦南一切的國王,將他們的地賞賜給以色列人,祂的百姓為業。
詩人回想到這一切之後,就開始將榮耀歸給上帝;「耶和華啊,你的名存到永遠!耶和華啊,你可記念的名存到萬代!」因為耶和華上帝真的為祂的百姓申冤,讓他們不再受到欺壓;不僅如此,上帝還讓最深的憐憫臨到自己的僕人們!也就是說上帝真的眷顧以色列人,滿足他們的需要!
詩人這樣說,更是要凸顯上帝是勝過迦南人所拜的神明,因為這些神明「是人手所造的;有口卻不能言,有眼卻不能看,有耳卻不能聽,口中也沒有氣息」。然而這些造神明的和拜這些神明的,最後的下場也和這些神明一樣,只有外表的形體,沒有真正的生命,下場就是滅亡!但是,被上帝拯救的人不是如此,上帝會賜下永生,保守直到永遠!正如今日,上帝拯救我們歸入主耶穌的名下,就和主耶穌一樣領受上帝兒女的名分,並且在將來上帝國完全實現的時候,與主耶穌一同做王到永遠!
詩人最後吩咐:「以色列家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!亞倫家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!利未家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!你們敬畏耶和華的,要稱頌耶和華!住在耶路撒冷的耶和華該從錫安受稱頌。你們要讚美耶和華!」
而我們在基督裡被揀選與拯救的,也要像這樣讚美上帝,歡呼:「哈利路亞!」
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