詩篇 78
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝引導祂的子民
亞薩的訓誨詩。
78 我的百姓啊！
你們要聽我的教導，
側耳傾聽我的話。
2 我要開口講比喻，
道出古時的奧秘，
3 是我們所聞所知、世代流傳下來的事。
4 我們不要在子孫面前隱瞞事實，
要把耶和華當受稱頌的作為、
祂的權能和所行的奇事告訴下一代。
5 因為祂為雅各制定法度，
為以色列設立律法，
又吩咐我們的祖先把這些律法傳給兒女，
6 好讓他們也照樣教導自己的子孫後代，
世代相傳。
7 這樣，他們就會信靠上帝，
遵行祂的命令，
不忘記祂的作為；
8 也不會像自己的祖先那樣頑梗叛逆，
對上帝不忠，心懷二意。
9 以法蓮人備上了弓箭，
卻臨陣逃命。
10 他們不遵守上帝的約，
拒絕遵行祂的律法。
11 他們忘記了祂的作為，
忘記了祂為他們所行的奇事。
12 祂曾在埃及，在瑣安當著他們祖先的面行神蹟。
13 祂把海水分開，
帶領他們安然渡過；
祂使海水堆起如牆壁。
14 祂白天以雲柱帶領他們，
晚上用火柱引導他們。
15 祂在曠野劈開磐石，
供應他們豐沛的水源。
16 祂使水從磐石中滾滾流出，
如滔滔江河。
17 然而，他們仍舊犯罪，
在曠野反叛至高的上帝。
18 他們頑梗地試探上帝，
索要他們想吃的食物。
19 他們抱怨上帝，說：
「難道上帝可以在曠野擺宴席嗎？
20 祂擊打磐石，
水就湧出，流淌成河，
但祂能賜給我們——祂的子民食物和肉嗎？」
21 耶和華聽後大怒，
祂的怒火燒向雅各，
祂的怒氣撒向以色列。
22 因為他們不相信上帝，也不信靠祂的拯救。
23 祂向穹蒼發出命令，
又打開天門，
24 降下嗎哪給他們吃，賜下天糧。
25 他們吃了天使的食物，
上帝賜給他們豐富的食物。
26 祂使空中颳起東風，
用大能引來南風，
27 使飛鳥像雨點一般降在他們當中，多如塵埃，
使他們有多如海沙的肉吃。
28 祂使飛鳥降落在他們營中的帳篷周圍，
29 讓他們盡情地吃，
遂了他們的心願。
30 但是，他們還沒有吃完，
肉還在口中的時候，
31 上帝就向他們發怒，
殺掉了他們當中最強壯的，
消滅了以色列的青年。
32 即使如此，
他們依舊犯罪，
不相信上帝奇妙的作為。
33 所以上帝使他們虛度一生，
讓他們的歲月充滿恐懼。
34 直到上帝擊殺他們的時候，
他們才回轉，誠心尋求上帝。
35 他們才想起上帝是他們的磐石，
至高的上帝是他們的救贖主。
36 他們卻虛情假意，滿口謊言。
37 他們不忠於祂，
也不信守祂的約。
38 但上帝充滿憐憫，
赦免了他們的罪，
沒有毀滅他們。
祂多次收住怒氣，
沒有完全發出祂的烈怒。
39 祂顧念他們不過是血肉之軀，
像一陣風轉眼消逝。
40 他們在曠野屢屢反叛祂，
使祂傷心。
41 他們再三試探上帝，
惹以色列的聖者發怒。
42 他們忘記了祂的大能，
忘記了祂救他們脫離壓迫的日子，
43 也忘記了祂在埃及所行的神蹟，
在瑣安的田野所行的奇事。
44 祂曾使江河溪流變成血，
以致無人能喝。
45 祂曾使成群的蒼蠅吞沒他們，
使青蛙毀滅他們。
46 祂將他們的五穀賞給蚱蜢，
讓蝗蟲吃盡他們的收成。
47 祂用冰雹毀壞他們的葡萄樹，
用嚴霜毀壞他們的無花果樹，
48 又用冰雹毀滅他們的牛群，
用閃電毀滅他們的牲畜。
49 祂把怒火、烈怒、憤恨和禍患傾倒在他們身上，
遣下一群降災的天使。
50 祂的怒氣盡發，
使他們被瘟疫吞噬，難逃一死。
51 祂擊殺了埃及人所有的長子，
就是含帳篷中頭生的兒子。
52 祂領出自己的子民，
好像領出羊群，
引領他們經過曠野，
53 使他們一路平安，免受驚嚇，
大海卻淹沒了他們的仇敵。
54 祂帶領自己的子民來到聖地的邊界，
來到祂親手為他們預備的山區，
55 從他們面前趕出外族人，
把外族人的土地分給他們，
作為他們的產業，
使以色列各支派安頓下來。
56 可是，他們仍舊試探上帝，
反叛至高者，不遵行祂的法度。
57 他們跟祖先一樣背信棄義，
像斷弓一樣毫不可靠。
58 他們建造邱壇，惹祂發怒；
他們豎起神像，令祂憤怒。
59 上帝知道了他們的惡行，
怒不可遏，
徹底棄絕了以色列人。
60 祂離棄了設在示羅的聖幕，
就是祂在人間的居所。
61 祂任憑自己的約櫃被人擄去，
讓自己的榮耀落在敵人手中。
62 祂使自己的子民被刀劍殺戮，
向自己的產業大發怒氣。
63 青年被烈火吞噬，
少女無法婚嫁。
64 祭司喪身刀下，
寡婦無法哭喪。
65 那時，主像從睡眠中醒來，
又如酒後醒來的勇士。
66 祂擊退仇敵，
叫他們永遠蒙羞。
67 祂丟棄了約瑟的子孫，
沒有揀選以法蓮支派。
68 祂揀選了猶大支派，
祂所喜愛的錫安山。
69 祂為自己建造高聳的聖所，
使它像大地一樣長存。
70 祂揀選了祂的僕人大衛，
把他從羊圈中召來，
71 讓他離開牧羊的生活，
去牧養祂的子民雅各的後裔，
牧養祂的產業以色列。
72 於是，大衛以正直的心牧養他們，
用靈巧的手帶領他們。
Psalm 78
New King James Version
God’s Kindness to Rebellious Israel
A (A)Contemplation[a] of Asaph.
78 Give ear, O my people, to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a (B)parable;
