诗篇 68

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

得胜的凯歌

大卫作的诗，交给乐长。

68 愿上帝起来驱散祂的仇敌，
使恨祂的人四散奔逃。
²愿你驱散他们，
如风把烟吹散。
愿恶人在上帝面前灭亡，
如蜡在火中熔化。
³愿义人在上帝面前欢欣快乐，
愿他们高兴欢喜。
⁴要歌颂上帝，
赞美祂的名，
要颂扬驾云而行的上帝。
祂的名字是耶和华，
要在祂面前欢喜快乐。
⁵住在圣所的上帝是孤儿的父亲，寡妇的保护者。
⁶祂使孤苦者有家，
让被囚者欢然脱离牢笼。
但叛逆者要住在干旱之地。
⁷上帝啊，
你曾带领你的子民走过荒野。（细拉）
⁸那时，在西奈山的上帝面前，
在以色列的上帝面前，
大地震动，诸天降雨。

⁹上帝啊，你降下沛雨，
滋润你干旱的产业——以色列，
¹⁰让你的子民得以安居在那里。
上帝啊，
你满怀恩慈地供养穷苦人。
¹¹主下达命令，
成群的妇女便奔走相告：
¹²“众王和他们的军队逃走了，逃走了！”
以色列的妇女都在分战利品。
¹³即使羊圈里的看羊人也披金戴银，
就像鸽子镀银的翅膀和金光闪闪的羽毛。
¹⁴全能的上帝驱散了众王，
势如大雪洒落在撒们。
¹⁵巴珊的山巍峨雄壮，群峰耸立。
¹⁶崇山峻岭啊，
你们为何嫉妒地盯着上帝选为居所的山，
耶和华永远居住的地方呢？
¹⁷上帝带着千千万万的战车从西奈山来到祂的圣所。
¹⁸你升上高天时，
带着许多俘虏；
你接受了众人的礼物，
甚至叛逆者的礼物。
耶和华上帝就住在那里。
¹⁹要称颂主，
称颂我们的救主上帝，
祂天天背负我们的重担。（细拉）

²⁰我们的上帝是拯救的上帝，
主耶和华救我们脱离死亡。
²¹上帝必打碎仇敌的头颅，
敲破怙恶不悛者的脑袋。
²²主说：
“我要把他们从巴珊带回来，
从深海带回来，
²³好让你们的脚从他们的血泊中踩过，
你们的狗也可以吃他们的肉。”
²⁴上帝啊，你的队伍已经出现；
我的上帝，我的王啊，
你的队伍进了圣所，
²⁵歌唱的在前，奏乐的殿后，
摇手鼓的少女居中。
²⁶要在大会中赞美上帝，
以色列的会众都要赞美耶和华。
²⁷最小的便雅悯支派在前领路，
后面跟着大群的犹大首领，
还有西布伦和拿弗他利的首领。
²⁸上帝啊，求你施展你的权能；
上帝啊，求你像以前一样为我们彰显你的力量。
²⁹君王都带着礼物来到你耶路撒冷的圣殿。
³⁰求你斥责那芦苇中的野兽，
斥责成群的公牛和列邦的牛犊，
使他们俯首献上贡银。
求你驱散好战的列邦。
³¹埃及的使节来朝见，
古实也要归降上帝。
³²世上的列国啊，
要向上帝歌唱，
你们要歌颂主，
³³歌颂凌驾在万古穹苍之上的主。
听啊，祂声如雷鸣。
³⁴你们要传扬上帝的大能，
祂的威荣普照以色列，
祂的权能彰显于穹苍。
³⁵上帝啊，你在圣所中令人敬畏。
以色列的上帝把力量和权能赐给祂的子民。
上帝当受称颂！

Psalm 68

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Psalm 68^[a]

The Exodus and Conquest, Pledge of Future Help

¹For the leader. A psalm of David; a song.

I

²^[b]May God arise;
    may his enemies be scattered;
    may those who hate him flee before him.^(A)
³As the smoke is dispersed, disperse them;
    as wax is melted by fire,
    so may the wicked perish before God.^(B)
⁴Then the just will be glad;
    they will rejoice before God;
    they will celebrate with great joy.

II

⁵Sing to God, praise his name;
    exalt the rider of the clouds.^[c]
Rejoice before him
    whose name is the Lord.^(C)
⁶Father of the fatherless, defender of widows^(D)—
    God in his holy abode,
⁷God gives a home to the forsaken,
    who leads prisoners out to prosperity,
    while rebels live in the desert.^[d]

III

⁸God, when you went forth before your people,^(E)
    when you marched through the desert,
Selah
⁹The earth quaked, the heavens poured,
    before God, the One of Sinai,
    before God, the God of Israel.
¹⁰You poured abundant rains, God,
    your inheritance was weak and you repaired it.
¹¹Your creatures dwelt in it;
    you will establish it in your goodness for the poor, O God.

