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为耶路撒冷祈求平安

大卫朝圣之歌(原文作“往上行之歌”)。

122 人对我说:“我们到耶和华的殿那里去”,

我就欢喜。(本节在《马索拉文本》包括细字标题)

耶路撒冷啊!

我们的脚正站在你的门内。

耶路撒冷被建造,

好象一座结构完整的城巿。

众支派,就是耶和华的支派,

都上那里去;

照着以色列的定例,

称颂耶和华的名。

因为在那里设有审判的宝座,

就是大卫家的宝座。

你们要为耶路撒冷求平安,说:

“耶路撒冷啊!愿爱你的人都亨通。

愿你的城墙内有平安,

愿你的宫殿中有安稳。”

为了我的兄弟和朋友的缘故,

我要说:“愿你中间有平安。”

为了耶和华我们 神的殿的缘故,

我要为你求福乐。

Psalm 122[a]

A song of ascents;[b] by David.

122 I was glad because[c] they said to me,
“We will go to the Lord’s temple.”
Our feet are[d] standing
inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is a city designed
to accommodate an assembly.[e]
The tribes go up[f] there,[g]
the tribes of the Lord,
where it is required that Israel
give thanks to the name of the Lord.[h]
Indeed,[i] the leaders sit[j] there on thrones and make legal decisions,
on the thrones of the house of David.[k]
Pray[l] for the peace of Jerusalem.
May those who love her prosper.[m]
May there be peace inside your defenses,
and prosperity[n] inside your fortresses.[o]
For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors
I will say, “May there be peace in you.”
For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God
I will pray for you to prosper.[p]

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 122:1 sn Psalm 122. The psalmist expresses his love for Jerusalem and promises to pray for the city’s security.
  2. Psalm 122:1 sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.
  3. Psalm 122:1 tn Heb “in the ones saying to me.” After the verb שָׂמַח (samakh), the preposition ב (bet) usually introduces the reason for joy.
  4. Psalm 122:2 tn Or “were.”
  5. Psalm 122:3 tc Heb “Jerusalem, which is built like a city which is joined to her together.” The meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. Many regard this as a description of the compact way in which the city was designed or constructed. The translation assumes an emendation of the verb חֻבְּרָה (khubberah, “is joined”) to a noun חֶבְרָה (khevrah, “association; company”). The text then reads literally, “Jerusalem, which is built like a city which has a company together.” This in turn can be taken as a reference to Jerusalem’s role as a city where people congregated for religious festivals and other civic occasions (see vv. 4-5).
  6. Psalm 122:4 tn Or “went up.”
  7. Psalm 122:4 tn Heb “which is where the tribes go up.”
  8. Psalm 122:4 tn Heb “[it is] a statute for Israel to give thanks to the name of the Lord.”
  9. Psalm 122:5 tn Or “for.”
  10. Psalm 122:5 tn Or “sat.”
  11. Psalm 122:5 tn Heb “Indeed, there they sit [on] thrones for judgment, [on] thrones [belonging] to the house of David.”
  12. Psalm 122:6 tn Heb “ask [for].”
  13. Psalm 122:6 tn Or “be secure.”
  14. Psalm 122:7 tn or “security.”
  15. Psalm 122:7 tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.
  16. Psalm 122:9 tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.