詩篇103:1-22

103:1 （大衛的詩。）我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華！凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌他的聖名！
103:2 我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華！不可忘記他的一切恩惠！
103:3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，醫治你的一切疾病。
103:4 他救贖你的命脫離死亡，以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。
103:5 他用美物使你所願的得以知足，以致你如鷹返老還童。
103:6 耶和華施行公義，為一切受屈的人伸冤。
103:7 他使摩西知道他的法則，叫以色列人曉得他的作為。
103:8 耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，不輕易發怒，且有豐盛的慈愛。
103:9 他不長久責備，也不永遠懷怒。
103:10 他沒有按我們的罪過待我們，也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。
103:11 天離地何等的高，他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也是何等的大！
103:12 東離西有多遠，他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠！
103:13 父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人！
103:14 因為他知道我們的本體，思念我們不過是塵土。
103:15 至於世人，他的年日如草一樣。他發旺如野地的花，
103:16 經風一吹，便歸無有；它的原處也不再認識它。
103:17 但耶和華的慈愛歸於敬畏他的人，從亙古到永遠；他的公義也歸於子子孫孫─
103:18 就是那些遵守他的約、記念他的訓詞而遵行的人。
103:19 耶和華在天上立定寶座；他的權柄（原文是國）統管萬有。
103:20 聽從他命令、成全他旨意、有大能的天使，都要稱頌耶和華！
103:21 你們作他的諸軍，作他的僕役，行他所喜悅的，都要稱頌耶和華！
103:22 你們一切被他造的，在他所治理的各處，都要稱頌耶和華！我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華！

Of David.

¹ Praise the Lord, my soul;
    all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
² Praise the Lord, my soul,
    and forget not all his benefits—
³ who forgives all your sins
    and heals all your diseases,
⁴ who redeems your life from the pit
    and crowns you with love and compassion,
⁵ who satisfies your desires with good things
    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

⁶ The Lord works righteousness
    and justice for all the oppressed.

⁷ He made known his ways to Moses,
    his deeds to the people of Israel:
⁸ The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
    slow to anger, abounding in love.
⁹ He will not always accuse,
    nor will he harbor his anger forever;
¹⁰ he does not treat us as our sins deserve
    or repay us according to our iniquities.
¹¹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
    so great is his love for those who fear him;
¹² as far as the east is from the west,
    so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³ As a father has compassion on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
¹⁴ for he knows how we are formed,
    he remembers that we are dust.
¹⁵ The life of mortals is like grass,
    they flourish like a flower of the field;
¹⁶ the wind blows over it and it is gone,
    and its place remembers it no more.
¹⁷ But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children—
¹⁸ with those who keep his covenant
    and remember to obey his precepts.

¹⁹ The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
    and his kingdom rules over all.

²⁰ Praise the Lord, you his angels,
    you mighty ones who do his bidding,
    who obey his word.
²¹ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
    you his servants who do his will.
²² Praise the Lord, all his works
    everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

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     許多人想到上帝的公義，就認為上帝是嚴厲的法官，心裡就害怕與抗拒！殊不知言立的法官主持正義所發的威嚴，正是要拯救被害的人，使被害的人獲的原本該有權利，這本是好的且是應該的！

    而這位公義的上帝為什麼要為我們伸冤和拯救我們呢﹖這是出於祂的慈愛和豐盛的恩典，也因為如此，我們就要像詩人一般的讚美上帝，先中油然發出讚嘆說：「耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，不輕易發怒，且有豐盛的慈愛。」

    詩人也在這裡說到我們倚靠上帝有什麼好處與恩典：「但耶和華的慈愛歸於敬畏他的人，從亙古到永遠；他的公義也歸於子子孫孫─就是那些遵守他的約、記念他的訓詞而遵行的人。」也因為這樣使徒約翰告訴我們：「這世界和其上的情慾都要過去，惟獨遵行上帝旨意的，是永遠常存。」（約翰一書2:17）

    所以詩人在最後還是囑咐讀者：「你們一切被他造的，在他所治理的各處，都要稱頌耶和華！我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華！」

