求你救拔我,救我脫離外邦人的手。他們的口說謊話;他們的右手起假誓。
我們的兒子從幼年好像樹栽子長大;我們的女兒如同殿角石,是按建宮的樣式鑿成的。
我們的倉盈滿,能出各樣的糧食;我們的羊在田間孳生千萬。
我們的牛馱著滿馱,沒有人闖進來搶奪,也沒有人出去爭戰;我們的街市上也沒有哭號的聲音。
遇見這光景的百姓便為有福!有耶和華為他們的神,這百姓便為有福!
詩篇 144:11-15 (和合本)
>> 這裡詩人有個有趣的轉折,他原本看見外在環境的險惡,因而向上帝祈求救助。然而一轉念,他提到上帝給他的種種祝福,除了實際上看的到、摸的到的祝福以外,最大的祝福是「有耶和華為他們的神」。我當數算上帝的恩典,如果只看外在險惡,永遠都看不完,也沒有停息的一天。然而上帝一直都在,也一直都愛祂的子民,我們都在祂的細心照護之下。
傳9:7 你只管去歡歡喜喜吃你的飯。心中快樂喝你的酒。因為上帝已經悅納你的作為。
傳9:8 你的衣服當時常潔白。你頭上也不要缺少膏油。
傳9:9 在你一生虛空的年日、就是上帝賜你在日光之下虛空的年日、當同你所愛的妻、快活度日。因為那是你生前、在日光之下勞碌的事上所得的分。
傳9:10 凡你手所當作的事、要盡力去作。因為在你所必去的陰間、沒有工作、沒有謀算 、沒有知識、也沒有智慧。
Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. See that your clothes are white all the time, and that there is no lack of oil on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10
神從天上垂看世人,要看有明白的沒有?有尋求他的沒有?
他們各人都退後,一同變為污穢;並沒有行善的,連一個也沒有。
詩篇 53:2-3 (和合本)
Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
Psalms 53:3 NASB2020
加6:2 你們各人的重擔要互相擔當,如此,就完全了基督的律法。
Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
士4:14 底波拉對巴拉說:你起來,今日就是耶和華將西西拉交在你手的日子。耶和華豈不在你前頭行嗎﹖於是巴拉下了他泊山,跟隨他有一萬人。
Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day on which the Lord has handed Sisera over to you; behold, the Lord has gone out before you.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Judges 4:14
提前1:15 基督耶穌降世,為要拯救罪人。這話是可信的,是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是個罪魁。
提前1:16 然而,我蒙了憐憫,是因耶穌基督要在我這罪魁身上顯明他一切的忍耐,給後來信他得永生的人作榜樣。
It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost. Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:15-16
王上11:2 論到這些國的人,耶和華曾曉諭以色列人說:你們不可與他們往來相通,因為他們必誘惑你們的心去隨從他們的神。所羅門卻戀愛這些女子。
from the nations of which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you; they will certainly turn your heart away to follow their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
1 Kings 11:2