颂赞与感恩

一首诗歌,交给乐长。

66 世人啊,你们要向上帝欢呼,
颂赞祂荣耀的名,
赞美祂的荣耀。
要对上帝说:“你的作为令人敬畏!
你的大能使敌人屈膝投降。
普天下都敬拜你,
颂赞你,颂赞你的名。”(细拉)

来吧,看看上帝的作为,
祂为世人行了何等奇妙的事!
祂将沧海变为干地,
让百姓步行经过。
让我们因祂的作为而欢欣吧!
祂以大能永远掌权,
祂的眼目鉴察列国,
悖逆之徒不可在祂面前妄自尊大。(细拉)

列邦啊,要赞美我们的上帝,
让歌颂祂的声音四处飘扬。
祂保全我们的生命,
不让我们失脚滑倒。
10 上帝啊,你试验我们,
熬炼我们如熬炼银子。
11 你让我们陷入网罗,
把重担压在我们的背上。
12 你让别人骑在我们的头上。
我们曾经历水火,
但你带我们到达丰盛之地。
13 我要带着燔祭来到你殿中,
履行我向你许的誓言,
14 就是我在危难中许下的誓言。
15 我要献上肥美的牲畜,
以公绵羊作馨香之祭献给你,
我要献上公牛和山羊。(细拉)

16 敬畏上帝的人啊,
你们都来听吧,
我要告诉你们祂为我所做的事。
17 我曾开口向祂呼求,
扬声赞美祂。
18 倘若我心中藏匿罪恶,
主必不垂听我的呼求。
19 然而,上帝听了我的祷告,
倾听了我的祈求。
20 上帝当受称颂!
祂没有对我的祷告拒而不听,
也没有收回祂对我的慈爱。

頌讚神之大能

66 一篇詩歌,交於伶長。

全地都當向神歡呼!
歌頌他名的榮耀,用讚美的言語將他的榮耀發明!
當對神說:「你的作為何等可畏!因你的大能,仇敵要投降你。
全地要敬拜你,歌頌你,要歌頌你的名。」(細拉)
你們來看神所行的,他向世人所做之事是可畏的。
他將海變成乾地,眾民步行過河,我們在那裡因他歡喜。
他用權能治理萬民直到永遠,他的眼睛鑒察列邦,悖逆的人不可自高。(細拉)
萬民哪,你們當稱頌我們的神,使人得聽讚美他的聲音。
他使我們的性命存活,也不叫我們的腳搖動。
10 神啊,你曾試驗我們,熬煉我們如熬煉銀子一樣。
11 你使我們進入網羅,把重擔放在我們的身上。
12 你使人坐車軋我們的頭,我們經過水火,你卻使我們到豐富之地。
13 我要用燔祭進你的殿,向你還我的願,
14 就是在急難時我嘴唇所發的,口中所許的。
15 我要把肥牛做燔祭,將公羊的香祭獻給你,又把公牛和山羊獻上。(細拉)

稱頌神聽允其祈

16 凡敬畏神的人,你們都來聽,我要述說他為我所行的事。

17 我曾用口求告他,我的舌頭也稱他為高。
18 我若心裡注重罪孽,主必不聽。
19 但神實在聽見了,他側耳聽了我禱告的聲音。
20 神是應當稱頌的!他並沒有推卻我的禱告,也沒有叫他的慈愛離開我。

Psalm 66

Praise for God’s Mighty Acts

For the choir director. A song. A psalm.

Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!(A)
Sing about the glory of His name;
make His praise glorious.(B)
Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are Your works!
Your enemies will cringe before You
because of Your great strength.(C)
All the earth will worship You
and sing praise to You.
They will sing praise to Your name.”(D)Selah

Come and see the wonders of God;(E)
His acts for humanity are awe-inspiring.
He turned the sea into dry land,
and they crossed the river on foot.(F)
There we rejoiced in Him.(G)
He rules forever by His might;
He keeps His eye on the nations.(H)
The rebellious should not exalt themselves.(I)Selah
Praise our God, you peoples;
let the sound of His praise be heard.(J)
He keeps us alive[a]
and does not allow our feet to slip.(K)

10 For You, God, tested us;
You refined us as silver is refined.(L)
11 You lured us into a trap;
You placed burdens on our backs.(M)
12 You let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but You brought us out to abundance.[b](N)

13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows(O)
14 that my lips promised
and my mouth spoke during my distress.(P)
15 I will offer You fattened sheep as burnt offerings,
with the fragrant smoke of rams;
I will sacrifice oxen with goats.(Q)Selah

16 Come and listen, all who fear God,
and I will tell what He has done for me.(R)
17 I cried out to Him with my mouth,
and praise was on my tongue.(S)
18 If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.(T)
19 However, God has listened;
He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.(U)
20 May God be praised!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned His faithful love from me.(V)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 66:9 Lit He sets our soul in life
  2. Psalm 66:12 Or a place of satisfaction