| December 27, 2020 |
2020年12月27日 |
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| Psalm 5 |
诗篇5 |
| To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. |
大卫的诗，交与伶长。用吹的乐器。 |
| 1 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning. |
1 耶和华啊，求你留心听我的言语，顾念我的心思！ |
| 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. |
2 我的王我的 神啊，求你垂听我呼求的声音！因为我向你祈祷。 |
| 3 O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. |
3 耶和华啊，早晨你必听我的声音；早晨我必向你陈明我的心意，并要儆醒！ |
| 4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. |
4 因为你不是喜悦恶事的 神，恶人不能与你同居。 |
| 5 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. |
5 狂傲人不能站在你眼前；凡作孽的，都是你所恨恶的。 |
| 6 You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. |
6 说谎言的，你必灭绝；好流人血弄诡诈的，都为耶和华所憎恶。 |
| 7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. |
7 至于我，我必凭你丰盛的慈爱进入你的居所；我必存敬畏你的心向你的圣殿下拜。 |
| 8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. |
8 耶和华啊，求你因我的仇敌，凭你的公义引领我，使你的道路在我面前正直。 |
| 9 For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue. |
9 因为，他们的口中没有诚实；他们的心里满有邪恶；他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓；他们用舌头谄媚人。 |
| 10 Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you. |
10 神啊，求你定他们的罪！愿他们因自己的计谋跌倒；愿你在他们许多的过犯中把他们逐出，因为他们背叛了你。 |
| 11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you. |
11 凡投靠你的，愿他们喜乐，时常欢呼，因为你护庇他们；又愿那爱你名的人都靠你欢欣。 |
| 12 For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield. |
12 因为你必赐福与义人；耶和华啊，你必用恩惠如同盾牌四面护卫他。 |
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| Prayer |
祷告 |
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| Introduction |
引言 |
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| I have overheard many people that I interact with say, “I just want to get 2020 behind me.” What they are saying is, “If time can pass then I hope that it will be better than this.” It is wishful thinking. There is no promise, but their hope is that it is better. The question that has been on my mind and on my heart is. “How do we, at the end of perhaps one of the most challenging years of our lifetime, not waste what God has given us?” So the question that I ask is: How do hardships, relational distance, division, these things that cause us to lament actually provide a unique opportunity for us to see that our main need is different than what we think and/or feel. |
我听到很多与我交流的人说：“我只想把2020年甩在后面。”他们说的是：“如果时间能够过去，我希望明天会更好。”这是一厢情愿的想法。没有任何应许，他们只是希望生活变好。一直盘绕在我脑海里和心里的问题是：“在这也许是我们一生中最具挑战性的时期之一结束时，我们如何才能不浪费上帝赐给我们的一切？”所以我问的问题是： 困难、社会关系上的距离、分裂，这些让我们感到悲哀的东西，如何为我们提供一个独特的机会，让我们看到我们的主要需求与我们的想法和/或感觉不同。 |
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| Psalm 5 is a Psalm of lament. One that moves through real feelings of isolation from God and people, being unheard, division with those we once thought on our side, wondering why wickedness is rampant, but in those feelings moves us through poetic language from personal lament to worship to praise. |
诗篇5是一首哀歌。一个通过与神和人隔绝的真实感受，不被倾听，与那些我们曾经认为站在我们这边的人的分裂，想知道为什么恶行猖獗，但在这些感受中，通过诗意的语言让我们从个人哀歌转到敬拜再到赞美。 |
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| Psalm 5 |
诗篇5 |
| I believe that Psalm 5 provides a stark and much needed contrast from the wisdom of our day. Psalm 5 gives words for where many of us find ourselves today. And provides a pathway in Lament which has us look at justice, righteousness, ourselves, and God. I want to acknowledge the pain of our day. Many of you are hurting. Perhaps some of you spent Christmas alone.. Some of you have enemies, real enemies that are after you. And many of you have pain that you don’t want. Many of you are fearful of getting sick, or a loved one getting sick... and dying. Many are not able to worship with us in person because of the risks that may come. And in that, what is not needed, is wishful thinking. That if time just passes all will be well. You and I need something that is solid. Something we can stand on in true hope. |