I will utter [b]dark sayings of old,
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 (C)We will not hide them from their children,
(D)Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,
And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
5 For (E)He established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That (F)they should make them known to their children;
6 (G)That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they may arise and declare them to their children,
7 That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep His commandments;
8 And (H)may not be like their fathers,
(I)A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation (J)that did not [c]set its heart aright,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and [d]carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle.
10 (K)They did not keep the covenant of God;
They refused to walk in His law,
11 And (L)forgot His works
And His wonders that He had shown them.
12 (M)Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, (N)in the field of Zoan.
13 (O)He divided the sea and caused them to pass through;
And (P)He made the waters stand up like a heap.
14 (Q)In the daytime also He led them with the cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire.
15 (R)He split the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink in abundance like the depths.
16 He also brought (S)streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 But they sinned even more against Him
By (T)rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness.
18 And (U)they tested God in their heart
By asking for the food of their fancy.
19 (V)Yes, they spoke against God:
They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 (W)Behold, He struck the rock,
So that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Can He provide meat for His people?”
21 Therefore the Lord heard this and (X)was furious;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel,
22 Because they (Y)did not believe in God,
And did not trust in His salvation.
23 Yet He had commanded the clouds above,
(Z)And opened the doors of heaven,
24 (AA)Had rained down manna on them to eat,
And given them of the [e]bread of (AB)heaven.
