上帝是勝利者

亞薩的詩,交給樂長,用弦樂器。

76 上帝在猶大人人皆知,
在以色列威名遠揚。
祂的家在耶路撒冷,
祂的居所在錫安山。
祂在那裡摧毀敵人的火箭、
盾牌和刀劍等兵器。(細拉)

上帝啊,你榮耀無比,
你的威嚴超過亙古群山。
強敵被擄掠,他們倒地而亡,
再也不能還手。
雅各的上帝啊,你一斥責,
他們就人仰馬翻。
唯有你當受敬畏。
你發怒的時候,
誰能在你面前站立呢?
8-9 上帝啊,
你從天上宣告審判。
你施行審判,
拯救世上一切受苦之人時,
大地一片恐懼靜默。(細拉)

10 你向人類發怒為你帶來榮耀,
你準備發盡你的烈怒。
11 你們要向你們的上帝耶和華許願、還願,
願四周的鄰邦都帶禮物來獻給當受敬畏的主。
12 祂挫敗首領的傲氣,
世上的君王都敬畏祂。

This psalm is a song that Asaph wrote for the music leader. Sing it with the music of stringed instruments.

God has great power

76 People in Judah know who God is.
    He is famous in Israel.[a]
His home is in Salem.
    Yes, he lives in Zion.[b]
There he destroyed all the weapons of our enemy,
    their arrows, their shields,
    and their swords.
He destroyed everything that they use to fight wars.
Selah.
God, you are the one who shines with glory!
    You are greater than the greatest mountains.
You won against brave soldiers,
    so that we robbed them of everything.
Now they are sleeping,
    and they will never wake up!
They are completely helpless.
God of Jacob,
    when your enemies heard your battle cry,
    both the horses and their riders fell down dead.
Yes, everyone is afraid of you, our God!
When you are angry,
    nobody can stand against you.
From heaven you said how you would judge people.
Everybody on earth became afraid.
    They could not say anything!
This happened when you came to punish wicked people.
You came to rescue the weak and poor people in the land.
Selah.
10 Everybody will praise you,
    even those who are angry against you.
You will show them how angry you really are.[c]
11 Make promises to the Lord your God,
    and do what you have promised.
Everyone who serves God should bring gifts to him.
    We must respect him with fear.
12 He makes proud rulers become humble.
    All the kings of the world should be afraid of him.

Footnotes

  1. 76:1 Judah and Israel are both names for God's people.
  2. 76:2 Salem and Zion are names for Jerusalem.
  3. 76:10 This verse is difficult to understand in Hebrew.