我相信，诗篇第五篇与我们今天的智慧形成了鲜明而又急需的对比。诗篇第5篇为我们许多人今天所发现的地方提供了话语。并在哀歌中提供了一条道路，让我们定睛看正义、看公义、看自己、看神。我要承认我们今天的痛苦。你们中的很多人都很痛苦。也许你们中的一些人独自过圣诞节...你们有些人有仇敌，真正的仇敌在追杀你们。而你们中的很多人都有自己不想要的痛苦。你们中的许多人都害怕生病，或者害怕亲人生病... ...和死亡。很多人不能来到现场和我们一起敬拜，因为担心可能会有的风险。而在这其中，所不需要的，是一厢情愿的想法，就是以为只要时间一过，一切都会好起来。你和我都需要的是更加坚实的东西，我们可以抱着真正的盼望站在那上面。 |
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| Psalm 5 being a song, some of you may have noticed the heading “To the Choirmaster, A Psalm of David,” it has a poetic flow and also a specific movement in Lament. It was one that David prayed for a purpose, as led by the Spirit of God. In it we have two major sections that both culminate in David’s praying the reason his Hope in GOD.. |
诗篇第五篇是一首歌曲，有些人可能已经注意到“大卫的诗，交与伶长”这个标题，它有诗意的流动，也有哀歌中的特定动作。这是大卫在圣灵的带领下，为了一个目的而祷告。在这首诗中，我们有两个主要的部分，都在大卫的祈祷中达到了高潮，他在阐明他的盼望在神的原因。 |
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| My outline (for those of you taking notes) is simply a three-step flow is |
我的提纲（各位做笔记的朋友）简单来说，这是分三步走的流程： |
| • A Plea for God’s Justice v.1-7 |
恳求神的正义 （1-7节） |
| • A Request for God’s Righteousness v. 8-11 |
请求神的公义（8-11节） |
| • The Reason to Hope in God v. 12 |
盼望神的理由（12节） |
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| Section I. A Plea for God’s Justice v. 1-7 |
第一部分，恳求神的正义（1-7节） |
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| 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my groaning. |
1 耶和华啊，求你留心听我的言语，顾念我的心思！ |
| 2 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. |
2 我的王我的 神啊，求你垂听我呼求的声音！因为我向你祈祷。 |
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| This is real. The psalmist is asking God to hear his prayer. Something seems unjust. What is clear in this section is that the psalmist, like us, cannot make it better. He cannot make the enemies go away. This is not a quick fix. The prayer is specific to God. Do you pray to God? In your lament is your crying to God? Too often I find that we are quick to bring our crying and hurts to others. It’s as if our goal is to be heard and affirmed by other people. So, we go to our like-minded friends, family members, Facebook pages, Instagram, Twitter, our self-pity, and defend our position. None of these things are necessarily bad, but if they are keeping you from coming in humble contrite prayer to God then they are a stumbling block. Why? |
这是真实的。诗人在请求神垂听他的祷告。有些事情看起来不公。在这一段中，很清楚的是，诗人和我们一样，不能让事情变得更好。他无法让敌人消失。这不是一蹴而就的事。祷告是专门说给神听的。你向神祷告吗？在你的哀歌中，你是在向神呼求吗？我常常发现，我们很快就会把自己的哭泣和伤痛带给别人。就像我们的目标就是要被别人倾听和肯定一样。于是，我们去找志同道合的朋友、家人、脸书页面、Instagram、推特，我们的自怜，为自己的立场辩护。这些事情都不一定是坏事，但如果它们使你无法在谦卑悔改的祷告中来到神面前，那么它们就是一个绊脚石。为什么？ |
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| Hebrews 12:14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. |
希伯来书12:14 你们要追求与众人和睦，并要追求圣洁；非圣洁没有人能见主。 |
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| They are not leading you in holiness. Bethlehem, are you bringing your prayers of lament to God? |
这些东西并不能带领你走向圣洁。伯利恒，你们是否把你们的悲叹祈祷带到神面前？ |
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| 3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. |
3 耶和华啊，早晨你必听我的声音；早晨我必向你陈明我的心意，并要儆醒！ |
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| This is in the morning. If you went to Psalm 4 you would see that that prayer is in the evening. Showing us that we are to bring our prayers before God both evening and morning. The ESV uses the phrase “I prepare a sacrifice for you.” What the Hebrew text says is, I prepare, but leaves the object blank. The ESV added the object of “sacrifice”, the NASB adds “prayer,” NIV adds “requests.” What is being said, is that the person praying is putting something before God, put in order, arranging something. Based on what is around this text, being focused on prayer, I believe this is David laying out, putting in order, arranging his prayers and requests before God. |
