上帝是勝利者

亞薩的詩,交給樂長,用弦樂器。

76 上帝在猶大人人皆知,
在以色列威名遠揚。
祂的家在耶路撒冷,
祂的居所在錫安山。
祂在那裡摧毀敵人的火箭、
盾牌和刀劍等兵器。(細拉)

上帝啊,你榮耀無比,
你的威嚴超過亙古群山。
強敵被擄掠,他們倒地而亡,
再也不能還手。
雅各的上帝啊,你一斥責,
他們就人仰馬翻。
唯有你當受敬畏。
你發怒的時候,
誰能在你面前站立呢?
8-9 上帝啊,
你從天上宣告審判。
你施行審判,
拯救世上一切受苦之人時,
大地一片恐懼靜默。(細拉)

10 你向人類發怒為你帶來榮耀,
你準備發盡你的烈怒。
11 你們要向你們的上帝耶和華許願、還願,
願四周的鄰邦都帶禮物來獻給當受敬畏的主。
12 祂挫敗首領的傲氣,
世上的君王都敬畏祂。

To the Director: With stringed instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A song.

The Awesome God

76 God is known in Judah;
    in Israel his reputation is great.
His abode is in Salem,[a]
    his dwelling place in Zion.
There he shattered sharp arrows,
    shields, swords, and weapons of[b] war.
Interlude

You are enveloped by light;
    more majestic than mountains filled with game.
Brave men were plundered
    while they slumbered in their sleep.
        All the men of the army were immobilized.
At the sound of your battle cry, God of Jacob,
    both horse and chariot rider fell into deep sleep.
You are awesome!
    who can stand in your presence when you’re angry?
From heaven you declared judgment.
    The earth stands in awe and is quiet
when God arose to execute justice
    and to deliver all the afflicted of the earth.
Interlude
10 Even human anger praises you;
    you will wear the survivors of your wrath as an ornament.[c]

11 Let everyone who surrounds the Lord your God
    make a vow and fulfill it to the Awesome One.[d]
12 He will humble the arrogant[e] commanders-in-chief,[f]
    instilling fear among the kings of the earth.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 76:2 I.e. Jerusalem
  2. Psalm 76:3 The Heb. lacks weapons of
  3. Psalm 76:10 The Heb. lacks as an ornament
  4. Psalm 76:11 Or to the one whom they fear
  5. Psalm 76:12 Lit. the spirit of
  6. Psalm 76:12 Lit. Nagidim; i.e. senior officers entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority