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亚萨的训诲诗。

 神与他的子民

78 我的子民哪,要侧耳听我的训诲,
    竖起耳朵听我口中的言语。
我要开口说比喻,
    我要解开古时的谜语,
是我们所听见、所知道,
    我们的祖宗告诉我们的。
我们不要向子孙隐瞒这些事,
    而要将耶和华的美德和他的能力,
    并他所行的奇事,述说给后代听。

他在雅各中立法度,
    以色列中设律法;
    他吩咐我们的祖宗要传给子孙,
使将要生的后代子孙可以晓得。
    他们也要起来告诉他们的子孙,
好让他们仰望 神,
    不忘记 神的作为,
    惟遵守他的命令;
不要像他们的祖宗,
    是顽梗悖逆、心不坚定,
    向 神心不忠实之辈。

以法莲人带着兵器,拿着弓,
    临阵之日转身退后。
10 他们不遵守 神的约,
    不肯照他的律法行;
11 又忘记他的作为
    和他所彰显的奇事。
12 他在埃及地,在琐安田,
    在他们祖宗眼前施行奇事。
13 他把海分开,使他们过去,
    又叫水立起如垒。
14 他白日用云彩,
    终夜用火光引导他们。
15 他在旷野使磐石裂开,
    多多地给他们水喝,如从深渊而出。
16 他使水从磐石涌出,
    叫水如江河下流。

17 他们却仍旧得罪他,
    在干旱之地悖逆至高者。
18 他们心中试探 神,
    随自己所欲的求食物,
19 并且妄论 神说:
    “ 神岂能在旷野摆设筵席吗?
20 他虽曾击打磐石,使水涌出,如江河泛滥;
    他还能赐粮食吗?
    还能为他的百姓预备吃的肉吗?”

21 所以,耶和华听见就发怒,
    有烈火向雅各点燃,
    有怒气向以色列上腾;
22 因为他们不信服 神,
    不倚赖他的拯救。
23 然而他却吩咐天空,
    又敞开天上的门,
24 降吗哪像雨,给他们吃,
    将天上的粮食赐给他们。
25 各人就吃大能者的食物;
    他赐下粮食,使他们饱足。
26 他令东风吹在天空,
    用能力引来南风。
27 他降肉像雨,多如尘土,
    降飞鸟,多如海沙,
28 落在他自己的营中,
    在他帐幕的四周围。
29 他们吃了,而且饱足;
    这样就随了他们所欲的。
30 但在他们满足食欲以前,
    食物还在他们口中的时候,
31  神的怒气就向他们上腾,
    杀了他们当中肥壮的人,
    打倒以色列的青年。

32 虽是这样,他们仍旧犯罪,
    不信他奇妙的作为。
33 因此,他使他们的日子全归虚空,
    叫他们的年岁尽属惊恐。
34 他杀他们的时候,他们才求问他,
    回心转意,切切寻求 神。
35 他们追念 神是他们的磐石,
    至高的 神是他们的救赎主。
36 他们却用口谄媚他,
    用舌向他说谎。
37 他们的心向他不坚定,
    不忠于他的约。
38 但他有怜悯,
    赦免他们的罪孽,
    没有灭绝他们,
而且屡次撤销他的怒气,
    不发尽他的愤怒。
39 他想念他们不过是血肉之躯,
    是一阵去而不返的风。
40 他们在旷野悖逆他,
    在荒地令他担忧,何其多呢!
41 他们再三试探 神,
    惹动以色列的圣者。
42 他们不追念他手的能力,
    和他救赎他们脱离敌人的日子;
43 他怎样在埃及显神迹,
    琐安田显奇事,
44 把江河并河汊的水都变为血,
    使他们不能喝。
45 他使苍蝇成群落在他们当中,吃尽他们,
    又叫青蛙灭了他们,
46 将他们的果实交给蚂蚱,
    把他们劳碌得来的交给蝗虫。
47 他降冰雹打坏他们的葡萄树,
    下寒霜打坏他们的桑树,
48 将他们的牲畜交给冰雹,
    把他们的群畜交给闪电。
49 他使猛烈的怒气和愤怒、恼恨、苦难,
    成了一群降灾的使者,临到他们。
50 他为自己的怒气修平了路,
    将他们的性命交给瘟疫,
    使他们死亡,
51 埃及击杀所有的长子,
    的帐棚中击杀他们壮年时头生的。
52 他却领出自己的子民如羊,
    在旷野引导他们如羊群。
53 他领他们稳稳妥妥地,使他们不致害怕;
    海却淹没他们的仇敌。
54 他带他们到自己圣地的边界,
    到他右手所得的这山地。
55 他在他们面前赶出外邦人,
    用绳子抽签量地给他们为业,
    以色列支派的人住在自己的帐棚里。

56 他们仍旧试探,悖逆至高的 神,
    不遵守他的法度,
57 反倒退后,行诡诈,像他们的祖宗一样,
    他们翻转,如同松弛的弓,
58 以丘坛惹他发怒,
    以雕刻的偶像使他忌恨。
59  神听见就发怒,
    全然弃绝了以色列
60 甚至离弃示罗的帐幕,
    就是他在人间所搭的帐棚;
61 又将他有能力的约柜[a]交给人掳去,
    将他的荣耀交在敌人手中;
62 并将他的百姓交给刀剑,
    向他的产业发怒。
63 壮丁被火烧灭,
    童女也无婚礼颂歌。
64 祭司倒在刀下,
    寡妇却不哀哭。