    是的！我們要稱頌耶和華！

約書亞記19章

         約書亞記19:1-51  ,

約書亞記19:1-51

19:1 為西緬支派的人，按著宗族，拈出第二鬮。他們所得的地業是在猶大人地業中間。
19:2 他們所得為業之地就是：別是巴（或名示巴）、摩拉大、
19:3 哈薩‧書亞、巴拉、以森、
19:4 伊利多拉、比土力、何珥瑪、
19:5 洗革拉、伯‧瑪加博、哈薩‧蘇撒、
19:6 伯‧利巴勿、沙魯險，共十三座城，還有屬城的村莊；
19:7 又有亞因、利門、以帖、亞珊，共四座城，還有屬城的村莊；
19:8 並有這些城邑四圍一切的村莊，直到巴拉‧比珥，就是南地的拉瑪。這是西緬支派按著宗族所得的地業。
19:9 西緬人的地業是從猶大人地業中得來的；因為猶大人的分過多，所以西緬人在他們的地業中得了地業。
19:10 為西布倫人，按著宗族，拈出第三鬮。他們地業的境界是到撒立；
19:11 往西上到瑪拉拉，達到大巴設，又達到約念前的河；
19:12 又從撒立往東轉向日出之地，到吉斯綠‧他泊的境界，又通到大比拉，上到雅非亞；
19:13 從那裡往東，接連到迦特‧希弗，至以特‧加汛，通到臨門，臨門延到尼亞；
19:14 又繞過尼亞的北邊，轉到哈拿頓，通到伊弗他‧伊勒谷。
19:15 還有加他、拿哈拉、伸崙、以大拉、伯利恆，共十二座城，還有屬城的村莊。
19:16 這些城並屬城的村莊就是西布倫人按著宗族所得的地業。
19:17 為以薩迦人，按著宗族，拈出第四鬮。
19:18 他們的境界是到耶斯列、基蘇律、書念、
19:19 哈弗連、示按、亞拿哈拉、
19:20 拉璧、基善、亞別、
19:21 利篾、隱‧干寧、隱‧哈大、伯‧帕薛；
19:22 又達到他泊、沙哈洗瑪、伯‧示麥，直通到約旦河為止，共十六座城，還有屬城的村莊。
19:23 這些城並屬城的村莊就是以薩迦支派按著宗族所得的地業。
19:24 為亞設支派，按著宗族，拈出第五鬮。
19:25 他們的境界是黑甲、哈利、比田、押煞、
19:26 亞拉米勒、亞末、米沙勒；往西達到迦密，又到希曷‧立納，
19:27 轉向日出之地，到伯‧大袞，達到細步綸；往北到伊弗他‧伊勒谷，到伯‧以墨和尼業，也通到迦步勒的左邊；
19:28 又到義伯崙、利合、哈們、加拿，直到西頓大城；
19:29 轉到拉瑪和堅固城泰爾；又轉到何薩，靠近亞革悉一帶地方，直通到海；
19:30 又有烏瑪、亞弗、利合，共二十二座城，還有屬城的村莊。
19:31 這些城並屬城的村莊就是亞設支派按著宗族所得的地業。
19:32 為拿弗他利人，按著宗族，拈出第六鬮。
19:33 他們的境界是從希利弗從撒拿音的橡樹，從亞大米‧尼吉和雅比聶，直到拉共，通到約旦河；
19:34 又轉向西到亞斯納‧他泊，從那裡通到戶割，南邊到西布倫，西邊到亞設，又向日出之地，達到約旦河那裡的猶大。
19:35 堅固的城就是：西丁、側耳、哈末、拉甲、基尼烈、
19:36 亞大瑪、拉瑪、夏瑣、
19:37 基低斯、以得來、隱‧夏瑣、
19:38 以利穩、密大‧伊勒、和璉、伯‧亞納、伯‧示麥，共十九座城，還有屬城的村莊。
19:39 這些城並屬城的村莊就是拿弗他利支派按著宗族所得的地業。
19:40 為但支派，按著宗族，拈出第七鬮。
19:41 他們地業的境界是瑣拉、以實陶、伊珥‧示麥、
19:42 沙拉賓、亞雅崙、伊提拉、
19:43 以倫、亭拿他、以革倫、
19:44 伊利提基、基比頓、巴拉、
19:45 伊胡得、比尼‧比拉、迦特‧臨門、
19:46 美‧耶昆、拉昆，並約帕對面的地界。
19:47 但人的地界越過原得的地界；因為但人上去攻取利善，用刀擊殺城中的人，得了那城，住在其中，以他們先祖但的名將利善改名為但。
19:48 這些城並屬城的村莊就是但支派按著宗族所得的地業。
19:49 以色列人按著境界分完了地業，就在他們中間將地給嫩的兒子約書亞為業，
19:50 是照耶和華的吩咐，將約書亞所求的城，就是以法蓮山地的亭拿‧西拉城，給了他。他就修那城，住在其中。
19:51 這就是祭司以利亞撒和嫩的兒子約書亞，並以色列各支派的族長，在示羅會幕門口，耶和華面前，拈鬮所分的地業。這樣，他們把地分完了。

