卷三:诗篇73—89

上帝的公正审判

亚萨的诗。

73 上帝实在善待以色列人,
恩待那些内心纯洁的人。
我却身陷险地,
几乎失脚跌倒。
我看见狂傲的恶人亨通就心怀不平。
他们一生平顺,健康强壮。
他们不像别人受苦,
不像世人遭难。
他们把骄傲作项链戴在颈上,
把暴力作外袍裹在身上。
他们胖得眼睛凸出,
心中充满罪恶。
他们讥讽嘲笑,言语恶毒,
狂妄地以暴力相威胁。
他们亵渎上天,诋毁大地。
10 上帝的子民也跟随他们,
听从他们的话。
11 他们说:
“上帝怎能知道?
至高者会察觉吗?”
12 看这些恶人,
他们总是生活安逸,财富日增。
13 我洁身自爱,保持清白,
实属徒然。
14 我天天遭灾,日日受苦。
15 要是我这样说,
我就是背叛了你的子民。
16 我想明白这一切,
却百思不得其解。
17 直到我进入你的圣所,
才明白他们的结局。
18 你把他们放在容易滑倒的地方,
使他们落入毁灭中。
19 他们顷刻间被毁灭,
在恐怖中彻底灭亡。
20 他们不过是人醒来后的一场梦。
主啊,你一行动,
他们必灰飞烟灭。
21 我曾感到悲伤,心如刀绞。
22 我当时愚昧无知,
在你面前如同畜类。
23 然而,我一直和你在一起,
你牵着我的手引导我。
24 你以谆谆教诲指引我,
以后必接我到荣耀中。
25 除你以外,在天上我还有谁?
除你以外,在地上我别无爱慕。
26 尽管我身心俱衰,
上帝永远是我心中的力量,
永远属于我。
27 那些远离你的人必灭亡,
你必灭绝不忠于你的人。
28 对于我,到上帝面前是何等美好。
我以主耶和华为我的避难所,
并宣扬祂的一切作为。

卷三:詩篇73—89

上帝的公正審判

亞薩的詩。

73 上帝實在善待以色列人,
恩待那些內心純潔的人。
我卻身陷險地,
幾乎失腳跌倒。
我看見狂傲的惡人亨通就心懷不平。
他們一生平順,健康強壯。
他們不像別人受苦,
不像世人遭難。
他們把驕傲作項鏈戴在頸上,
把暴力作外袍裹在身上。
他們胖得眼睛凸出,
心中充滿罪惡。
他們譏諷嘲笑,言語惡毒,
狂妄地以暴力相威脅。
他們褻瀆上天,詆譭大地。
10 上帝的子民也跟隨他們,
聽從他們的話。
11 他們說:
「上帝怎能知道?
至高者會察覺嗎?」
12 看這些惡人,
他們總是生活安逸,財富日增。
13 我潔身自愛,保持清白,
實屬徒然。
14 我天天遭災,日日受苦。
15 要是我這樣說,
我就是背叛了你的子民。
16 我想明白這一切,
卻百思不得其解。
17 直到我進入你的聖所,
才明白他們的結局。
18 你把他們放在容易滑倒的地方,
使他們落入毀滅中。
19 他們頃刻間被毀滅,
在恐怖中徹底滅亡。
20 他們不過是人醒來後的一場夢。
主啊,你一行動,
他們必灰飛煙滅。
21 我曾感到悲傷,心如刀絞。
22 我當時愚昧無知,
在你面前如同畜類。
23 然而,我一直和你在一起,
你牽著我的手引導我。
24 你以諄諄教誨指引我,
以後必接我到榮耀中。
25 除你以外,在天上我還有誰?
除你以外,在地上我別無愛慕。
26 儘管我身心俱衰,
上帝永遠是我心中的力量,
永遠屬於我。
27 那些遠離你的人必滅亡,
你必滅絕不忠於你的人。
28 對於我,到上帝面前是何等美好。
我以主耶和華為我的避難所,
並宣揚祂的一切作為。

73 1 The Prophet teacheth by his example that neither the worldly prosperity of the ungodly, 14 nor yet the affliction of the good ought to discourage God’s children: but rather ought to move us to consider our Father’s providence, and to cause us to reverence God’s judgments, 19 forasmuch as the wicked vanish away, 24 and the godly enter into life everlasting, 28 in hope whereof he resigneth himself into God’s hands.

