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求主救脫誑言詭舌之人

120 上行[a]之詩。

我在急難中求告耶和華,他就應允我。
耶和華啊,求你救我脫離說謊的嘴唇和詭詐的舌頭。
詭詐的舌頭啊,要給你什麼呢?要拿什麼加給你呢?
就是勇士的利箭和羅騰木[b]的炭火。
我寄居在米設,住在基達帳篷之中有禍了!
我與那恨惡和睦的人許久同住。
我願和睦,但我發言,他們就要爭戰。

耶和華佑護其民必不傾跌

121 上行之詩。

我要向山舉目。我的幫助從何而來?
我的幫助從造天地的耶和華而來。
他必不叫你的腳搖動,保護你的必不打盹。
保護以色列的也不打盹,也不睡覺。
保護你的是耶和華,耶和華在你右邊蔭庇你。
白日,太陽必不傷你;夜間,月亮必不害你。
耶和華要保護你免受一切的災害,他要保護你的性命。
你出你入,耶和華要保護你,從今時直到永遠。

為耶路撒冷求福

122 大衛上行之詩。

人對我說「我們往耶和華的殿去」,我就歡喜。
耶路撒冷啊,我們的腳站在你的門內。
耶路撒冷被建造,如同連絡整齊的一座城。
眾支派,就是耶和華的支派,上那裡去,按以色列的常例[c]稱讚耶和華的名。
因為在那裡設立審判的寶座,就是大衛家的寶座。
你們要為耶路撒冷求平安:「耶路撒冷啊,愛你的人必然興旺。
願你城中平安,願你宮內興旺!」
因我弟兄和同伴的緣故,我要說:「願平安在你中間!」
因耶和華我們神殿的緣故,我要為你求福。

Footnotes

  1. 詩篇 120:1 或作:登階。下同。
  2. 詩篇 120:4 羅騰,小樹名,鬆類。
  3. 詩篇 122:4 或作:做以色列的證據。

Psalm 120

A song of ascents.

I call on the Lord(A) in my distress,(B)
    and he answers me.
Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(C)
    and from deceitful tongues.(D)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(E)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(F)
Too long have I lived
    among those who hate peace.
I am for peace;
    but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(G) and earth.(H)

He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches(I) over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over(J) you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
the sun(K) will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm(L)
    he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.(M)

Psalm 122

A song of ascents. Of David.

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Our feet are standing
    in your gates, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.
There stand the thrones for judgment,
    the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(N) you be secure.
May there be peace(O) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.(P)
For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.(Q)

120 In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.

I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

122 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

保羅在何事不用自由

我不是自由的嗎?我不是使徒嗎?我不是見過我們的主耶穌嗎?你們不是我在主裡面所做之工嗎? 假若在別人我不是使徒,在你們我總是使徒,因為你們在主裡正是我做使徒的印證。 我對那盤問我的人就是這樣分訴。 難道我們沒有權柄靠福音吃喝嗎? 難道我們沒有權柄娶信主的姐妹為妻,帶著一同往來,彷彿其餘的使徒和主的弟兄並磯法一樣嗎? 獨有我與巴拿巴沒有權柄不做工嗎? 有誰當兵自備糧餉呢?有誰栽葡萄園不吃園裡的果子呢?有誰牧養牛羊不吃牛羊的奶呢? 我說這話,豈是照人的意見?律法不也是這樣說嗎? 就如摩西的律法記著說:「牛在場上踹穀的時候,不可籠住牠的嘴。」難道神所掛念的是牛嗎? 10 不全是為我們說的嗎?分明是為我們說的。因為耕種的當存著指望去耕種,打場的也當存得糧的指望去打場。 11 我們若把屬靈的種子撒在你們中間,就是從你們收割奉養肉身之物,這還算大事嗎? 12 若別人在你們身上有這權柄,何況我們呢?然而,我們沒有用過這權柄,倒凡事忍受,免得基督的福音被阻隔。

傳福音的當靠福音養生

13 你們豈不知為聖事勞碌的,就吃殿中的物嗎?伺候祭壇的,就分領壇上的物嗎? 14 主也是這樣命定,叫傳福音的靠著福音養生。 15 但這權柄我全沒有用過。我寫這話,並非要你們這樣待我,因為我寧可死,也不叫人使我所誇的落了空。 16 我傳福音原沒有可誇的,因為我是不得已的;若不傳福音,我便有禍了。 17 我若甘心做這事,就有賞賜;若不甘心,責任卻已經託付我了。 18 既是這樣,我的賞賜是什麼呢?就是我傳福音的時候,叫人不花錢得福音,免得用盡我傳福音的權柄。 19 我雖是自由的,無人轄管,然而我甘心做了眾人的僕人,為要多得人。 20 猶太人,我就做猶太人,為要得猶太人。向律法以下的人,我雖不在律法以下,還是做律法以下的人,為要得律法以下的人。 21 向沒有律法的人,我就做沒有律法的人,為要得沒有律法的人;其實我在神面前不是沒有律法,在基督面前正在律法之下。 22 向軟弱的人,我就做軟弱的人,為要得軟弱的人。向什麼樣的人,我就做什麼樣的人,無論如何總要救些人。 23 凡我所行的,都是為福音的緣故,為要與人同得這福音的好處。

當為不壞的冠冕賽跑

24 豈不知在場上賽跑的都跑,但得獎賞的只有一人?你們也當這樣跑,好叫你們得著獎賞。 25 凡較力爭勝的,諸事都有節制。他們不過是要得能壞的冠冕,我們卻是要得不能壞的冠冕。 26 所以,我奔跑不像無定向的,我鬥拳不像打空氣的。 27 我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。

Paul’s Rights as an Apostle

Am I not free?(A) Am I not an apostle?(B) Have I not seen Jesus our Lord?(C) Are you not the result of my work in the Lord?(D) Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal(E) of my apostleship in the Lord.

This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. Don’t we have the right to food and drink?(F) Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife(G) along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers(H) and Cephas[a]?(I) Or is it only I and Barnabas(J) who lack the right to not work for a living?

Who serves as a soldier(K) at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard(L) and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”[b](M) Is it about oxen that God is concerned?(N) 10 Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,(O) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.(P) 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?(Q) 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?

But we did not use this right.(R) On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder(S) the gospel of Christ.

13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?(T) 14 In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.(U)

15 But I have not used any of these rights.(V) And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast.(W) 16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(X) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward;(Y) if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.(Z) 18 What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge,(AA) and so not make full use of my rights(AB) as a preacher of the gospel.

Paul’s Use of His Freedom

19 Though I am free(AC) and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone,(AD) to win as many as possible.(AE) 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews.(AF) To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law),(AG) so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law(AH) (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law),(AI) so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak.(AJ) I have become all things to all people(AK) so that by all possible means I might save some.(AL) 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

The Need for Self-Discipline

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?(AM) Run(AN) in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown(AO) that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.(AP) 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(AQ) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(AR) 27 No, I strike a blow to my body(AS) and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:5 That is, Peter
  2. 1 Corinthians 9:9 Deut. 25:4

Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

Have we not power to eat and to drink?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.

13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.

22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.