这是在早晨。如果你去看诗篇第4篇，你就会发现，那个祷告是在晚上。这让我们看到，无论是晚上还是早上，我们都要把祷告带到神面前。ESV用的是“我为你预备祭物。”希伯来文说的是，“我准备”，但没有宾语。ESV加了“祭物”作宾语，NASB加了“祷告”，NIV加了 “请求”。这里所说的，就是祷告的人是把一些东西放在神面前，把一些东西整理好，摆放好。这段文字的上下文是专注于祷告，我相信这是大卫在神面前把自己的祷告和请求陈列、整理、摆放好。 |
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| First, in this lament there is active Praying, preparing, bringing, laying out our prayers before God, as the one alone who works all things for his pleasure. And second, in humility laying one’s prayers and request before God and then watching. Watching to see how God will work. Are you praying to God and then watching with spiritual eyes for how God is working? |
首先，在这首哀歌中，有积极的祷告，预备，带上，把我们的祷告摆在神的面前，因为只有神才是那凭己意而行万事的人。其次，在谦卑中把自己的祷告和请求摆在神面前，然后警醒等待。等待看神会如何工作。你是否在向神祷告，然后用属灵的眼睛观察神如何工作？ |
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| There is a song that I heard that had a simple phrase, “God change,” implying change what is happening, “or change me.” |
我听过一首歌，里面有一句话很简单，“神改变一切”，意味着改变正在发生的事情，“或者改变我”。 |
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| 4For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. |
4 因为你不是喜悦恶事的 神，恶人不能与你同居。 |
| 5The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. |
5 狂傲人不能站在你眼前；凡作孽的，都是你所恨恶的。 |
| 6You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. |
6 说谎言的，你必灭绝；好流人血弄诡诈的，都为耶和华所憎恶。 |
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| The psalmist is using language, poetic language to describe God. In this he is affirming what he knows about God from the scriptures. The psalmist knows the Scriptures and affirms, by way of reminder, who God is. |
诗人是用语言，诗意的语言来描述神。在这一点上，他是在肯定他从经文中得到对神的认识。诗人了解圣经，并以提醒的方式肯定神是谁。 |
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| V 4 God does not delight in wickedness. |
第4节 神不喜悦恶事。 |
| V 4b Evil does not dwell in God’s presence |
第4节下半节 恶人不能与神同居 |
| V 5 The boastful shall not stand before God |
第5节 狂傲人不能站在神眼前 |
| V 5b God hates evildoers |
第5节下半节 神恨恶作孽的 |
| V 6 God destroys those who speak lies. |
第6节 神灭绝说谎的。 |
| V 6b God abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. |
第6节下半节 神憎恶那些好流人血弄诡诈的人。 |
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| Some of you may remember or noticed from our study through Habakkuk that that Psalm 5:5 is what Habakkuk quoted from when he voiced his second complaint, in Habakkuk 1:13. Habakkuk sees the wicked and they seem to be thriving and the righteous are hurting. And he says, how can this be? Do you remember God’s answer to his complaint? |
你们中的一些人可能还记得或注意到，我们刚刚学过的哈巴谷书，当哈巴谷在哈巴谷书1:13中表达他的第二个抱怨时，诗篇5:5就是哈巴谷所引用的。哈巴谷看到恶人，他们似乎很兴旺，义人很受伤。他说，怎么会这样呢？你还记得神如何回答他的抱怨吗？ |
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| Habakkuk 2:3-4 It (judgement on the wicked) will surely come; it will not delay. “the righteous shall live by their faith.” |
哈巴谷书2:3-4说（对恶人的审判）必然临到，不再迟延，“惟义人因信得生。” |
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| We call judgement on the wicked, justice. Habakkuk reminds us that it will come. And if God is just, and brings about ultimate justice, he must judge all sinners, all wickedness. God hates, wickedness, evil, boasting, evildoers, liars, bloodthirsty, and deceitful people. I almost missed this in my study. I moved too quickly to God bringing justice against others. In my quick movement of knowing an ultimate answer, I missed the truth of who I am. I am the wicked. How about you? I will pick two. Who here has not boasted in themselves or lied? |
我们把对恶人的审判称为正义。哈巴谷提醒我们，正义将会临到。如果上帝是公正的，带来最终的正义，祂必须审判所有的罪人，所有的恶行。神恨恶所有恶毒、邪恶、自夸、作孽、说谎、嗜血和诡诈的人。我在查经中差点错过了这一点。我过快地要求神对别人伸张正义。在我过快寻求一个终极答案的过程中，我错过了关于我是谁的真相。我是恶人。那你们呢？我举两个例子。在座的谁没有自夸过？谁没有说过谎？ |
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| These three verses are designed to lay us low. Justice is coming, it will be here before we know it. |
这三节经文就是为了让我们放低身段。正义即将来临，在我们意识到之前，它就会到来。 |
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| 7But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you. |
