詩篇 89
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
永遠配受稱頌的上帝
以斯拉人以探的訓誨詩。
89 我要永遠稱頌耶和華的慈愛！
我的口要傳揚你的信實直到萬代。
2 我要讓人知道：
你的慈愛存到永遠，
你的信實與天同存。
3 你曾說：
「我與我所揀選的人立了約，
向我的僕人大衛起了誓，
4 『我要使你的後裔永遠坐在寶座上，世代為王。』」（細拉）
5 耶和華啊，
諸天要頌揚你的奇妙，
眾聖者要讚美你的信實。
6 天上有誰能與耶和華相比，
眾天使中誰能像祂？
7 祂在眾聖者的會中大受敬畏，
祂的威嚴無與倫比。
8 萬軍之上帝耶和華啊，
誰能像你能力偉大，信實無比？
9 你掌管洶湧的大海，
平息驚濤駭浪。
10 你擊碎海怪[a]，
以大能的臂膀驅散仇敵。
11 天地都屬於你，
世界和其中的一切都是你造的。
12 你創造了南方和北方，
他泊山和黑門山都向你歡呼。
13 你有大能的臂膀，
雙手充滿力量。
14 你的寶座以公平和正義為根基，
你以慈愛和信實為先鋒。
15 耶和華啊，
懂得向你歡呼的人有福了，
他們走在你的榮光之中。
16 他們因你的名終日歡欣，
因你的公義而雀躍。
17 你是他們的力量和榮耀，
你的恩惠使我們充滿力量。
18 耶和華賜下保護我們的盾牌，
我們的王屬於以色列的聖者。
19 你曾在異象中對你忠心的子民說：
「我已把力量賜給一位勇士，
已擢升我在民中揀選的人。
20 我找到了我的僕人大衛，
用我的聖油膏立他。
21 我的手必扶持他，
我的臂膀必加給他力量。
22 仇敵勝不過他，
惡人不能欺壓他。
23 我要當著他的面擊垮他的敵人，
打倒恨他的人。
24 我要以信實和慈愛待他，
他必因我的名而充滿力量。
25 我要使他左手掌管大海，
右手統治江河。
26 他要向我高呼，
『你是我的父親，我的上帝，
拯救我的磐石。』
27 我要立他為我的長子，
使他做天下至尊的君王。
28 我要永遠用慈愛待他，
我與他立的約永不更改。
29 我要使他的後裔永無窮盡，
讓他的王位與天同存。
30 如果他的後代背棄我的律法，
不遵行我的典章，
31 觸犯我的律例，
不守我的誡命，
32 我就會因他們的罪用杖懲罰他們，
用鞭子責打他們。
33 但我不會收回我的慈愛，
也不會背棄我的信實。
34 我必不毀約，也不食言。
35 因我曾憑自己的聖潔向大衛起誓，
我絕無謊言。
36 他的後裔必永無窮盡，
他的王位必在我面前如日長存，
37 又如天上亙古不變的月亮，
永遠堅立。」（細拉）
38 如今，你對你所膏立的王大發怒氣，丟棄了他。
39 你廢棄與他所立的約，
把他的冠冕扔在塵土中。
40 你攻破了他的城牆，
使他的堅壘淪為廢墟。
41 路人都趁機劫掠他的財物，
鄰居都嘲笑他。
42 你助長了他敵人的勢力，
使敵人洋洋得意。
43 你使他的刀劍失去鋒芒，
你使他敗退沙場。
44 你使他的威榮盡失，
王位傾覆。
45 你使他未老先衰，
滿面羞愧。（細拉）
46 耶和華啊，
你隱藏自己要到何時呢？
要到永遠嗎？
你的怒火要燒到何時呢？
47 願你顧念我的生命何其短暫！
你創造的世人何其虛幻！
48 誰能長生不死？
誰能救自己脫離死亡的權勢呢？（細拉）
49 主啊，你從前憑自己的信實向大衛應許的慈愛在哪裡呢？
50 主啊，求你顧念你僕人——我所受的羞辱，
我心中如何忍受列國的嘲笑。
51 耶和華啊，
你的仇敵嘲笑你所膏立的王，
他們嘲笑他的一舉一動。
52 耶和華永遠當受稱頌。
阿們！阿們！
Footnotes
- 89·10 「海怪」希伯來文是「拉哈伯」。
Psalm 89
Expanded Bible
A Song About God’s Loyalty
A ·maskil [skillful psalm; meditation] of Ethan the Ezrahite [C a wise man; 1 Kin. 4:31].
89 I will always sing about the Lord’s ·love [loyalty];
I will ·tell of [L make known with my mouth] his ·loyalty [faithfulness] ·from now on [for generations].
2 I will say, “Your ·love [loyalty] ·continues [L is built] forever;
your ·loyalty [faithfulness] ·goes on and on [is established] like the ·sky [heavens].”
3 You said, “I ·made an agreement [L cut a covenant/treaty] with the man of my choice;
I made a promise to my servant David.
4 I told him, ‘I will ·make your family continue [L establish your seed] forever.
·Your kingdom will go on and on [L I will build your throne for generations; 2; 72; 78:70–72; 2 Sam. 7:11–16; 1 Chr. 17:10–14].’” ·
5 Lord, the heavens praise you for your ·miracles [wonderful acts]
and for your ·loyalty [faithfulness] in the ·meeting [assembly] of your holy ones.
6 Who in ·heaven [the skies] ·is equal to [ranks with] the Lord?
None of the ·angels [gods; divine council/assembly; L sons of God; 82:1] is like the Lord.
7 When the ·holy ones [L council of holy ones] meet, it is God they fear.
He is more ·frightening [awesome] than all who surround him.
8 Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts], who is like you?
Lord, you are powerful and completely ·trustworthy [faithful].