  The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. ² It included:

Beersheba (or Sheba),^[a] Moladah, ³ Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶ Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages— ⁸ and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans. ⁹ The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah’s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

¹⁰ The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. ¹¹ Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. ¹² It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. ¹³ Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. ¹⁴ There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. ¹⁵ Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

¹⁶ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.

¹⁷ The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. ¹⁸ Their territory included:

Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. ²² The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

²³ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.

²⁴ The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans. ²⁵ Their territory included:

Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, ²⁶ Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. ²⁷ It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left. ²⁸ It went to Abdon,^[b] Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ²⁹ The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.

³¹ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.

³² The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

³³ Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. ³⁴ The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan^[c] on the east. ³⁵ The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸ Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.

³⁹ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.

⁴⁰ The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. ⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

⁴⁷ (When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)

⁴⁸ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

⁴⁹ When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, ⁵⁰ as the Lord had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah^[d] in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

⁵¹ These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.

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    土地終於分配完成，每個支派都有自己的領土。但是比較特別的是，約書亞和迦勒一樣，有屬於自己的土地！這也是上帝的應許，因為十個探子，只有他們照上帝的心意說話，看見上帝所預備的美地，上帝特別賞賜給他們兩位！

    而在這裡有一件特別的事，就是大部分的土地是屬於支派的，不是屬於個人的，除了約書亞和迦勒之外！而舊約聖經的歷史一直圍繞在這個土地原則，就像我們的國家，土地是屬於家族的，所以嫁出去的人沒有土地繼承權！

    舊約為何談土地的問題？因為聖經中的信仰不是建立在「唯心主義」，是講求客觀事實的信仰，正如耶穌基督是歷史上真真實實的人，不是虛幻的人！也因為這樣，上帝的救贖是要真真實實臨到我們，不是畫餅充飢的主觀理論！

    這也是為什麼基督教的解經要看重歷史、文化，表示我們不是憑空想像或揣摩出來的，為要說明聖經是上帝真實的啟示！想進一步瞭解可以閱讀： 歷史和文化解經  (http://lk15911.blogspot.com/2016/01/blog-post_34.html ）。