7 至于我，我必凭你丰盛的慈爱进入你的居所；我必存敬畏你的心向你的圣殿下拜。 |
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| This is the path of the prayer. I have called it the Hope of God’s justice. He, through the abundance of God’s steadfast love, will enter the house of God. He will bow down. Lay himself down toward God’s holy temple in fear of God. |
这是祷告的路径。我称之为上帝正义的盼望。他，要凭着神丰盛的慈爱，进入神的殿。他要下拜。要存敬畏神的心向圣殿下拜。 |
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| This is the opposite of what is of the wicked in verse 4. He is dwelling, the wicked may not dwell. He has entered the house of God, the boastful cannot stand before God, verse 5. He is bowing down toward the temple of God in fear of God and is not destroyed like the liars in verse 6. |
这与第4节中的恶人相反。他安居，而恶人不能安居。他进入神的殿，自夸狂傲的人在神面前站立不住，第5节。他是因敬畏神而向神的圣殿下拜，并没有像第6节中的骗子一样被毁灭。 |
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| Those that “through the abundance, outpouring, of God’s steadfast love” see His perfect holiness their response is seen in the words of Isaiah 6. |
那些“凭着神丰盛慈爱的浇灌”而看到祂完美的圣洁的人，他们的反应从以赛亚书6章的话中可见一斑。 |
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| Isaiah 6:5–7 (ESV) |
以赛亚书6:5-7 |
| 5And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” |
5 那时我说：“祸哉！我灭亡了！因为我是嘴唇不洁的人，又住在嘴唇不洁的民中，又因我眼见大君王―万军之耶和华。” |
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| So too, each person, when they come before God should, in worship, say. “You are the one who was merciful to me, your slowness to anger, your loving me first, your amazing gift of Jesus. Thank you for bringing me to repentance and faith. Each day, by your steadfast love and faithfulness, you have kept me from going back to my wickedness. And, even when I do sin 1 John 2:1-2 tells me But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. So, we can say, because you touched me, my guilt has been taken away and my sin has been atoned for and I am in your presence. |
所以，每个人在亲近神的时候，也应该在敬拜中说：“你是满有慈爱，你不轻易发怒，你的爱我在先，耶稣是你给我的奇妙恩赐。感谢你带给我忏悔和信心。每一天，你都因着你的慈爱和信实，使我不至于再去作恶。而且，即使我犯了罪，约翰一书2:1-2也告诉我，但若有人犯罪，我们在父那里有一位中保，就是义者耶稣基督。所以，我们可以说，因为你触摸了我，我的罪孽已被钩销，我罪已得赎，我就在你面前安居。 |
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| Section II. A Request for God’s Righteousness v 8-11 |
第二部分请求神的公义（8-11节） |
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| Verse 8 we now see the second section which starts with a request to God. |
第8节，我们现在看到第二部分，是以向神的请求开始的。 |
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| 8Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me. |
8 耶和华啊，求你因我的仇敌，凭你的公义引领我，使你的道路在我面前正直。 |
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| Remember that something hard is going on here. A deep struggle, a real enemy. The psalmist feels surrounded on all sides. It seems, thus the tears and groaning that there is no escape. The psalmist does not know where to go, he does not know the path. Many of you have been here. You have lived this. From there the prayer of the Psalmist is simply stunning. “Lead me. I am not leading you. I am not leading myself. God. Lead me.” |
记住，这里有艰难的事发生。一场深刻的斗争，真正的敌人。诗人感到四面受围。由此看来，泪水和呻吟是无可逃避的。诗人不知道要去哪里，他不知道道路。你们中很多人都到过这样的境地。你们经历过这个。从那里看，诗篇的祷告简直令人惊叹。“请带领我。不是我带领你。也不是我带领我自己。神。请带领我。” |
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| The Psalmist is not out fighting his own battle. He is prostrate before God bowing down in worship and crying out. "Lead me. O Lord, in your righteousness, because of what I am facing. God, lead me, in what I need most. Your righteousness. Do you see that your greatest need in all the troubles of life is the righteousness of GOD? Do you see your greatest need in trials, hurt, lament, 2020, 2021 is to be led in his righteousness? Righteousness is “The state of doing what is required according to a standard.” This is an acknowledgement, “what I need most, is not to be right, but to be led in your righteousness.” |
