诗篇 103
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
称颂 神的恩典与慈爱
大卫的诗。
103 我的心哪！你要称颂耶和华；
在我里面的一切，都要称颂他的圣名。（本节在《马索拉文本》包括细字标题）
2 我的心哪！你要称颂耶和华；
不可忘记他的一切恩惠。
3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，
医治你的一切疾病；
4 他救赎你的性命脱离死亡，
以慈爱和怜悯作你的冠冕；
5 他以福乐使你的心愿满足，
以致你好象鹰一般恢复青春的活力。
6 耶和华施行公义，
为所有受欺压的人主持公道。
7 他向摩西指示自己的道路，
向以色列人显明自己的作为。
8 耶和华有怜悯，有恩典，
不轻易发怒，并且有丰盛的慈爱。
9 他不长久责备，
也不永远怀怒。
10 他没有按着我们的罪过待我们，
也没有照着我们的罪孽报应我们。
11 天离地有多高，
他的慈爱向敬畏他的人也有多大。
12 东离西有多远，
他使我们的过犯离我们也有多远。
13 父亲怎样怜恤儿子，
耶和华也照样怜恤敬畏他的人；
14 因为他知道我们的本体，
记得我们不过是尘土。
15 至于世人，他的年日好象草一般；
他又像野地繁茂的花。
16 经风一吹，就归无有；
他原来的地方再不认识他。
17 但从亘古到永远，耶和华的慈爱临到敬畏他的人；
他的公义也归于他们的子子孙孙，
18 就是那些谨守他的约，
记住他的训词，并且遵行的人。
19 耶和华在天上立定宝座，
他的王权统管万有。
20 你们作他天使的，
就是那些大有能力，行他所吩咐，
以及听从他命令的，都要称颂耶和华。
21 你们作他的众军，
作他的仆役，遵行他旨意的，
都要称颂耶和华。
22 你们一切被他所造的，
在他统治的各处，都要称颂耶和华。
我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华。
诗篇 103
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
稱頌 神的恩典與慈愛
大衛的詩。
103 我的心哪！你要稱頌耶和華；
在我裡面的一切，都要稱頌他的聖名。（本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題）
2 我的心哪！你要稱頌耶和華；
不可忘記他的一切恩惠。
3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，
醫治你的一切疾病；
4 他救贖你的性命脫離死亡，
以慈愛和憐憫作你的冠冕；
5 他以福樂使你的心願滿足，
以致你好像鷹一般恢復青春的活力。
6 耶和華施行公義，
為所有受欺壓的人主持公道。
7 他向摩西指示自己的道路，
向以色列人顯明自己的作為。
8 耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，
不輕易發怒，並且有豐盛的慈愛。
9 他不長久責備，
也不永遠懷怒。
10 他沒有按著我們的罪過待我們，
也沒有照著我們的罪孽報應我們。
11 天離地有多高，
他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也有多大。
12 東離西有多遠，
他使我們的過犯離我們也有多遠。
13 父親怎樣憐恤兒子，
耶和華也照樣憐恤敬畏他的人；
14 因為他知道我們的本體，
記得我們不過是塵土。
15 至於世人，他的年日好像草一般；
他又像野地繁茂的花。
16 經風一吹，就歸無有；
他原來的地方再不認識他。
17 但從亙古到永遠，耶和華的慈愛臨到敬畏他的人；
他的公義也歸於他們的子子孫孫，
18 就是那些謹守他的約，
記住他的訓詞，並且遵行的人。
19 耶和華在天上立定寶座，
他的王權統管萬有。
20 你們作他天使的，
就是那些大有能力，行他所吩咐，
以及聽從他命令的，都要稱頌耶和華。
21 你們作他的眾軍，
作他的僕役，遵行他旨意的，
都要稱頌耶和華。
22 你們一切被他所造的，
在他統治的各處，都要稱頌耶和華。
我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華。
Psalm 103
New English Translation
Psalm 103[a]
By David.
103 Praise the Lord, O my soul.
With all that is within me, praise[b] his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, O my soul.
Do not forget all his kind deeds.[c]
3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,
who heals all your diseases,[d]
4 who delivers[e] your life from the Pit,[f]
who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your life with good things,[g]
so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.[h]
6 The Lord does what is fair,
and executes justice for all the oppressed.[i]
7 The Lord revealed his faithful acts[j] to Moses,
his deeds to the Israelites.
