2023年4月1日 星期六

詩篇92:9-15


 

92:9 耶和華啊,你的仇敵都要滅亡;一切作孽的也要離散。
92:10
你卻高舉了我的角,如野牛的角;我是被新油膏了的。
92:11
我眼睛看見仇敵遭報;我耳朵聽見那些起來攻擊我的惡人受罰。
92:12
義人要發旺如棕樹,生長如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。
92:13
他們栽於耶和華的殿中,發旺在我們上帝的院裡。
92:14
他們年老的時候仍要結果子,要滿了汁漿而常發青,
92:15
好顯明耶和華是正直的。他是我的磐石,在他毫無不義。

 

For surely your enemies, Lord,
    surely your enemies will perish;
    all evildoers will be scattered.
10 You have exalted my horn
like that of a wild ox;
    fine oils have been poured on me.
11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”

 

**************

 

    有上帝賜福的人是多麼有福啊!正如這裡所說:「義人要發旺如棕樹,生長如黎巴嫩的香柏樹。他們栽於耶和華的殿中,發旺在我們上帝的院裡。他們年老的時候仍要結果子,要滿了汁漿而常發青,好顯明耶和華是正直的。他是我的磐石,在他毫無不義。」

 

    因此,我們舉例說明人有福的時候,不是強調人的好,而是要告訴人上帝的作為!就是因為上帝的作為,才讓屬上帝的人和一般人有不一樣的生命特質這是我們在宣講上帝話語時重要的要素因為我們是要高舉的是上帝不是要高舉人!

 

    但是在這裡也有智慧書的意義,就是要讀者來透過這段經文來決定成為敬畏上帝的人。因為與上帝為仇敵的人是滅亡,信靠上帝的人是要得著生命!也因為這樣,智慧的人必定要選擇做信靠上帝的人!

 

 

詩篇92:9-15

 

  92:9 上主啊,我們知道:你的仇敵都要滅亡;一切作惡的人都要離散。 92:10 你使我像野牛一樣強壯;你賜給我無窮的福澤。 92:11 我看見了我仇敵的失敗;我聽見了作惡人的哀鳴。 92:12 正直的人要像棕樹一樣茂盛;他們要像黎巴嫩的香柏樹一樣高大。 92:13 他們像栽在上主聖殿裏的樹,在我們上帝的庭院中繁茂, 92:14 年老之時仍然結出果實,枝葉茂盛,長綠不衰。 92:15 這證明上主公正,我的保護者沒有不義。

  Psalm 92:9-15

For surely your enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me. My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes. The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, 'The LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.

  ************************************

      詩人在此述說上帝要賜福給敬畏祂的人,祝如詩人所描述:『正直的人要像棕樹一樣茂盛;他們要像黎巴嫩的香柏樹一樣高大。他們像栽在上主聖殿裏的樹,在我們上帝的庭院中繁茂,年老之時仍然結出果實,枝葉茂盛,長綠不衰。

      所以一個信主的人,不要害怕年紀越來越長,上帝會讓我們成為一棵長青樹。保羅說:『所以,我們不喪膽。外體雖然毀壞,內心卻一天新似一天。』(哥林多後書4:16)

詩篇105:9-25

 


105:9 就是與亞伯拉罕所立的約,向以撒所起的誓。
105:10
他又將這約向雅各定為律例,向以色列定為永遠的約,
105:11
說:我必將迦南地賜給你,作你產業的分。
105:12
當時,他們人丁有限,數目稀少,並且在那地為寄居的。
105:13
他們從這邦遊到那邦,從這國行到那國。
105:14
他不容甚麼人欺負他們,為他們的緣故責備君王,
105:15
說:不可難為我受膏的人,也不可惡待我的先知。
105:16
他命饑荒降在那地上,將所倚靠的糧食全行斷絕,
105:17
在他們以先打發一個人去約瑟被賣為奴僕。
105:18
人用腳鐐傷他的腳;他被鐵鍊捆拘。
105:19
耶和華的話試煉他,直等到他所說的應驗了。
105:20
王打發人把他解開,就是治理眾民的,把他釋放,
105:21
立他作王家之主,掌管他一切所有的,
105:22
使他隨意捆綁他的臣宰,將智慧教導他的長老。
105:23
以色列也到了埃及;雅各在含地寄居。
105:24
耶和華使他的百姓生養眾多,使他們比敵人強盛,
105:25
使敵人的心轉去恨他的百姓,並用詭計待他的僕人。

the covenant he made with Abraham,
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as the portion you will inherit.”

12 When they were but few in number,
    few indeed, and strangers in it,
13 they wandered from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets no harm.”

16 He called down famine on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
    Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,
    his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold came to pass,
    till the word of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
    the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He made him master of his household,
    ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased
    and teach his elders wisdom.