诗人不是出去打单枪匹马的仗。他是匍匐在神面前俯首敬拜，大声呼求。”请带领我。主啊，凭你的公义，因着我所面对的来带领我。神啊，请带领我，在我最需要的地方。你的公义。你有没有看到，在人生的一切烦恼中，你最需要的是神的公义？你看你在试炼、伤痛、哀叹、2020年、2021年中最大的需要是在祂的公义中被引领吗？义是“按照标准要求做的状态”。这是承认：“我最需要的，不是所谓的正确，而是在你的公义中被引领。” |
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| Simply put, “Oh God, I do not know what to do. This really hurts and the pain does not stop. Where else could I go? Lead me to do what is right according to your standard on the path you have given me.” |
简单地说，就是：“神啊，我不知道该怎么做。这真的很痛，而且这痛好像没有尽头。我还能去哪里呢？请引导我在你给我的道路上，按照你的标准去做正确的事。” |
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| Bethlehem, is this the plea of your heart? Or do you just want to get through and have people be like you. Oh, what we miss if we do not seek to be lead in God’s righteousness each and every day. Is your greatest desire for yourself, and for those around you, to be led in the righteousness of God? Pray for it. Seek it. |
伯利恒，这是你心中的恳求吗？还是说你只是想让事情快点过去，让别人和你一样。哦，如果我们每天不寻求在神的公义中被引领，我们会错过的是什么！你最大的愿望是让自己和周围的人在神的公义中得到引领吗？为此而祈求。为此而寻求。 |
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| James 4:7-8 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. |
雅各书4:7-8 故此，你们要顺服神。务要抵挡魔鬼，魔鬼就必离开你们逃跑了。你们亲近神，神就必亲近你们。有罪的人哪，要洁净你们的手！心怀二意的人哪，要清洁你们的心！ |
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| Submit yourself to God. Actively seek and plead with God for his righteousness to be given, and acted upon, in your life, specifically in times of need. Oh, how sweet the aroma of a dear saint, whose lone desire before God, is to be led by the Lord in his righteousness in the face of opposition. |
你们要顺服神。积极寻求并恳求神在你的生活中，特别是在你需要的时候，赐下祂的公义，并采取行动。哦，一个亲爱的圣徒的馨香是多么的甜美，他在神面前唯一的愿望，就是在面对反对的时候，被主以祂的公义带领。 |
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| How strong the testimony of one is who walks before God in righteousness in times of lament. People see that and say, “I want that.” |
在哀歌的时候，一个人在神面前义无反顾地行走，其见证是何等的有力。人们看到后就会说：“我想要这个。” |
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| As a younger man I watched three men. I saw how when they were devastated by life’s troubles, what came out was grace. You pricked them and love for Jesus and Christ’s righteousness was all that was on display. And I looked and said. I want that. |
年轻时，我观察了三个男人。我看到了当他们被生活的烦恼摧残的时候，流露出的是恩典。当你刺透了他们，他们对耶稣的爱和基督的义就都流露出来了。我看到了，就说：我想要这个。 |
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| What is the righteousness that GOD requires? What is the main path on which God wants us to go? |
神所要求的义是什么？神要我们走的主干道路是什么？ |
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| Habakkuk 2:4 “the righteous shall live by their faith.” |
哈巴谷书2:4 “义人因信得生。” |
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| God wants us to live lives marked by faith in him. |
神希望我们过着以信祂为标志的生活。 |
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| Verse 9 For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue. 10Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you. |
9 因为，他们的口中没有诚实；他们的心里满有邪恶；他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓；他们用舌头谄媚人。10 神啊，求你定他们的罪！愿他们因自己的计谋跌倒；愿你在他们许多的过犯中把他们逐出，因为他们背叛了你。 |
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| These enemies are filled with lies, deceit. What comes out of them is deadly. Again, the psalmist knows the truth of God as revealed in the Scripture, so he knows they have rebelled against God. |
这些仇敌充满了谎言和诡诈。他们心中流露出来的尽是致命的邪恶。同样，诗人知道圣经所启示的神的真理，所以他知道他们已经悖逆了神。 |
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| The first part of verse 10 it says, “Make them bear their guilt,” The Psalmist knows the word of God. He knows that there will be judgement for evil. |
第10节的前半说：“求你定他们的罪”诗人了解神的话语。他知道，恶人必有恶报。 |
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| The verse continues, “O God, let them fall by their own counsels.” |
第10节继续说：“神啊，愿他们因自己的计谋跌倒。” |
