30:1 (大衛在獻殿的時候,作這詩歌。)耶和華啊,我要尊崇你,因為你曾提拔我,不叫仇敵向我誇耀。
30:2 耶和華─我的上帝啊,我曾呼求你,你醫治了我。
30:3 耶和華啊,你曾把我的靈魂從陰間救上來,使我存活,不至於下坑。
30:4 耶和華的聖民哪,你們要歌頌他,稱讚他可記念的聖名。
30:5 因為,他的怒氣不過是轉眼之間;他的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿雖然有哭泣,早晨便必歡呼。
30:6 至於我,我凡事平順便說:我永不動搖。
30:7 耶和華啊,你曾施恩,叫我的江山穩固;你掩了面,我就驚惶。
30:8 耶和華啊,我曾求告你;我向耶和華懇求,說:
30:9 我被害流血,下到坑中,有甚麼益處呢?塵土豈能稱讚你,傳說你的誠實麼?
30:10 耶和華啊,求你應允我,憐恤我!耶和華啊,求你幫助我!
30:11 你已將我的哀哭變為跳舞,將我的麻衣脫去,給我披上喜樂,
30:12 好叫我的靈(原文是榮耀)歌頌你,並不住聲。耶和華─我的上帝啊,我要稱謝你,直到永遠!
30:2 耶和華─我的上帝啊,我曾呼求你,你醫治了我。
30:3 耶和華啊,你曾把我的靈魂從陰間救上來,使我存活,不至於下坑。
30:4 耶和華的聖民哪,你們要歌頌他,稱讚他可記念的聖名。
30:5 因為,他的怒氣不過是轉眼之間;他的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿雖然有哭泣,早晨便必歡呼。
30:6 至於我,我凡事平順便說:我永不動搖。
30:7 耶和華啊,你曾施恩,叫我的江山穩固;你掩了面,我就驚惶。
30:8 耶和華啊,我曾求告你;我向耶和華懇求,說:
30:9 我被害流血,下到坑中,有甚麼益處呢?塵土豈能稱讚你,傳說你的誠實麼?
30:10 耶和華啊,求你應允我,憐恤我!耶和華啊,求你幫助我!
30:11 你已將我的哀哭變為跳舞,將我的麻衣脫去,給我披上喜樂,
30:12 好叫我的靈(原文是榮耀)歌頌你,並不住聲。耶和華─我的上帝啊,我要稱謝你,直到永遠!
A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple.[b] Of David.
1 I
will exalt you, Lord,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2 Lord my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.
3 You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit.
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.
2 Lord my God, I called to you for help,
and you healed me.
3 You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead;
you spared me from going down to the pit.
4 Sing
the praises of the Lord, you his
faithful people;
praise his holy name.
5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
praise his holy name.
5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may stay for the night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
6 When
I felt secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”
7 Lord, when you favored me,
you made my royal mountain[c] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
“I will never be shaken.”
7 Lord, when you favored me,
you made my royal mountain[c] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
8 To
you, Lord, I called;
to the Lord I cried for mercy:
9 “What is gained if I am silenced,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
10 Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;
Lord, be my help.”
to the Lord I cried for mercy:
9 “What is gained if I am silenced,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it proclaim your faithfulness?
10 Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;
Lord, be my help.”
11 You
turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise you forever.
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12 that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise you forever.
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大衛為自己的政權穩固感謝上帝,因為他知道要不是上帝的保守與幫助,他就沒有今天,於是寫下這一首讚美的詩歌來紀念與感謝上帝!大衛這樣的表現,讓我們看見一位國王的心中有上帝,就不會驕傲,就會好好實行上帝的旨意,來榮耀上帝,不是高抬自己!
然而大衛也清楚自己的所作所為,並不是樣樣都得上帝的喜歡。但是上帝的慈愛卻是永不改變,所以他勇敢地宣告:「因為,他的怒氣不過是轉眼之間;他的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿雖然有哭泣,早晨便必歡呼。」
也因為這樣,他向上帝求:「耶和華啊,求你應允我,憐恤我!耶和華啊,求你幫助我!」
他也清楚:「你已將我的哀哭變為跳舞,將我的麻衣脫去,給我披上喜樂,好叫我的靈(原文是榮耀)歌頌你,並不住聲。耶和華─我的上帝啊,我要稱謝你,直到永遠!」
是的!當我們經歷到上帝的恩典,才會有真正的喜樂!喜樂是我們得上帝拯救的記號,你有這記號嗎?