8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful;
he is patient[k] and demonstrates great loyal love.[l]
9 He does not always accuse,
and does not stay angry.[m]
10 He does not deal with us as our sins deserve;[n]
he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.[o]
11 For as the skies are high above the earth,
so his loyal love towers[p] over his faithful followers.[q]
12 As far as the eastern horizon[r] is from the west,[s]
so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions[t] from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children,[u]
so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.[v]
14 For he knows what we are made of;[w]
he realizes[x] we are made of clay.[y]
15 A person’s life is like grass.[z]
Like a flower in the field it flourishes,
16 but when the hot wind[aa] blows, it disappears,
and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.
17 But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,[ab]
and is faithful to their descendants,[ac]
18 to those who keep his covenant,
who are careful to obey his commands.[ad]
19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven;
his kingdom extends over everything.[ae]
20 Praise the Lord, you angels of his,
you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees
and obey his orders.[af]
21 Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his,[ag]
you servants of his who carry out his desires.[ah]
22 Praise the Lord, all that he has made,[ai]
in all the regions[aj] of his kingdom.
Praise the Lord, O my soul.
Footnotes
- Psalm 103:1 sn Psalm 103. The psalmist praises God for his mercy and willingness to forgive his people.
- Psalm 103:1 tn The verb “praise” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).
- Psalm 103:2 tn Or “his benefits” (see 2 Chr 32:25, where the noun is also used of kind deeds performed by the Lord).
- Psalm 103:3 tn This relatively rare noun refers to deadly diseases (see Deut 29:22; Jer 14:18; 16:4; 2 Chr 21:19).
- Psalm 103:4 tn Or “redeems.”
- Psalm 103:4 tn The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 49:9; 55:24 HT [55:23 ET]).
- Psalm 103:5 tc Heb “who satisfies with the good of your ornaments.” The text as it stands makes little, if any, sense. The translation assumes an emendation of עֶדְיֵךְ (ʿedyekh, “your ornaments”) to עֹדֵכִי (ʿodekhi, “your duration; your continuance”), that is, “your life” (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 18).
- Psalm 103:5 sn The expression your youth is renewed like an eagle’s may allude to the phenomenon of molting, whereby the eagle grows new feathers.
- Psalm 103:6 tn Heb “the Lord does fairness, and [acts of] justice for all the oppressed.”
- Psalm 103:7 tn Heb “made known his ways.” God’s “ways” in this context are his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 18:30; 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 138:5; 145:17).
- Psalm 103:8 tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Ps 86:15).
- Psalm 103:8 tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Ps 86:15).
- Psalm 103:9 tn The Hebrew verb נָטַר (natar) is usually taken to mean “to keep; to guard,” with “anger” being understood by ellipsis. The idiom “to guard anger” is then understood to mean “to remain angry” (see Lev 19:18; Jer 3:5, 12; Nah 1:2). However, it is possible that this is a homonymic root meaning “to be angry” (see HALOT 695 s.v. נטר).
- Psalm 103:10 tn Heb “not according to our sins does he do to us.”
- Psalm 103:10 tn Heb “and not according to our misdeeds does he repay us.”
- Psalm 103:11 tn For this sense of the verb גָבַר (gavar), see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 17, 19.
- Psalm 103:11 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
- Psalm 103:12 tn Heb “sunrise.”
- Psalm 103:12 tn Or “sunset.”
- Psalm 103:12 tn The Hebrew term פֶּשַׁע (peshaʿ, rebellious act”) is here used metonymically for the guilt such actions produce.
- Psalm 103:13 tn Or “sons,” but the Hebrew term sometimes refers to children in general.
- Psalm 103:13 tn Heb “those who fear him.”
- Psalm 103:14 tn Heb “our form.”
- Psalm 103:14 tn Heb “remembers.”
- Psalm 103:14 tn Heb “we [are] clay.”
- Psalm 103:15 tn Heb “[as for] mankind, like grass [are] his days.” The Hebrew noun אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾenosh) is used here generically of human beings. What is said is true of all mankind.
- Psalm 103:16 tn Heb “[the] wind.” The word “hot” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Psalm 103:17 tn Heb “but the loyal love of the Lord [is] from everlasting to everlasting over those who fear him.”
- Psalm 103:17 tn Heb “and his righteousness to sons of sons.”
- Psalm 103:18 tn Heb “to those who remember his precepts to do them.”
- Psalm 103:19 tn Heb “his kingdom rules over all.”
- Psalm 103:20 tn Heb “[you] mighty ones of strength, doers of his word, by listening to the voice of his word.”
- Psalm 103:21 tn Heb “all his hosts.”
- Psalm 103:21 tn Heb “his attendants, doers of his desire.”
- Psalm 103:22 tn Heb “all his works,” which includes mankind.
- Psalm 103:22 tn Heb “places.”
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