詩篇102篇

              詩篇102:1-28 ,

              詩篇102:25  , 詩篇102:27  ,

詩篇102:1-28

102:1 （困苦人發昏的時候，在耶和華面前吐露苦情的禱告。）耶和華啊，求你聽我的禱告，容我的呼求達到你面前！
102:2 我在急難的日子，求你向我側耳；不要向我掩面！我呼求的日子，求你快快應允我！
102:3 因為，我的年日如煙雲消滅；我的骨頭如火把燒著。
102:4 我的心被傷，如草枯乾，甚至我忘記吃飯。
102:5 因我唉哼的聲音，我的肉緊貼骨頭。
102:6 我如同曠野的鵜鶘；我好像荒場的鴞鳥。
102:7 我警醒不睡；我像房頂上孤單的麻雀。
102:8 我的仇敵終日辱罵我；向我猖狂的人指著我賭咒。
102:9 我吃過爐灰，如同吃飯；我所喝的與眼淚攙雜。
102:10 這都因你的惱恨和忿怒；你把我拾起來，又把我摔下去。
102:11 我的年日如日影偏斜；我也如草枯乾。
102:12 惟你─耶和華必存到永遠；你可記念的名也存到萬代。
102:13 你必起來憐恤錫安，因現在是可憐她的時候，日期已經到了。
102:14 你的僕人原來喜悅她的石頭，可憐她的塵土。
102:15 列國要敬畏耶和華的名；世上諸王都敬畏你的榮耀。
102:16 因為耶和華建造了錫安，在他榮耀裡顯現。
102:17 他垂聽窮人的禱告，並不藐視他們的祈求。
102:18 這必為後代的人記下，將來受造的民要讚美耶和華。
102:19 因為，他從至高的聖所垂看；耶和華從天向地觀察，
102:20 要垂聽被囚之人的歎息，要釋放將要死的人，
102:21 使人在錫安傳揚耶和華的名，在耶路撒冷傳揚讚美他的話，
102:22 就是在萬民和列國聚會事奉耶和華的時候。
102:23 他使我的力量中道衰弱，使我的年日短少。
102:24 我說：我的上帝啊，不要使我中年去世。你的年數世世無窮！
102:25 你起初立了地的根基；天也是你手所造的。
102:26 天地都要滅沒，你卻要長存；天地都要如外衣漸漸舊了。你要將天地如裡衣更換，天地就都改變了。
102:27 惟有你永不改變；你的年數沒有窮盡。
102:28 你僕人的子孫要長存；他們的後裔要堅立在你面前。

A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.

¹ Hear my prayer, Lord;
    let my cry for help come to you.
² Do not hide your face from me
    when I am in distress.
Turn your ear to me;
    when I call, answer me quickly.

³ For my days vanish like smoke;
    my bones burn like glowing embers.
⁴ My heart is blighted and withered like grass;
    I forget to eat my food.
⁵ In my distress I groan aloud
    and am reduced to skin and bones.
⁶ I am like a desert owl,
    like an owl among the ruins.
⁷ I lie awake; I have become
    like a bird alone on a roof.
⁸ All day long my enemies taunt me;
    those who rail against me use my name as a curse.
⁹ For I eat ashes as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears
¹⁰ because of your great wrath,
    for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹ My days are like the evening shadow;
    I wither away like grass.

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;
    your renown endures through all generations.
¹³ You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
    for it is time to show favor to her;
    the appointed time has come.
¹⁴ For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
¹⁵ The nations will fear the name of the Lord,
    all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.
¹⁶ For the Lord will rebuild Zion
    and appear in his glory.
¹⁷ He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;
    he will not despise their plea.

¹⁸ Let this be written for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:
¹⁹ “The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,
    from heaven he viewed the earth,
²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners
    and release those condemned to death.”
²¹ So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion
    and his praise in Jerusalem
²² when the peoples and the kingdoms
    assemble to worship the Lord.

²³ In the course of my life^[b] he broke my strength;
    he cut short my days.
²⁴ So I said:
“Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;
    your years go on through all generations.
²⁵ In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.
²⁶ They will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
Like clothing you will change them
    and they will be discarded.
²⁷ But you remain the same,
    and your years will never end.
²⁸ The children of your servants will live in your presence;
    their descendants will be established before you.”

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    詩篇一開始的標題是：「困苦人發昏的時候，在耶和華面前吐露苦情的禱告」。讓我們可以感受到寫詩歌的人的處境，讓讀者也體會在這樣的處境中，人該如何向上帝禱告！

    然而這個發昏的人，仍有聖靈的引導，能夠認識上帝的屬性，發出讚美的言語：「你起初立了地的根基；天也是你手所造的。天地都要滅沒，你卻要長存；天地都要如外衣漸漸舊了。你要將天地如裡衣更換，天地就都改變了。惟有你永不改變；你的年數沒有窮盡。你僕人的子孫要長存；他們的後裔要堅立在你面前。」

    將現況的苦境向上帝述說是必要的，也唯有上帝可以垂聽人在面前陳述的苦情，所以我們不用害怕上帝會不會因此責怪我們，因為一切的狀況祂都清楚的，都明白的，祂不會用懷疑的心來垂聽，祂不是人、祂完全明白！

     向上帝述說之後，要對上帝有信心，祂不僅會了解，更會讓我們的將來有所轉變，因為祂要將永遠的福樂賜給祂的僕人和他們的子孫，正如詩人頌讚一般，我們也唯有因著上帝要賜的永生之福，我們的心才能得真正的安慰！