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| Let their own counsel bring them to failure. |
让他们自己的计谋给自己带来失败。 |
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| And why? Look at the end of verse 10. “For they have rebelled against God.” |
为什么呢？请看第10节末尾：“因为他们背叛了神。” |
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| I mentioned that this Psalm ends with change from an individual psalm to a community lament. |
我说过，这篇诗篇的结尾，从个人的诗篇变成了群体的哀歌。 |
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| 11But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; |
11 凡投靠你的，愿他们喜乐。 |
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| Do you see that taking refuge is an act of faith? It is trusting in the promises of God. Trusting that God’s grace is sufficient, if an act of faith. There is a refuge. A shelter, a strong fortress in where there is rejoicing. A refuge is a place of rest. A place where one is protected not by their own strength but by what the refuge provides. A storm may be raging all around but, in a refuge, one is resting. |
你看到投靠是一种出于信心的行为吗？这就是相信神的应许。相信神的恩典是足够的，要是有信心的行为。祂就是避难所。一个庇护所，一个坚固的堡垒，在那里有欢喜。避难所是一个安息之处。在这里，一个人不是被自己的力量所保护，而是被避难所提供的东西所保护。周围可能是狂风暴雨，但在避难所里，人们在安息。 |
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| let them ever sing for joy and spread your protection over them that those who love your name may exult in you |
时常欢呼，因为你护庇他们；又愿那爱你名的人都靠你欢欣。 |
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| Those who are in the refuge are singing for joy. They are safe in the refuge. The refuge is protecting them like a shield. Have you noticed in seasons of struggle and lament we stop singing? One of my daughters told me that when I was walking through a tough season I did not sing. There is power in singing praises to God. Use the Psalms as your praise book. Sing for joy. Come to the refuge and sing. What happens in your heart when you see you are safe in a refuge? You rejoice, you sing, you exult. You are hopeful. Do you know how everything will turn out with every detail? No, but you have hope. You are certain of the outcome which is expressed by faith enabling certain happiness in God. In this refuge there is rejoicing, singing, exulting for joy. |
那些在避难所里的人都在欢唱。他们在避难所是安全的。避难所像盾牌一样保护着他们。你有没有注意到在挣扎和悲叹的季节里，我们停止了歌唱？我的一个女儿告诉我，当我走过一个艰难的时期，我没有唱歌。向神唱赞歌是有力量的。用诗篇作为你的赞美书。为喜乐而歌唱。来避难所吧，然后歌唱。当你看到自己在避难所里很安全的时候，你的心里会怎样？你欢喜，你歌唱，你欣喜。你充满希望。你知道事情结果的每个细节吗？不，但你有盼望。你能确定的是你信心的表现能让你以神为乐。在这个避难所里，有欢喜、有歌唱、有欢呼为乐。 |
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| III. The Reason to hope in God v. 12 |
第三部分，盼望神的理由（12节） |
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| V 12 For you bless the righteous, O’Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield. |
12 因为你必赐福与义人；耶和华啊，你必用恩惠如同盾牌四面护卫他。 |
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| There are those who are righteous. There is a refuge, where God’s blessing of ultimate protection is seen for the righteous. He covers them with his favor, as with a shield. Enemies are all about, but in the shield of his rest is protection. |
有的人是正义的。有一个避难所，在那里可以看到上帝对义人的终极保护的祝福。祂用祂的恩惠荫庇他们，就像盾牌一样。敌人就在近旁，但在祂盾牌的保护下有安息。 |
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| Jesus Said, John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. |
耶稣说：（约翰福音10:27-28）我的羊听我的声音，我也认识他们，他们也跟着我。我又赐给他们永生；他们永不灭亡，谁也不能从我手里把他们夺去。 |
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| For those who have responded in faith in Christ there is righteousness. For those who by faith are living before God there is hope. You are in his hand and no one can snatch you out. |
对于那些在基督里以信心回应的人，就有了义。凭着信心活在神面前的人，就有盼望。你在祂手里，谁也抢不走你。 |
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| Application |
应用 |
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| How do we apply Psalm 5? |
我们该如何应用诗篇5？ |
