Psalm 81
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 81
God’s Appeal to Stubborn Israel
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.
1 Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.(A)
2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our festal day.(B)
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He made it a decree in Joseph,
when he went out over[a] the land of Egypt.
I hear a voice I had not known:(C)
6 “I relieved your[b] shoulder of the burden;
your[c] hands were freed from the basket.(D)
7 In distress you called, and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah(E)
8 Hear, O my people, while I admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!(F)
9 There shall be no strange god among you;
you shall not bow down to a foreign god.(G)
10 I am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.(H)
11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.(I)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.(J)
13 O that my people would listen to me,
that Israel would walk in my ways!(K)
14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes.(L)
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,
and their doom would last forever.
16 I would feed you[d] with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”(M)
詩篇 81
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
歌頌上帝的恩惠
亞薩的詩，交給樂長，用迦特樂器。
81 要歌頌賜我們力量的上帝，
向雅各的上帝歡呼。
2 要唱詩，擊鼓，彈起琴瑟。
3 要在我們過節的朔日和望日[a]吹響號角。
4 這是以色列的律例，
是雅各的上帝所定的法令。
5 上帝攻擊埃及的時候，
為約瑟立下此法度。
我在那裡聽見陌生的聲音說：
6 「我卸下了你肩上的重擔，
使你的雙手不再做苦工，
7 你在苦難中向我呼求，
我就拯救了你，
從雷聲隆隆的密雲中應允了你。
我在米利巴泉邊考驗你。（細拉）
8 我的子民啊，
要聽我的警告。
以色列人啊，
但願你們聽從我的話。
9 你們斷不可供奉別的神明，
也不可向外族的神明下拜，
10 我是你們的上帝耶和華，
曾把你們帶出埃及。
張開你們的口吧，
我必使你們飽足。
11 我的子民卻不肯聽我的話，
以色列不願意順從我。
12 因此我就任憑他們頑固不化，
為所欲為。
13 但願我的子民肯聽從我，
以色列人肯遵行我的道。
14 那時，我必迅速制伏他們的敵人，
伸手攻擊他們的仇敵。
15 憎惡我的人要在我面前屈膝投降，永遠沉淪。
16 我要以上好的麥子供養我的子民，
讓他們飽享磐石間的蜂蜜。」
Footnotes
- 81·3 「朔日和望日」即每月的初一和十五。
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