23 Then Israel entered Egypt;
    Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
    he made them too numerous for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people,
    to conspire against his servants.

**************

 

    上帝雖然履行祂和亞伯拉罕的約,為了保存雅各的子孫,暫時將雅各家族遷到埃及地。透過約瑟在埃及當宰相,使以色列人生養眾多,成為一個大民族,讓埃及人然感到害怕!

 

    所以約瑟逝去多年之後,埃及人幾乎忘記他的貢獻,才會感到以色列人的可怕!所以埃及的王就名正言順,將以色列人當成奴隸,利用體力的折磨和生育的控制,想要使以色列滅種。而這樣的壓迫去促使以色列人求告上帝,使得摩西被高舉,成為領導以色列的上帝僕人。

 

   因此,出埃及的事件,不只是歷史的事件更是上帝大能的彰顯,也是上帝在基督裡揀選我們的一個預表。我們從罪惡與死亡權勢之下被上帝拯救出來,也是出埃及的事件!我們更要為上帝拯救我們的緣故,歸榮耀給上帝!

 

 

詩篇105:37-45

 


105:37 他領自己的百姓帶銀子金子出來;他支派中沒有一個軟弱的。
105:38
他們出來的時候,埃及人便歡喜;原來埃及人懼怕他們。
105:39
他鋪張雲彩當遮蓋,夜間使火光照。
105:40
他們一求,他就使鵪鶉飛來,並用天上的糧食叫他們飽足。
105:41
他打開磐石,水就湧出;在乾旱之處,水流成河。
105:42
這都因他記念他的聖言和他的僕人亞伯拉罕。
105:43
他帶領百姓歡樂而出,帶領選民歡呼前往。
105:44
他將列國的地賜給他們,他們便承受眾民勞碌得來的,
105:45
好使他們遵他的律例,守他的律法。你們要讚美耶和華!

 

37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39 He spread out a cloud as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.
40 They asked, and he brought them quail;
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

42 For he remembered his holy promise
    given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.

Praise the Lord.

 

**************

 

    上帝拯救以色列人出埃及進入迦南地,是要完成祂和亞伯拉罕所立的約,見證祂是信實的上帝,也讓亞伯拉罕的子孫和上帝有美好的關係,就是透過遵行律法來見證上帝的守約施慈。

 

    正如今日我們是因這耶穌基督與上帝建立關係,是透過耶穌基督所完成的而享受到上帝所賜的各樣福分。照我們自己的能耐是無法得著的,但是透過基督我們卻可以享受到,這就是上帝做事的定則。

 

    因此我們今日要靠耶穌基督來到上帝面前享受上帝在基督裡所賜的一切福分!因為上帝沒有為我們預備第二條路了只有耶穌基督是蒙恩與得福的道路真理和生命!我們要為此呼喊:哈利路亞!

 

 

 

 

詩篇105:26-36

 


105:26 他打發他的僕人摩西和他所揀選的亞倫,
105:27
在敵人中間顯他的神蹟,在含地顯他的奇事。
105:28
他命黑暗,就有黑暗;沒有違背他話的。
105:29
他叫埃及的水變為血,叫他們的魚死了。
105:30
在他們的地上以及王宮的內室,青蛙多多滋生。
105:31
他說一聲,蒼蠅就成群而來,並有虱子進入他們四境。
105:32
他給他們降下冰雹為雨,在他們的地上降下火焰。
105:33
他也擊打他們的葡萄樹和無花果樹,毀壞他們境內的樹木。
105:34
他說一聲,就有蝗蟲螞蚱上來,不計其數,
105:35
吃盡了他們地上各樣的菜蔬和田地的出產。
105:36
他又擊殺他們國內一切的長子,就是他們強壯時頭生的。

26 He sent Moses his servant,
    and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
27 They performed his signs among them,
    his wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,
    causing their fish to die.
30 Their land teemed with frogs,
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
    and gnats throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,
    with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines and fig trees
    and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the locusts came,
    grasshoppers without number;
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.

**************

 

    詩人描述上帝降十災在埃及的作為讓我們知道上帝是有主權掌握一切的上帝祂可以興起祂的受造物來攻擊那些反抗上帝壓迫上帝子民的人使上帝的旨意可以成全使祂的子民可以得勝利!

 

    上帝不僅在古實行這事在今日上帝依然是行這事甚至是超越我們的想像!爭如祂藉由耶穌基督的死來戰勝死亡和罪惡的權勢來拯救屬乎耶穌基督的子民使他們成為上帝的兒女不僅如此還讓他們可以在主耶穌基督得榮耀時一起得著永恆的榮耀!

 

    上帝既然如此應許必然如此行大事在我們當中正如當年上帝救以色列人出埃及的時候所行的大事一樣!我們要為此大聲歡呼:哈利路亞!