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| Turn to Romans 3. It is the section of the New Testament where Psalm 5, specifically verse 9, is quoted in Romans 3:13. We will start at verse 10. (Pause let them get there) |
请翻到罗马书3章.这是新约圣经引用诗篇5的部分，特别是罗马书3:13引用了诗篇5篇9节。我们将从罗马书3章第10节开始。 (停顿等大家翻到那里) |
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| If you are reading your Bible and you are not sure how to apply it. Look for how other sections of Scripture apply it. I think the way it is applied here will help us not to miss what God has for us. |
如果你在读一段圣经时，不知道如何应用。看看其他章节的经文是如何应用它的。我想在这里应用的方式会帮助我们不要错过神对我们的心意。 |
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| Romans 3:10–26 (ESV) |
罗马书3:10-26 |
| 10as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.” “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” |
10 就如经上所记：没有义人，连一个也没有。 没有明白的；没有寻求神的；都是偏离正路，一同变为无用。没有行善的，连一个也没有。他们的喉咙是敞开的坟墓；他们用舌头弄诡诈，嘴唇里有虺蛇的毒气，满口是咒骂苦毒。杀人流血，他们的脚飞跑，所经过的路便行残害暴虐的事。平安的路，他们未曾知道；他们眼中不怕神。 |
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| How can one come before a holy God as we read in verse 7 of Psalm 5? It says, |
我们在诗篇5篇第7节读到，怎样才能来到圣洁的神面前呢？它说： |
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| Psalm 5:7b I will bow down toward your holy temple in fear of you. |
我必存敬畏你的心向你的圣殿下拜。 |
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| When we just read in Romans 3:18, that no one fears God. The next verse makes it clear it is not by being good enough. It is not by perfectly obeying the law, Romans 3:20 tells us that. |
当我们刚刚读到罗马书3章18节，没有人惧怕神。下一节经文说得很清楚，这不是靠你有足够好。不是靠完美地遵行律法，罗马书3:20告诉我们： |
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| 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. |
所以凡有血气的，没有一个因行律法能在神面前称义，因为律法本是叫人知罪。 |
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| What is shocking for us, is that we miss who we are in the Psalm. Romans 3 reminds us that we were the ones who were not righteous. |
让我们震惊的是，我们错过了诗篇中的自己。罗马书第三章提醒我们，我们都是不义之人。 |
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| 21But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— |
21 但如今，神的义在律法以外已经显明出来，有律法和先知为证： |
| 22the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. |
22 就是神的义，因信耶稣基督加给一切相信的人，并没有分别。 |
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| God’s righteousness, in verse 8 of Psalm 5, is received by faith in Jesus for all who believe in him. |
在诗篇5第8节中神的公义，凡是信耶稣的人，都会因信耶稣而得到。 |
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| In your lament, in your seeing things as they ought not be, do you see your sin? Are you seeing perhaps for the first time that your life has not been a life of righteousness? In fact, you realize that you have not met the standard of God. Let me plead with you to look at the steadfast love of Jesus. Jesus, whose virgin birth we celebrated on Friday. He grew up. He called people to see that the kingdom of God has come. He lived a perfect life before God and man. And prayed to God that if it would be possible, that the cup of God’s righteous wrath would pass. But, not as he willed, but as God willed. Jesus, in obedience to the Father, went to the cross. And on that cross, he took the righteous wrath of God on himself. He who was wholly righteous, became the unrighteous. He looked out at sinful humanity around him and said, “Father forgive them for they no not what they do.” He died. Was buried. And on the third day rose from the dead in new life. He is alive. He is seated at the right hand of the Father. He is at work in your trials. |
在你的哀叹中，在你看到不应该看到的事情中，你看到了你的罪吗？你也许是第一次看到，你的生命并不是一个义人的生命？事实上，你意识到你还没有达到神的标准。我请你看一看耶稣的慈爱。耶稣，我们在周五庆祝了祂从童贞女诞生。祂长大了。祂呼召人们要看到神的国度已经来临。祂在神和人面前活出完美的生命。并向神祷告，如果可以的话，神的义怒苦杯会绕道而过。然而，不是照祂自己的意志，而是照着神的旨意。耶稣顺从天父，上了十字架。而在那十字架上，祂把神的义怒揽在自己身上。完全公义的人，却成了不义。祂看着周围罪恶的人们说：“父阿！赦免他们；因为他们所做的，他们不晓得。”然后祂死了。被埋葬了。第三天祂从死里复活，得了新生命。祂还活着。祂现在坐父的右手边。祂在你的试炼中作工。 |
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| He alone gives his righteousness to those who repent of their sins and trust in him. |
