上帝的审判和慈爱

以东人多益去告诉扫罗:“大卫到了亚希米勒家。”那时大卫作了这首训诲诗,交给乐长。

52 勇士啊,你为何以作恶为荣?
上帝的慈爱永远长存。
你这诡诈的人啊,
舌头利如剃刀,
尽是害人的奸计。
你喜爱邪恶,不爱良善;
你喜爱虚谎,不爱真理。(细拉)
你有诡诈的舌头,
好说恶言恶语。
上帝必永远毁灭你,
祂必抓住你,
把你从家里拉出来,
从活人之地铲除。(细拉)
义人看见必心生敬畏,
他们必嘲笑说:
“看啊,这就是不依靠上帝的人,
他只倚仗自己的财富和以残暴手段获得的权势。”
我就像上帝殿中的一棵橄榄树,枝繁叶茂,
我永永远远信靠上帝的慈爱。
上帝啊,
我要永远赞美你的作为。
我要在你忠心的子民面前仰望你美善的名。

上帝的審判和慈愛

以東人多益去告訴掃羅:「大衛到了亞希米勒家。」那時大衛作了這首訓誨詩,交給樂長。

52 勇士啊,你為何以作惡為榮?
上帝的慈愛永遠長存。
你這詭詐的人啊,
舌頭利如剃刀,
盡是害人的奸計。
你喜愛邪惡,不愛良善;
你喜愛虛謊,不愛真理。(細拉)
你有詭詐的舌頭,
好說惡言惡語。
上帝必永遠毀滅你,
祂必抓住你,
把你從家裡拉出來,
從活人之地剷除。(細拉)
義人看見必心生敬畏,
他們必嘲笑說:
「看啊,這就是不依靠上帝的人,
他只倚仗自己的財富和以殘暴手段獲得的權勢。」
我就像上帝殿中的一棵橄欖樹,枝繁葉茂,
我永永遠遠信靠上帝的慈愛。
上帝啊,
我要永遠讚美你的作為。
我要在你忠心的子民面前仰望你美善的名。

For the director of music. A maskil of David when Doeg, who was from Edom, had gone to Saul. Doeg had told Saul, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”

52 You think you are such a big, strong man!
    Why do you brag about the evil things you’ve done?
    You are a dishonor to God all the time.
You plan ways to destroy others.
    Your tongue is like a blade that has a sharp edge.
    You are always telling lies.
You love evil instead of good.
    You would rather lie than tell the truth.
    You love to harm others with your words, you liar!

So God will destroy you forever.
    He will grab you and pluck you from your tent.
    He will remove you from this life.
Those who do what is right will see it and learn a lesson from it.
    They will laugh at you and say,
“Just look at this fellow!
    He didn’t depend on God for his safety.
He put his trust in all his wealth.
    He grew strong by destroying others!”

But I am like a healthy olive tree.
    My roots are deep in the house of God.
I trust in your faithful love
    for ever and ever.
I will praise you forever for what you have done.
    I will praise you when I’m with your faithful people.
    I will put my hope in you because you are good.

This is a special song that David wrote for the music leader.

It was when Doeg, the man from Edom, went to Saul and told him, ‘David went to the house of Ahimelech, the priest.’

Cruel words[a]

52 Strong man, why are you so proud
    about the evil things that you like to do?
Remember that God's faithful love keeps me safe.
Your tongue is like a sharp knife!
You talk about how to hurt other people,
    You speak nothing but lies.
You love to do evil things,
    not good things.
You love to tell lies
    more than the truth.
Selah.
You love to say cruel words.
    You speak to deceive others.
But God will knock you down,
    and he will break you into pieces.
He will take you away from your home.
He will remove you from this world where people live.
Selah.
Righteous people will see what has happened,
    and they will be afraid.[b]
Then they will laugh at the wicked person,
    and they will say,
‘Look! This man did not trust God to keep him safe.
    Instead, he trusted in his riches.
He thought that he could be cruel,
    and that would keep him safe.’
But I am like a strong olive tree
    that grows in the house of God.
I will always trust in God's faithful love for his people.
I will always praise you, God,
    for what you have done.
I will trust you to help me,
    together with all those who serve you.

Footnotes

  1. 52:1 King Saul was trying to kill David. David and his men ran away from Saul. Doeg told Saul where he could find David. See 1 Samuel 21:7.
  2. 52:6 When God does a powerful thing, it often makes us afraid. But when we begin to understand what he has done, we are happy! We know that God always does what is right.