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祈求 神記念他的子民

亞薩的訓誨詩。

74  神啊!你為甚麼永遠丟棄我們呢?

為甚麼你的怒氣向你草場上的羊群好像煙冒出呢?(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)

求你記念你在古時買贖的會眾,

就是你贖回作你產業的民族;

求你記念你所居住的錫安山。

求你舉步去看那些長久荒涼的地方,

去看仇敵在聖所裡所行的一切惡事。

你的敵人在敬拜你的聚會中吼叫,

他們豎起了自己的旗幟為記號。

他們好像那些舉起斧子,

在樹林中砍伐樹木的人。

聖殿中的一切雕刻,

他們都用斧子和銃子打碎了。

他們用火把你的聖所燒成焦土,

他們褻瀆你名的居所。

他們心裡說:“我們要把它們完全毀滅!”

他們燒毀了地上一切敬拜 神的聚會地方。

我們看不見我們的記號,

也不再有先知;

我們中間也沒有人知道這災禍要到幾時。

10  神啊!敵人辱罵你要到幾時呢?

仇敵褻慢你的名要到永遠嗎?

11 你為甚麼把你的手,就是你的右手收回呢?

求你從懷中抽出來毀滅他們。

12  神自古以來就是我的君王,

在地上施行拯救。

13 你曾用你的大能分開大海,

把海中怪獸的頭都打碎了。

14 你砸碎了利未亞坦(“利未亞坦”為原文音譯詞,或譯:“海怪”〔伯3:8〕或“鱷魚”〔伯41:1〕)的頭,

把牠給住在曠野的人作食物。

15 你曾開闢泉源和溪流,

又使長流不息的江河乾涸。

16 白晝是你的,黑夜也是你的,

月亮和太陽,都是你設立的。

17 地上的一切疆界都是你立定的,

夏天和冬天都是你制定的。

18 耶和華啊!仇敵辱罵你,

愚頑人褻瀆你的名,

求你記念這事。

19 求你不要把你斑鳩的性命交給野獸,

不要永遠忘記你困苦人的性命。

20 求你顧念所立的約,

因為地上黑暗的地方充滿了強暴的居所。

21 不要使受欺壓的人蒙羞回去,

要使困苦、貧窮的人讚美你的名。

22  神啊!求你起來,為你的案件辯護,

要記得愚頑人終日對你的辱罵。

23 求你不要忘記你敵人的聲音,

不要忘記那些起來與你為敵的人不住加劇地喧鬧。

祈求上帝眷顧祂的子民

亞薩的訓誨詩。

74 上帝啊,
你為何永遠丟棄了我們?
你為何對自己草場上的羊大發雷霆?
求你眷顧你在古時所救贖的子民,
你揀選為產業的族類,
求你眷顧你所居住的錫安山。
求你前去觀看那久已荒涼之地,
看看敵人對聖所的破壞。
他們在你聖所中高聲叫嚷,
豎立起自己的旗幟。
他們大肆毀壞,
好像人掄起斧頭砍伐樹林。
他們用斧頭、錘子把雕刻的牆板都搗毀了。
他們縱火焚燒你的聖所,
把它夷為平地,
褻瀆了你的居所。
他們心裡說:「我們要徹底毀滅一切。」
於是他們燒毀了境內所有敬拜上帝的地方。
我們再也看不到你的徵兆,
先知也沒有了。
無人知道這一切何時才會結束。
10 上帝啊,
仇敵嘲笑你的名要到何時呢?
他們要永無休止地辱罵你嗎?
11 你為何不伸出大能的右手?
求你出手給他們致命的一擊。
12 上帝啊,
你自古以來就是我的王,
你給世上帶來拯救。
13 你曾用大能分開海水,
打碎水中巨獸的頭。
14 你曾打碎海怪的頭,
把牠丟給曠野的禽獸吃。
15 你曾開闢泉源和溪流,
也曾使滔滔河水枯乾。
16 白晝和黑夜都屬於你,
你設立了日月。
17 你劃定大地的疆界,
又創造了盛夏和寒冬。
18 耶和華啊,
求你記住敵人對你的嘲笑和愚妄人對你的褻瀆。
19 求你不要把你的子民交給仇敵[a]
不要永遠對你受苦的子民棄置不顧。
20 求你顧念你的應許,
因地上黑暗之處充滿了暴力。
21 求你不要讓受壓迫的人羞愧而去。
願貧窮困苦的人讚美你的名。
22 上帝啊,求你起來維護自己,
別忘記愚妄人怎樣整天嘲笑你。
23 不要對你仇敵的喧嚷置之不理,
與你為敵的人不停地叫囂。

Footnotes

  1. 74·18-19 子民」希伯來文是「鴿子」;「仇敵」希伯來文是「野獸」。

This is a special song that Asaph wrote.