A Psalm committed to Asaph.

Yet [a]God is good to Israel: even to the pure in heart.

As for me, my feet were almost gone: my steps had well near slipped.

For I fretted at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there are [b]no bands in their death, but they are lusty and strong.

They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men.

[c]Therefore pride is as a chain unto them, and cruelty covereth them as a garment.

Their eyes stand out for fatness: [d]they have more than heart can wish.

They are licentious, and speak wickedly of their oppression: they talk presumptuously.

They [e]set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

10 Therefore his [f]people turn hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

11 And they [g]say, How doth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High?

12 Lo these are the wicked, yet prosper they always, and increase in riches.

13 Certainly I have cleansed mine heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency.

14 For daily have I been punished, and chastened every morning.

15 If I say, [h]I will judge thus, behold the generation of thy children, I have trespassed.

16 Then thought I to know this, but it was too painful for me,

17 Until I went into the [i]Sanctuary of God: then understood I their end.

18 Surely thou hast set them in slippery places, and castest them down into desolation.

19 How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and [j]horribly consumed,

20 As a dream when one awaketh! O Lord, when [k]thou raisest us up, thou shalt make their image despised.

21 Certainly mine heart was vexed, and I was pricked in my reins.

22 So foolish was I and ignorant: I was a [l]beast before thee.

23 Yet I was always [m]with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

25 Whom have I in [n]heaven but thee? and I have desired none in the earth with thee.

26 My flesh faileth and mine heart also: but God is the strength of mine heart, and my [o]portion forever.

27 For lo, that they withdraw themselves from thee, shall perish: thou destroyest all them that [p]go a whoring from thee.

28 As for me, it is good for me [q]to draw near to God: therefore I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 73:1 As it were between hope and despair he bursteth forth into this affection, being assured that God would continue his favor toward such as were godly indeed, and not hypocrites.
  2. Psalm 73:4 The wicked in this life live at pleasure and are not drawn to death like prisoners: that is, by sickness which is death’s messenger.
  3. Psalm 73:6 They glory in their pride as some do in their chains, and in cruelty, as some do in apparel.
  4. Psalm 73:7 Hebrew, they pass the desires of the heart.
  5. Psalm 73:9 They blaspheme God, and fear not his power and rail upon men, because they esteem themselves above all others.
  6. Psalm 73:10 Not only the reprobate, but also the people of God oftentimes fall back, seeing the prosperous estate of the wicked, and are overwhelmed with sorrows, thinking that God considereth not aright the estate of the godly.
  7. Psalm 73:11 Thus the flesh moveth even the godly to dispute with God touching their poor estate, and the prosperity of the wicked.
  8. Psalm 73:15 If I give place to this wicked thought, I offend against thy providence, seeing thou disposeth all things most wisely and preservest thy children in their greatest dangers.
  9. Psalm 73:17 Until I entered into thy school and learned by thy word and holy Spirit, that thou orderest all things most wisely and justly.
  10. Psalm 73:19 By thy fearful judgment.
  11. Psalm 73:20 When thou openest our eyes to consider thy heavenly felicity, we contemn all their vain pomp.
  12. Psalm 73:22 For the more that man goeth about by his own reason to seek out God’s judgments, the more doth he declare himself a beast.
  13. Psalm 73:23 By faith I was assured that thy providence did watch always over me, to preserve me.
  14. Psalm 73:25 He sought neither help nor comfort of any save of God only.
  15. Psalm 73:26 He teacheth us to deny ourselves, to have God our whole sufficiency, and only contentment.
  16. Psalm 73:27 That is, forsake thee to seek others.
  17. Psalm 73:28 Though all the world shrink from God, yet he promiseth to trust in him and to magnify his works.