上帝的美善

大卫在亚比米勒面前装疯,被赶出去后,作了此诗。

34 我要常常称颂耶和华,
时刻赞美祂。
我要夸耀祂的作为,
困苦人听见必欢欣。
让我们一同颂赞祂的伟大,
尊崇祂的名!
我向祂祷告,祂便应允我,
救我脱离一切恐惧。
凡仰望祂的必有荣光,
不致蒙羞。
我这可怜的人向祂呼求,
祂就垂听,
救我脱离一切困境。
祂的天使必四面保护敬畏祂的人,拯救他们。
你们要亲身体验,
就知道耶和华的美善;
投靠祂的人有福了!
耶和华的圣民啊,
你们要敬畏祂,
因为敬畏祂的人一无所缺。
10 壮狮也会忍饥挨饿,
但寻求耶和华的人什么福分都不缺。

11 孩子们啊,听我说,
我要教导你们敬畏耶和华。
12 若有人热爱生命,
渴望长寿和幸福,
13 就要舌头不出恶言,
嘴唇不说诡诈的话。
14 要弃恶行善,
竭力追求和睦。
15 耶和华的眼睛看顾义人,
祂的耳朵垂听他们的呼求。
16 耶和华严惩作恶之人,
从世上铲除他们。
17 义人向耶和华呼救,祂就垂听,
拯救他们脱离一切患难。
18 祂安慰悲痛欲绝的人,
拯救心灵破碎的人。
19 义人也会遭遇许多患难,
但耶和华必拯救他,
20 保全他一身的骨头,
连一根也不折断。
21 恶人必遭恶报,
与义人为敌的必被定罪。
22 耶和华必救赎祂的仆人,
投靠祂的人必不被定罪。

敬畏 神的必一无所缺

大卫的诗,是他在亚比米勒面前装疯,被驱逐离去时作的。

34 我要时常称颂耶和华,

赞美他的话必常在我口中。

我的心要因耶和华夸耀,

困苦的人听见了就喜乐。

你们要跟我一起尊耶和华为大,

我们来一同高举他的名。

我曾求问耶和华,他应允了我,

救我脱离一切恐惧。

人仰望他,就有光彩,

他们的脸必不蒙羞。

我这困苦人呼求,耶和华就垂听,

拯救我脱离一切患难。

耶和华的使者,在敬畏他的人周围扎营,

搭救他们。

你们要亲自体验,就知道耶和华是美善的;

投靠他的人,都是有福的。

耶和华的圣民哪!你们要敬畏他,

因为敬畏他的一无所缺。

10 少壮狮子有时还缺食挨饿,

但寻求耶和华的,甚么好处都不缺。

11 孩子们!你们要来听我;

我要教导你们敬畏耶和华。

12 谁喜爱生命,

爱慕长寿,享受美福,

13 就应谨守舌头,不出恶言,

嘴唇不说欺诈的话。

14 也要离恶行善,

寻找并追求和睦。

15 耶和华的眼睛看顾义人,

他的耳朵垂听他们的呼求。

16 耶和华的脸敌对作恶的人,

要把他们的名从世上除掉。

17 义人哀求,耶和华就垂听,

搭救他们脱离一切患难,

18 耶和华亲近心中破碎的人,

拯救灵里痛悔的人,

19 义人虽有许多苦难,

但耶和华搭救他脱离这一切。

20 耶和华保全他一身的骨头,

连一根也不容折断。

21 恶人必被恶害死;

憎恨义人的,必被定罪。

22 耶和华救赎他仆人的性命;

凡是投靠他的,必不被定罪。

Psalm 34

The Lord Delivers the Righteous

Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech,[a](A) who drove him out, and he departed.

I[b] will praise the Lord at all times;
His praise will always be on my lips.(B)
I will boast in the Lord;(C)
the humble will hear and be glad.(D)
Proclaim Yahweh’s greatness with me;(E)
let us exalt His name together.(F)

I sought the Lord, and He answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.(G)
Those who look to Him are[c] radiant with joy;(H)
their faces will never be ashamed.(I)
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him from all his troubles.(J)
The Angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear Him, and rescues them.(K)

Taste and see that the Lord is good.(L)
How happy is the man who takes refuge in Him!(M)
You who are His holy ones, fear Yahweh,
for those who fear Him lack nothing.(N)
10 Young lions[d] lack food and go hungry,(O)
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.(P)

11 Come, children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.(Q)
12 Who is the man who delights in life,
loving a long life to enjoy what is good?(R)
13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from deceitful speech.(S)
14 Turn away from evil and do what is good;(T)
seek peace and pursue it.(U)

15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.(V)
16 The face of the Lord is set
against those who do what is evil,(W)
to erase[e] all memory of them from the earth.(X)
17 The righteous[f] cry out, and the Lord hears,
and delivers them from all their troubles.(Y)
18 The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.(Z)

19 Many adversities come to the one who is righteous,
but the Lord delivers him from them all.(AA)
20 He protects all his bones;
not one of them is broken.(AB)
21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be punished.(AC)
22 The Lord redeems the life of His servants,
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.(AD)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 34:1 Probably Achish, king of Gath
  2. Psalm 34:1 The lines of this poem form an acrostic.
  3. Psalm 34:5 Some Hb mss, LXX, Aq, Syr, Jer read Look to Him and be
  4. Psalm 34:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read The rich
  5. Psalm 34:16 Or cut off
  6. Psalm 34:17 Lit They