诗篇 135
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
赞美之歌(A)
135 1-2 你们要赞美耶和华！
赞美祂的名！
耶和华的仆人啊，
在耶和华的殿中，
在我们上帝的院宇中事奉的人啊，
你们要赞美祂！
3 你们要赞美耶和华，
因为祂是美善的；
你们要歌颂祂的名，
因为祂的名美好无比。
4 祂拣选雅各做祂的子民，
拣选以色列作祂的产业。
5 我知道耶和华伟大，
我们的主超越一切神明。
6 耶和华在天上、地下、海洋、
深渊按自己的旨意行事。
7 祂使云雾从地极上升，
发出电光，带来雨水，
从祂的仓库带出风来。
8 祂击杀了埃及人的长子和头胎的牲畜。
9 祂在埃及行神迹奇事，
惩罚法老和他的一切臣仆。
10 祂毁灭列国，
杀戮强大的君王：
11 亚摩利王西宏、巴珊王噩和迦南所有的君王。
12 祂把这些国家的土地赐给祂的以色列子民，
作为他们的产业。
13 耶和华啊，
你的名永远长存，
你的威名传到万代。
14 因为耶和华必为祂的子民申冤，
怜悯祂的仆人。
15 外族人的神像是人用金银造的。
16 它们有口不能说，有眼不能看，
17 有耳不能听，口中毫无气息。
18 那些制造它们、信靠它们的人也会和它们一样。
19 以色列人啊，
你们要称颂耶和华！
亚伦的子孙啊，
你们要称颂耶和华！
20 利未的子孙啊，
你们要称颂耶和华！
你们敬畏耶和华的人都要称颂祂！[a]
21 要赞美锡安的耶和华，
赞美住在耶路撒冷的耶和华。
你们要赞美耶和华！
Footnotes
- 135:15-20 平行经文：诗篇115:4-11。
Psalm 135
New English Translation
Psalm 135[a]
135 Praise the Lord.
Praise the name of the Lord.
Offer praise, you servants of the Lord,
2 who serve[b] in the Lord’s temple,
in the courts of the temple of our God.
3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good.
Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant.[c]
4 Indeed,[d] the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel to be his special possession.[e]
5 Yes,[f] I know the Lord is great,
and our Lord is superior to all gods.
6 He does whatever he pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the ocean depths.
7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,
makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,
and brings the wind out of his storehouses.
8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
including both men and animals.
9 He performed awesome deeds[g] and acts of judgment[h]
in your midst, O Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 He defeated many nations,
and killed mighty kings—
11 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
and Og, king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
12 He gave their land as an inheritance,
as an inheritance to Israel his people.
13 O Lord, your name endures,[i]
your reputation, O Lord, lasts.[j]
14 For the Lord vindicates[k] his people,
and has compassion on his servants.[l]
15 The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold;
they are man-made.[m]
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
eyes, but cannot see,
17 and ears, but cannot hear.
Indeed, they cannot breathe.[n]
18 Those who make them will end up[o] like them,
as will everyone who trusts in them.
19 O family[p] of Israel, praise the Lord.
O family of Aaron, praise the Lord.
20 O family of Levi, praise the Lord.
You loyal followers[q] of the Lord, praise the Lord.
21 The Lord deserves praise in Zion[r]—
he who dwells in Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 135:1 sn Psalm 135. The psalmist urges God’s people to praise him because he is the incomparable God and ruler of the world who has accomplished great things for Israel.
- Psalm 135:2 tn Heb “stand.”
- Psalm 135:3 tn Heb “for [it is] pleasant.” The translation assumes that it is the Lord’s “name” that is pleasant. Another option is to understand the referent of “it” as the act of praising (see Ps 147:1).
- Psalm 135:4 tn Or “for.”
- Psalm 135:4 sn His special possession. The language echoes Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18. See also Mal 3:17.
- Psalm 135:5 tn Or “for.”
- Psalm 135:9 tn Or “signs” (see Ps 65:8).
- Psalm 135:9 tn Or “portents”; “omens” (see Ps 71:7). The Egyptian plagues are alluded to here.
- Psalm 135:13 tn Or “is forever.”
- Psalm 135:13 tn Heb “O Lord, your remembrance [is] for a generation and a generation.” See Ps 102:12.
- Psalm 135:14 tn Heb “judges,” but here the idea is that the Lord “judges on behalf of” his people. The imperfect verbal forms here and in the next line draw attention to the Lord’s characteristic actions.
- Psalm 135:14 sn Verse 14 echoes Deut 32:36, where Moses affirms that God mercifully relents from fully judging his wayward people.
- Psalm 135:15 tn Heb “the work of the hands of man.”
- Psalm 135:17 tn Heb “indeed, there is not breath in their mouth.” For the collocation אַף אֵין (ʾaf ʾen, “indeed, there is not”) see Isa 41:26. Another option is to take אַף as “nose” (see Ps 115:6), in which case one might translate, “a nose, [but] they have no breath in their mouths.”
- Psalm 135:18 tn Heb “will be.” Another option is to take the prefixed verbal form as a prayer, “may those who make them end up like them.” sn Because the idols are lifeless, they cannot help their worshipers in times of crisis. Consequently the worshipers end up as dead as the gods in which they trust.
- Psalm 135:19 tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).
- Psalm 135:20 tn Heb “fearers.”
- Psalm 135:21 tn Heb “praised be the Lord from Zion.”
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