10:6 耶和華啊,沒有能比你的!你本為大,有大能大力的名。
10:7 萬國的王啊,誰不敬畏你?敬畏你本是合宜的;因為在列國的智慧人中,雖有政權的尊榮,也不能比你。
10:8 他們盡都是畜類,是愚昧的。偶像的訓誨算甚麼呢?偶像不過是木頭。
10:9 有銀子打成片,是從他施帶來的,並有從烏法來的金子,都是匠人和銀匠的手工,又有藍色紫色料的衣服,都是巧匠的工作。
10:10 惟耶和華是真上帝,是活上帝,是永遠的王。他一發怒,大地震動;他一惱恨,列國都擔當不起。
6 There is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is great in
might.
7 Who would not fear you, O King of the
nations?
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is none like you.
8 They are both stupid and foolish;
the instruction of idols is but wood!
9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz.
They
are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith;
their clothing is violet and purple;
they
are all the work of skilled men.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
he
is the living God and the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure his
indignation.
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這是先知回應上帝話語的禱告,這當中充滿了頌讚,因為上帝的榮耀勝過可以看見的偶像,因為上帝是真正有能力的上帝,雖然人無法看見祂的形象和樣式,但是祂的作為卻是真實的!
祂不僅勝過各個有權勢的君王,也勝過各樣智慧的人,因為祂是真正的上帝!也因此祂勝過人手所造的偶像,因為偶像是人手所造,只不過是木頭、石頭、…,雖然有金裝,也無法拯救人!因為真正能拯救人的,只有創造天地萬物的上帝!
所以先知勇敢地宣告:「惟耶和華是真上帝,是活上帝,是永遠的王。他一發怒,大地震動;他一惱恨,列國都擔當不起。」
讓我們單單倚靠上帝,不要尋找無用的偶像!讓我們憑著信心,不住的禱告,來經歷上帝奇妙的作為!