25 Men ate angels’ food;
He sent them food to [f]the full.
26 (AC)He caused an east wind to blow in the heavens;
And by His power He brought in the south wind.
27 He also rained meat on them like the dust,
Feathered fowl like the sand of the seas;
28 And He let them fall in the midst of their camp,
All around their dwellings.
29 (AD)So they ate and were well filled,
For He gave them their own desire.
30 They were not [g]deprived of their craving;
But (AE)while their food was still in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came against them,
And slew the stoutest of them,
And struck down the choice men of Israel.
32 In spite of this (AF)they still sinned,
And (AG)did not believe in His wondrous works.
33 (AH)Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
And their years in fear.
34 (AI)When He slew them, then they sought Him;
And they returned and sought earnestly for God.
35 Then they remembered that (AJ)God was their rock,
And the Most High God (AK)their Redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they (AL)flattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue;
37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
Nor were they faithful in His covenant.
38 (AM)But He, being full of (AN)compassion, forgave their iniquity,
And did not destroy them.
Yes, many a time (AO)He turned His anger away,
And (AP)did not stir up all His wrath;
39 For (AQ)He remembered (AR)that they were but flesh,
(AS)A breath that passes away and does not come again.
40 How often they (AT)provoked[h] Him in the wilderness,
And grieved Him in the desert!
41 Yes, (AU)again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They did not remember His [i]power:
The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,
And His wonders in the field of Zoan;
44 (AV)Turned their rivers into blood,
And their streams, that they could not drink.
45 (AW)He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,
And (AX)frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He also gave their crops to the caterpillar,
And their labor to the (AY)locust.
47 (AZ)He destroyed their vines with hail,
And their sycamore trees with frost.
48 He also gave up their (BA)cattle to the hail,
And their flocks to fiery [j]lightning.
49 He cast on them the fierceness of His anger,
Wrath, indignation, and trouble,
By sending angels of destruction among them.
50 He made a path for His anger;
He did not spare their soul from death,
But gave [k]their life over to the plague,
51 And destroyed all the (BB)firstborn in Egypt,
The first of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 But He (BC)made His own people go forth like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
53 And He (BD)led them on safely, so that they did not fear;
But the sea (BE)overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And He brought them to His (BF)holy border,
This mountain (BG)which His right hand had acquired.
55 (BH)He also drove out the nations before them,
(BI)Allotted them an inheritance by [l]survey,
And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
56 (BJ)Yet they tested and provoked the Most High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But (BK)turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers;
They were turned aside (BL)like a deceitful bow.
58 (BM)For they provoked Him to anger with their (BN)high places,
And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images.
59 When God heard this, He was furious,
And greatly abhorred Israel,
60 (BO)So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent He had placed among men,
61 (BP)And delivered His strength into captivity,
And His glory into the enemy’s hand.
62 (BQ)He also gave His people over to the sword,
And was furious with His inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men,
And (BR)their maidens were not given in marriage.
64 (BS)Their priests fell by the sword,
And (BT)their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
(BU)Like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
66 And (BV)He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover He rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion (BW)which He loved.
69 And He built His (BX)sanctuary like the heights,
Like the earth which He has established forever.
70 (BY)He also chose David His servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds;
71 From following (BZ)the ewes that had young He brought him,
(CA)To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.
72 So he shepherded them according to the (CB)integrity of his heart,
And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Footnotes
- Psalm 78:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 78:2 obscure sayings or riddles
- Psalm 78:8 Lit. prepare its heart
- Psalm 78:9 Lit. bow shooters
- Psalm 78:24 Lit. grain
- Psalm 78:25 satiation
- Psalm 78:30 Lit. separated
- Psalm 78:40 rebelled against Him
- Psalm 78:42 Lit. hand
- Psalm 78:48 lightning bolts
- Psalm 78:50 Or their beasts
- Psalm 78:55 surveyed measurement, lit. measuring cord
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