9 You rule the ·mighty [raging; surging] sea
and ·calm [still] the ·stormy [rising] waves.
10 You crushed the Rahab [C a sea monster, representing chaos (Job 26:12; Is. 51:9) and in some contexts Egypt defeated at the Sea (87:4; Is. 30:7; Ezek. 29:3; 32:3)] like a corpse;
by your ·power [L strong arm] you scattered your enemies.
11 The ·skies [heavens] and the earth belong to you.
You ·made [founded] the world and ·everything in it [L its fullness].
12 You created the north and the south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon [C majestic mountains] sing for joy at your name.
13 Your arm has great power.
Your hand is strong; your right hand is lifted up.
14 Your ·kingdom [L throne] is ·built [established] on ·what is right and fair [righteousness and judgment/justice].
·Love [Loyalty] and ·truth [faithfulness] are ·in all you do [L before your face].
15 ·Happy [Blessed] are the people who know how to ·praise [shout to] you.
Lord, let them ·live [L walk] in the light of your ·presence [L face].
16 In your name they rejoice
and continually ·praise [exalt] your ·goodness [righteousness].
17 You are their ·glorious [beautiful] strength,
and in your ·kindness [favor] you ·honor our king [L lift up our horn; C symbol of power and here of the king].
18 Our shield [C the king] belongs to the Lord,
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19 ·Once [Then], in a vision [2 Sam. 7:4], you spoke
to ·those who worship you [your faithful ones/saints].
You said, “I have ·given strength to [L set help on] a warrior;
I have raised up a ·young man [chosen one] from my people [1 Sam. 13:14; Acts 13:22].
20 I have found my servant David;
I ·appointed him by pouring [L have anointed him with] holy oil on him [1 Sam. 16:1–13].
21 I will steady him with my hand
and strengthen him with my arm.
22 No enemy will ·make him give forced payments [make him pay tribute; or prevail over/or outwit him],
and wicked people will not ·defeat [afflict; humble] him.
23 I will ·crush [pound] his enemies in front of him;
I will ·defeat [strike down] those who hate him.
24 My ·loyalty [faithfulness] and ·love [loyalty] will be with him.
Through ·me [L my name] ·he will be strong [L his horn will be raised up; v. 17].
25 I will ·give him power [L set his hand] over the sea
·and control [L his right hand] over the rivers [C the waters represent chaos].
26 He will ·say [proclaim] to me, ‘You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my ·Savior [Victor].’
27 I will make him my firstborn son,
the ·greatest [highest] king on earth [2:7; 2 Sam. 7:14].
28 My ·love [loyalty] will ·watch over [keep; guard] him forever,
and my ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with him will ·never end [be faithful].
29 I will ·make his family continue [L set his seed forever],
and his ·kingdom [L throne] ·will last as long as the skies [L like the days of the skies/heavens].
30 “If his descendants ·reject [leave; abandon] my ·teachings [instructions; laws]
and do not ·follow [L walk in] my ·laws [judgments],
31 if they ·ignore [profane] my ·demands [statutes; ordinances; requirements]
and ·disobey [L do not keep/guard] my commands,
32 then I will punish their ·sins [transgressions] with a rod
and their ·wrongs [guilt] with ·a whip [lashes].
33 But I will not ·hold back [break; invalidate] my ·love [loyalty] from ·David [L him],
nor will I ·stop being loyal [L deal falsely with my faithfulness].
34 I will not ·break [profane; violate] my ·agreement [covenant; treaty]
nor ·change [alter] what ·I have said [L came out of my lips].
35 Once and for all I have ·promised [sworn] by my holiness,
I will not lie to David.
36 His ·family [L seed] will go on forever.
His ·kingdom [L throne] will last before me like the sun.
37 It will ·continue [be established] forever, like the moon,
like a ·dependable [reliable; faithful] witness in the sky.” ·
38 But now you have ·refused [spurned] and rejected him.
You have been angry with your ·appointed king [L anointed; v. 20].
39 You have ·abandoned [disavowed] the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with your servant
and ·thrown [profaned; defiled] his crown ·to [or in] the ground [Jer. 13:18–19].
40 You have ·torn down [broken up] all his city walls;
you have turned his strong cities into ruins.
41 Everyone who passes by ·steals from [plunders] him.
·His neighbors insult him [L He is scorned by/a reproach to his neighbors].
42 You have ·given strength of [L exalted the right hand of] his ·enemies [foes]
and have made ·them all [L all his enemies] happy.
43 You have ·made his sword useless [turned back the blade/L rock of his sword];
you did not help him stand in battle.
44 You have ·kept him from winning [or put aside his purity]
and have thrown his throne to the ground.
45 You have cut ·his life [L the days of his youth] short
and ·covered [wrapped] him with shame. ·
46 Lord, how long will this go on?
Will you ·ignore [hide from] us forever?
How long will your anger burn like a fire?
47 Remember how ·short [fleeting] my life is.
Why did you create us? For ·nothing [futility; vanity; no purpose]?
48 What person alive will not ·die [L see death]?
Who can escape ·the grave [L from the hand/power of Sheol; C the grave or the underworld]? ·
49 Lord, where is your ·love [loyalty] from times past,
which in your ·loyalty [faithfulness] you ·promised [swore] to David [2 Sam. 7:11–14]?
50 Lord, remember ·how they insulted [L the reproach/scorn of] your servant;
remember how I ·have suffered the insults of the nations [L carry in my bosom all of the many peoples].
51 Lord, remember how your enemies ·insulted [reproached; scorned] you
and how they ·insulted [reproached; scorned] ·your appointed king wherever he went [L the footsteps of your anointed; v. 20].
52 ·Praise [Blessed be] the Lord forever!
Amen and amen.
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