65 那时,主像睡觉的人醒来,
    如勇士饮酒呼喊。
66 他击退敌人,
    叫他们永蒙羞辱。
67 他撇弃约瑟的帐棚,
    不拣选以法莲支派,
68 却拣选犹大支派,
    拣选他所喜爱的锡安山
69 建造他的圣所如同高峰,
    又像他所建立的永存之地。
70 他拣选他的仆人大卫
    从羊圈中将他召来,
71 叫他不再牧放那些母羊,
    为要牧养自己的百姓雅各
    和自己的产业以色列
72 于是,他以纯正的心牧养他们,
    用巧妙的手引导他们。

Footnotes

  1. 78.61 “有能力的约柜”:原文是“能力”。

Psalm 78

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

My people, hear my teaching;(A)
    listen to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth with a parable;(B)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—
things we have heard and known,
    things our ancestors have told us.(C)
We will not hide them from their descendants;(D)
    we will tell the next generation(E)
the praiseworthy deeds(F) of the Lord,
    his power, and the wonders(G) he has done.
He decreed statutes(H) for Jacob(I)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(J)
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget(K) his deeds
    but would keep his commands.(L)
They would not be like their ancestors(M)
    a stubborn(N) and rebellious(O) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows,(P)
    turned back on the day of battle;(Q)
10 they did not keep God’s covenant(R)
    and refused to live by his law.(S)
11 They forgot what he had done,(T)
    the wonders he had shown them.
12 He did miracles(U) in the sight of their ancestors
    in the land of Egypt,(V) in the region of Zoan.(W)
13 He divided the sea(X) and led them through;
    he made the water stand up like a wall.(Y)
14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.(Z)
15 He split the rocks(AA) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

17 But they continued to sin(AB) against him,
    rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test(AC)
    by demanding the food they craved.(AD)
19 They spoke against God;(AE)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
20 True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,(AF)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat(AG) for his people?”
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out(AH) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,
22 for they did not believe in God
    or trust(AI) in his deliverance.
23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;(AJ)
24 he rained down manna(AK) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(AL) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds(AM) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(AN)
    he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
    even while the food was still in their mouths,(AO)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest(AP) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;(AQ)
    in spite of his wonders,(AR) they did not believe.(AS)
33 So he ended their days in futility(AT)
    and their years in terror.
34 Whenever God slew them, they would seek(AU) him;
    they eagerly turned to him again.
35 They remembered that God was their Rock,(AV)
    that God Most High was their Redeemer.(AW)
36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths,(AX)
    lying to him with their tongues;
37 their hearts were not loyal(AY) to him,
    they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;(AZ)
    he forgave(BA) their iniquities(BB)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(BC)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(BD)
    a passing breeze(BE) that does not return.

40 How often they rebelled(BF) against him in the wilderness(BG)
    and grieved him(BH) in the wasteland!
41 Again and again they put God to the test;(BI)
    they vexed the Holy One of Israel.(BJ)
42 They did not remember(BK) his power—
    the day he redeemed them from the oppressor,(BL)
43 the day he displayed his signs(BM) in Egypt,
    his wonders(BN) in the region of Zoan.
44 He turned their river into blood;(BO)
    they could not drink from their streams.
45 He sent swarms of flies(BP) that devoured them,
    and frogs(BQ) that devastated them.
46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper,(BR)
    their produce to the locust.(BS)
47 He destroyed their vines with hail(BT)
    and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 He gave over their cattle to the hail,
    their livestock(BU) to bolts of lightning.
49 He unleashed against them his hot anger,(BV)
    his wrath, indignation and hostility—
    a band of destroying angels.(BW)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death
    but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(BX)
    the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(BY)
52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(BZ)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
53 He guided them safely, so they were unafraid;
    but the sea engulfed(CA) their enemies.(CB)
54 And so he brought them to the border of his holy land,
    to the hill country his right hand(CC) had taken.
55 He drove out nations(CD) before them
    and allotted their lands to them as an inheritance;(CE)
    he settled the tribes of Israel in their homes.

56 But they put God to the test
    and rebelled against the Most High;
    they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(CF) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(CG)
58 They angered him(CH) with their high places;(CI)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(CJ)
59 When God heard(CK) them, he was furious;(CL)
    he rejected Israel(CM) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(CN)
    the tent he had set up among humans.(CO)
61 He sent the ark of his might(CP) into captivity,(CQ)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(CR)
    he was furious with his inheritance.(CS)
63 Fire consumed(CT) their young men,
    and their young women had no wedding songs;(CU)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(CV)
    and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(CW)
    as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
    he put them to everlasting shame.(CX)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
    he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(CY)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(CZ)
    Mount Zion,(DA) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(DB) like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(DC) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(DD) he brought him
    to be the shepherd(DE) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(DF)
    with skillful hands he led them.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term