IV

¹²The Lord announced:
    “Those bringing news are a great Army.
¹³    The kings of the armies are in desperate flight.^(F)
Every household will share the spoil,
¹⁴    though you lie down among the sheepfolds,^(G)
    you shall be covered with silver as the wings of a dove,
    her feathers bright as fine gold.”
¹⁵When the Almighty routs the kings there,
    it will be as when snow fell on Zalmon.^[e]

V

¹⁶You mountain of God, mountain of Bashan,
    you rugged mountain, mountain of Bashan,
¹⁷You rugged mountains, why look with envy
    at the mountain^[f] where God has chosen to dwell,
    where the Lord resides forever?^(H)
¹⁸God’s chariots were myriad, thousands upon thousands;
    from Sinai the Lord entered the holy place.
¹⁹You went up to its lofty height;
    you took captives, received slaves as tribute,^(I)
    even rebels, for the Lord God to dwell.

VI

²⁰Blessed be the Lord day by day,
    God, our salvation, who carries us.^(J)
Selah
²¹Our God is a God who saves;
    escape from death is the Lord God’s.
²²God will crush the heads of his enemies,
    the hairy scalp of the one who walks in sin.^(K)
²³The Lord has said:
    “Even from Bashan I will fetch them,
    fetch them even from the depths of the sea.^[g]
²⁴You will wash your feet in your enemy’s blood;
    the tongues of your dogs will lap it up.”^(L)

VII

²⁵^[h]Your procession comes into view, O God,
    your procession into the holy place, my God and king.
²⁶The singers go first, the harpists follow;
    in their midst girls sound the timbrels.^(M)
²⁷In your choirs, bless God;
    Lord, Israel’s fountain.
²⁸In the lead is Benjamin, few in number;
    there the princes of Judah, a large throng,
    the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali, too.^(N)

VIII

²⁹Summon again, O God, your power,
    the divine power you once showed for us,
³⁰From your temple on behalf of Jerusalem,
    that kings may bring you tribute.
³¹Roar at the wild beast of the reeds,^[i]
    the herd of mighty bulls, the calves of the peoples;
    trampling those who lust after silver
    scatter the peoples that delight in war.
³²Let bronze be brought from Egypt,^(O)
    Ethiopia hurry its hands to God.^(P)

IX

³³You kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;^(Q)
    chant the praises of the Lord,
Selah
³⁴Who rides the heights of the ancient heavens,
    Who sends forth his voice as a mighty voice?
³⁵Confess the power of God,
    whose majesty protects Israel,
    whose power is in the sky.
³⁶Awesome is God in his holy place,
    the God of Israel,
    who gives power and strength to his people.^(R)
Blessed be God!

Footnotes

Psalm 68 The Psalm is extremely difficult because the Hebrew text is badly preserved and the ceremony that it describes is uncertain. The translation assumes the Psalm accompanied the early autumn Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth), which included a procession of the tribes (Ps 68:25–28). Israel was being oppressed by a foreign power, perhaps Egypt (Ps 68:31–32)—unless Egypt stands for any oppressor. The Psalm may have been composed from segments of ancient poems, which would explain why the transitions are implied rather than explicitly stated. At any rate, Ps 68:2 is based on Nm 10:35–36, and Ps 68:8–9 are derived from Jgs 5:4–5. The argument develops in nine stanzas (each of three to five poetic lines): 1. confidence that God will destroy Israel’s enemies (Ps 68:2–4); 2. call to praise God as savior (Ps 68:5–7); 3. God’s initial rescue of Israel from Egypt (Ps 68:8), the Sinai encounter (Ps 68:9), and the settlement in Canaan (Ps 68:10–11); 4. the defeat of the Canaanite kings (Ps 68:12–15); 5. the taking of Jerusalem, where Israel’s God will rule the world (Ps 68:16–19); 6. praise for God’s past help and for the future interventions that will be modeled on the ancient exodus-conquest (Ps 68:20–24); 7. procession at the Feast of Tabernacles (Ps 68:25–28); 8. prayer that the defeated enemies bring tribute to the Temple (Ps 68:29–32); 9. invitation for all kingdoms to praise Israel’s God (Ps 68:33–35).
68:2 The opening line alluding to Nm 10:35 makes clear that God’s assistance in the period of the exodus and conquest is the model and assurance of all future divine help.
68:5 Exalt the rider of the clouds: God’s intervention is in the imagery of Canaanite myth in which the storm-god mounted the storm clouds to ride to battle. Such theophanies occur throughout the Psalm: Ps 68:2–3, 8–10, 12–15, 18–19, 22–24, 29–32, 34–35. See Dt 33:26; Ps 18:8–16; Is 19:1.
68:7 While rebels live in the desert: rebels must live in the arid desert, whereas God’s people will live in the well-watered land (Ps 68:8–11).
68:15 Zalmon: generally taken as the name of a mountain where snow is visible in winter, perhaps to be located in the Golan Heights or in the mountains of Bashan or Hauran east of the Sea of Galilee.
68:17 The mountain: Mount Zion, the site of the Temple.
68:23 Even from Bashan…from the depths of the sea: the heights and the depths, the farthest places where enemies might flee.
68:25–28 Your procession: the procession renews God’s original taking up of residence on Zion, described in Ps 68:16–19.
68:31 The wild beast of the reeds: probably the Nile crocodile, a symbol for Egypt; see Ps 68:32 and Ez 29:2–5.

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诗篇 68 Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)