37:12 惡人設謀害義人,又向他咬牙。
37:13 主要笑他,因見他受罰的日子將要來到。
37:14 惡人已經弓上弦,刀出鞘,要打倒困苦窮乏的人,要殺害行動正直的人。
37:15 他們的刀必刺入自己的心;他們的弓必被折斷。
37:16 一個義人所有的雖少,強過許多惡人的富餘。
37:17 因為惡人的膀臂必被折斷;但耶和華是扶持義人。
37:18 耶和華知道完全人的日子;他們的產業要存到永遠。
37:19 他們在急難的時候不致羞愧,在饑荒的日子必得飽足。
37:20 惡人卻要滅亡。耶和華的仇敵要像羊羔的脂油(或譯:像草地的華美);他們要消滅,要如煙消滅。
11 But the meek will inherit
the land
and enjoy peace and prosperity.
12 The wicked plot against
the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
16 Better the little that the
righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;
17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord upholds
the righteous.
18 The blameless spend their
days under the Lord’s care,
and their inheritance will endure forever.
19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
20 But the wicked will
perish:
Though the Lord’s enemies are like
the flowers of the field,
they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
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詩人用比較的筆法讓我們看見「義人」和「罪人」的命運不同,是在於上帝的賜福與否。然而這的原因是人是不是歸向上帝,歸向上帝的是義人,遠離上帝的是惡人!
然而是甚麼造成人歸向上帝和遠離上帝呢?是出於上帝的揀選,因為在人尚未明白善惡、尚未犯罪以前,上帝就知道誰是屬於祂,誰是不屬於祂。祂揀選人不是按人的會不會來跟隨祂、會不會行善,而是聖靈來使人改變與更新,是出於上帝完全的自由,不是人刻意的選擇,反倒是上帝選擇與引導人!
蒙上帝揀選的人,聖靈會在他們心中啟示而認識上帝;不蒙上帝揀選的,即使在人的關懷與鼓勵下好像信靠上帝,但終究還是會離開!只有上帝揀選的人,才能堅忍到最後進入上帝的榮耀中。
求主保守我們,直到主耶穌再來時,一同在榮耀國度做王到永遠。
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