A prayer for our nation[a]

74 God, have you turned against us for ever?
    Why are you so angry with us?
We belong to you, so please take care of us,
    like a shepherd takes care of his sheep.
Remember that we are your people.
Long ago you chose us for yourself.
You rescued us from being slaves,
    so that we could be your special nation of people.[b]
So please think about us,
    as well as your home on Mount Zion.
Come and look at our buildings!
    Your enemies have completely destroyed them.
They have also destroyed everything that is in your temple.
Your enemies shout battle cries
    inside your special meeting place.
They have put up their own flags there.
They used axes to cut the temple into pieces,
    like people who cut down trees!
They used their hammers and axes
    to break the wooden boards with pictures on them.
They completely burned your temple.
    They knocked it down to the ground!
They caused your special place to become useless!
They said to themselves,
    ‘We will completely destroy them all.’
So they burned down every place in the land
    where people meet to worship God.
We no longer see any signs that God is with us.
    There are no more prophets among us.
Nobody can tell us how long this will continue.
10 God, how long will our enemies laugh at you?
    Will they insult your name for ever?
11 Why do you do nothing to help us?
    Use your power now to punish them!

12 God, you have been my king from the beginning.
You have done great things to rescue us
    all over the earth.
13 You broke the sea into separate pieces,
    because you are so strong.[c]
You broke the heads of the monsters
    in the waters of the sea.[d]
14 You broke the heads of Leviathan.[e]
You gave his body as food
    for the animals that live in the desert.
15 You caused springs and streams of water to appear.
    And you made large rivers become dry![f]
16 Days and nights both belong to you.
You put the moon and the sun in their places.
17 You said where the land must be among the seas.
    You made both summer and winter.[g]

18 Lord, think about your enemies.
    They are always laughing at you.
Foolish people are insulting your name.
19 We, your people, are like your own special dove.
    Do not let wild animals destroy us!
We are weak and poor,
    so do not forget about us!
20 Remember what you have promised to do for us.
There are dark places everywhere,
    where cruel people hide.
21 We are weak, and people want to hurt us.
    Do not let us become ashamed.
Instead, let the poor, weak people praise your name!
22 Do something, God!
    Show everyone that you are good.
Think how fools are laughing at you all the time.
23 Do not forget what your enemies are saying.
    They shout things against you all the time!

Footnotes

  1. 74:1 In 586 BC, the army of Babylon destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. The writer of this psalm asks God why he has let this happen to his people, the Israelites.
  2. 74:2 This is when God led the Israelites out of Egypt where they had been slaves.
  3. 74:13 These verses (13-15) may describe the time when God made the world and everything in it. Or they may describe how God took his people out of Egypt. He led them across the Red Sea on dry land, and he gave them water and food in the desert.
  4. 74:13 When God broke the heads of the monsters in the water, that may describe when the Egyptian army drowned in the Red Sea.
  5. 74:14 Leviathan is the old name of a sea monster.
  6. 74:15 God made the Jordan River become dry so that his people could walk across into Canaan.
  7. 74:17 These verses describe the time when God made the universe. See Genesis 1:1-31.

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
    the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)
    Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)
Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(J)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Your foes roared(K) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(L) as signs.
They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(M)
They smashed all the carved(N) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(O) the dwelling place(P) of your Name.(Q)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(R) them completely!”
    They burned(S) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

We are given no signs from God;(T)
    no prophets(U) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(V) will the enemy mock(W) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(X) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(Y)
    Take it from the folds of your garment(Z) and destroy them!

12 But God is my King(AA) from long ago;
    he brings salvation(AB) on the earth.

13 It was you who split open the sea(AC) by your power;
    you broke the heads of the monster(AD) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(AE)
    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(AF)
15 It was you who opened up springs(AG) and streams;
    you dried up(AH) the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
    you established the sun and moon.(AI)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(AJ) of the earth;
    you made both summer and winter.(AK)

18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
    how foolish people(AL) have reviled your name.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(AM) to wild beasts;
    do not forget the lives of your afflicted(AN) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(AO)
    because haunts of violence fill the dark places(AP) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(AQ) retreat in disgrace;
    may the poor and needy(AR) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(AS) O God, and defend your cause;
    remember how fools(AT) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(AU) of your adversaries,(AV)
    the uproar(AW) of your enemies,(AX) which rises continually.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term