祈求上帝怜悯

上圣殿朝圣之诗。

123 在天上做王的耶和华啊!
我仰望你。
我们要仰望我们的上帝耶和华,
如同仆人仰望主人、婢女仰望主母,
一直到蒙祂怜悯。
耶和华啊,
求你怜悯我们,求你怜悯我们,
因为我们饱受鄙视。
我们饱受富足人的嘲弄、骄傲人的鄙视。

上帝保护祂的子民

大卫上圣殿朝圣之诗。

124 以色列人要说:
若不是耶和华帮助我们,
若不是耶和华帮助我们,
仇敌起来攻击我们、
向我们发怒的时候,
我们早已被他们生吞,
被狂涛淹没,被洪流卷走,
被怒海吞噬。
耶和华当受称颂!
祂没有让我们像猎物一样被敌人撕咬。
我们像鸟一样逃出了猎人的网罗。
网罗破裂,我们逃了出去。
我们的帮助来自创造天地的耶和华。

上帝保护祂的子民

上圣殿朝圣之诗。

125 信靠耶和华的人就像锡安山永不动摇。
群山怎样环绕耶路撒冷,
耶和华也怎样保护祂的子民,
从现在直到永远。
恶人必不能长久统治义人的土地,
免得义人也去行恶。
耶和华啊,求你善待行善的人,
善待心地正直的人。
耶和华必把那些偏行恶道的人与作恶的人一同赶走。
愿平安临到以色列。

Psalm 123

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to you,
    to you who sit enthroned(A) in heaven.
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
    as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord(B) our God,
    till he shows us his mercy.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

Psalm 124

A song of ascents. Of David.

If the Lord had not been on our side—
    let Israel say(C)
if the Lord had not been on our side
    when people attacked us,
they would have swallowed us alive
    when their anger flared against us;
the flood(D) would have engulfed us,
    the torrent(E) would have swept over us,
the raging waters
    would have swept us away.

Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(F)
the snare has been broken,(G)
    and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name(H) of the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(I) and earth.

Psalm 125

A song of ascents.

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,(J)
    which cannot be shaken(K) but endures forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,(L)
    so the Lord surrounds(M) his people
    both now and forevermore.

The scepter(N) of the wicked will not remain(O)
    over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
    their hands to do evil.(P)

Lord, do good(Q) to those who are good,
    to those who are upright in heart.(R)
But those who turn(S) to crooked ways(T)
    the Lord will banish(U) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.(V)

前车之鉴

10 弟兄姊妹,我希望你们知道,我们的祖先曾经在云下走过红海, 都在云下、在海中受洗跟从了摩西。 他们都吃过同样的灵粮, 都喝过同样的灵水,因为他们从那与他们同行的属灵磐石中得水喝,那磐石就是基督。 尽管如此,他们当中大多数人不讨上帝的喜悦,倒毙在旷野。

如今这些事正好警戒我们,叫我们不要像他们那样贪恋罪恶, 也不要像他们当中的人那样去祭拜偶像,正如圣经上说:“百姓坐下吃喝,起来狂欢。” 我们也不要淫乱,像他们当中的人那样,结果一天就死了两万三千人。 也不要试探主,像他们当中的人那样,结果被蛇咬死了。 10 也不要发怨言,像他们当中的人那样,结果被灭命的天使毁灭了。 11 发生在他们身上的这些事都是鉴戒,之所以记录下来是为了警戒我们这活在末世的人。 12 所以,自以为站得稳的人要小心,免得跌倒。

13 你们遇见的诱惑无非是人们常见的。上帝是信实的,祂绝不会让你们遇见无法抵挡的诱惑,祂必为你们开一条出路,使你们经得住诱惑。

切勿祭拜偶像

14 所以,我亲爱的弟兄姊妹,你们要远避祭拜偶像的事。 15 你们都是明白事理的人,可以判断我说的对不对。 16 领圣餐时,我们为那福杯献上感谢,这不表示我们有份于基督的血吗?我们吃掰开的饼,这不表示我们有份于基督的身体吗? 17 我们人数虽多,却同属一个身体,因为我们同享一个饼。

18 你们看以色列人[a],那些吃祭物的难道不是有份于祭坛吗?

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Footnotes

  1. 10:18 以色列人”希腊文是“从血统上讲是以色列人”。

Warnings From Israel’s History

10 For I do not want you to be ignorant(A) of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud(B) and that they all passed through the sea.(C) They were all baptized into(D) Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food(E) and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock(F) that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(G)

Now these things occurred as examples(H) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters,(I) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](J) We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(K) We should not test Christ,[b](L) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(M) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(N)—and were killed(O) by the destroying angel.(P)

11 These things happened to them as examples(Q) and were written down as warnings for us,(R) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(S) 12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(T) be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;(U) he will not let you be tempted[d] beyond what you can bear.(V) But when you are tempted,[e] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper

14 Therefore, my dear friends,(W) flee from idolatry.(X) 15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break(Y) a participation in the body of Christ?(Z) 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,(AA) for we all share the one loaf.

18 Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices(AB) participate in the altar?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.