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73:1 (亚萨的诗)神实在恩待以色列那些清心的人。
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
73:2 至于我,我的脚几乎失闪。我的脚险些滑跌。
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
73:3 我见恶人和狂傲人享平安,就心怀不平。
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73:4 他们死的时候,没有疼痛。他们的力气,却也壮实。
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
73:5 他们不像别人受苦,也不像别人遭灾。
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
73:6 所以骄傲如链子戴在他们的项上。强暴像衣裳遮住他们的身体。
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
73:7 他们的眼睛,因体胖而凸出。他们所得的,过于心里所想的。
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
73:8 他们讥笑人,凭恶意说欺压人的话。他们说话自高。
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
73:9 他们的口亵渎上天,他们的舌毁谤全地。
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
73:10 所以神的民归到这里,喝尽了满杯的苦水。
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
73:11 他们说,神怎能晓得。至高者岂有知识呢。
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
73:12 看哪,这就是恶人。他们既是常享安逸,财宝便加增。
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
73:13 我实在徒然洁净了我的心,徒然洗手表明无辜。
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
73:14 因为我终日遭灾难,每早晨受惩治。
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
73:15 我若说,我要这样讲,这就是以奸诈待你的众子。
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
73:16 我思索怎能明白这事,眼看实系为难。
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
73:17 等我进了神的圣所,思想他们的结局。
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
73:18 你实在把他们安在滑地,使他们掉在沉沦之中。
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
73:19 他们转眼之间,成了何等的荒凉。他们被惊恐灭尽了。
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
73:20 人睡醒了怎样看梦,主阿,你醒了,也必照样轻看他们的影像。
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
73:21 因而我心里发酸,肺腑被刺。
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
73:22 我这样愚昧无知,在你面前如畜类一般。
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
73:23 然而我常与你同在。你搀着我的右手。
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
73:24 你要以你的训言引导我,以后必接我到荣耀里。
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
73:25 除你以外,在天上我有谁呢。除你以外,在地上我也没有所爱慕的。
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
73:26 我的肉体,和我的心肠衰残。但神是我心里的力量,又是我的福分,直到永远。
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
73:27 远离你的,必要死亡。凡离弃你行邪淫的,你都灭绝了。
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
73:28 但我亲近神是与我有益。我以主耶和华为我的避难所,好叫我述说你一切的作为。
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
诗篇73参考
日光之下恶人更得逞,我大惑不解!神你的公义与智慧呢?
73篇 亚萨是大卫的利未诗班的指挥之一。这里的诗篇:第73至83篇,未必都是他写的。在这首诗中,亚萨解释说在自己进到神的圣所之前,他并不理解为甚么恶人得志,义人受苦。但当他看到终有一天公义将要实现的时候,他才知道了神的智慧。
神允许贫富善恶存在必有他的旨意,你如何自处?是羡慕恶人的发达?是忿忿不平?是……
73:1-20 在这些经文中交织著两个鲜明的主题:(1)恶人的发达使有信心的人不知道为甚么非要行善;(2)恶人的财富看上去非常诱人,使有信心的人倒想跟他们换个位置。但这两个主题的结局却出人意料。恶人的财富在恶人死去的时候突然失去了作用,而对义人的奖励却突然有了永恒的价值。看上去像财富的东西,现在成了废墟;现在看上去没用的东西,却要存到永远。所以我们不要希望同恶人换个位置,得到他们的财产。终有一天,他们倒希望跟我们换个位置,得到我们的永恒财产。
梦醒一切转成空,世间荣华也如是;那我们今天还追求甚么?
73:20 亚萨明白了一点,富人的自信建立在他们在梦幻世界中得到的财富之上。梦只存在做梦之人的心里。不要让我们的生活目标那么不实际,以至于省悟得太晚,得不到神的真理。当我们的信心只建立在神的上面,而不是财富上的时候,幸福和希望才能实现。在神里面才有真实,我们应当努力靠近神,才能真实地生活。
小信的我,神啊,求你不要离弃!到永远,你也不会放下我吧……
73:23-24 亚萨自称他的信心是建立在神的同在和神的引导之上。我们从出生到死亡都在神的掌管之中。这还不算,我们还有复活的希望。勇气和体力都会消失,但我们知道终有一天我们会复活,永远事奉神。神是我们的护卫,所以我们必须抓住神。