唯独祂将祂的公义赐给那些悔罪信靠祂的人。 |
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| The psalmist says, but I, through the abundance of your steadfast love will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in fear of you. |
诗人说：至于我，我必凭你丰盛的慈爱进入你的居所；我必存敬畏你的心向你的圣殿下拜。 |
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| You and I only can draw near to a just a righteous God through the abundance of God’s steadfast love. God’s steadfast love is found in Jesus. Cry out to him. Pray to him. Lay your life down as a sacrifice and watch how he works. |
你我只有靠着神丰盛的慈爱，才能亲近公义的神。神的慈爱就在耶稣里寻得。向祂呼求。向祂祈求。摆上你的生命为祭，看祂如何作工。 |
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| The psalmist says, “Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.” |
诗人说：“耶和华啊，求你因我的仇敌，凭你的公义引领我，使你的道路在我面前正直。” |
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| We are brought to God through Jesus. So too a person is lead in Jesus righteousness by taking refuge in Jesus by faith. Who is your refuge? If it is not God, it will fail you. Time passing does not work. |
我们通过耶稣被带到神面前。所以，一个人也是凭着信心在耶稣里避难，在耶稣的义里被引领。谁是你的避难所？如果不是神，那就会辜负你。时间流逝也没有用。 |
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| There is a place that leads to rejoicing. There is a place where songs of joy rise. There is a place where hope is certain. There is a place of exultation. The place and it is worshipping at the feet of Jesus. |
有一个地方，可以让人欢喜。有一个地方，欢乐的歌声在那里升起。有一个地方，盼望是笃定的。有一个地方，是欣喜之地。有一个地方，拜在耶稣的脚下。 |
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| In my prayer that I started with, I prayed for two key things. First, that God would call people to Treasure Christ and second, that God would make and strengthen disciples. A disciple is a learner or follower of Jesus. |
在我开头的祷告中，我为两件关键的事情祷告。第一，求神叫人归向珍宝基督，第二，求神造就和坚固门徒。门徒是学习和追随耶稣的人。 |
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| Treasure Christ - Let your hurt, injustice, your sin, your unrighteousness bring you to Jesus. Turn to him, repent to him, trust in him. Have faith in him. Hope in him. When others mock you, treasure him. In him are treasures that never end. |
珍爱基督—让你的伤害、不公、你的罪、你的不义把你带到耶稣面前。归向祂，向祂忏悔，信靠祂。相信祂。盼望祂。当别人嘲笑你的时候，你要珍爱祂。在祂里面是无尽的珍宝。 |
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| Make disciples of Jesus. When Jesus called the disciples he said, come a follow me. And they followed him. What if your hurt, your pain, led you to each and every day to prayerfully consider how do I live, walk, or respond in righteousness. Don’t waste your lament, your pain, hurt. |
造就耶稣的门徒。当耶稣呼召祂的门徒时，祂说：来跟随我吧。然后他们就跟随祂。如果你的伤痛，你的痛苦，让你每一天都在祷告中思考，我如何在公义中生活、行走或回应。不要浪费你的哀叹，你的痛苦，伤痛。 |
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| Tom Carson Story |
汤姆-卡森的故事 |
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| The only thing that matters, which is what Psalm 5 points to, is the righteousness of Christ. It was the psalmist’s treasure, it was Tom’s treasure. Is it your treasure? I pray that today, if you have not already done so, that you would make Christ your treasure. |
唯一重要的，也就是诗篇第五篇所指出的，就是基督的义。这是诗人的珍宝，也是汤姆的珍宝。那是你的珍宝吗？我祈求今天，如果你还没有这样做，请你将基督作为你的珍宝。 |
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| Exult in Him. Be happy in Him. If you are going to be known for one thing. If we as the church are doing to be known by one thing. Let it be that we treasure the righteousness of Christ, it is what we need most. In lament and seasons of rest. Resolve in this year, that in all things to live to display that he is sufficient. Hope in Jesus, have faith in Jesus. He alone is the cornerstone of eternal hope. |
欢喜祂。以祂为乐。如果你要以一件事出名。如果我们教会要以一件事出名。我们最需要的就是珍爱基督的义。在哀歌中，在安息的季节里。在这新的一年里，下定决心在一切事情上活出祂的丰盛充足。盼望耶稣，相信耶稣。唯独祂是永恒盼望的房角石。 |
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| Prayer |
祷告 |
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