The external requirements of religion, which the psalmist has presumably observed since his youth now attain a new significance, a new theological and spiritual depth and density.
诗人应该自幼就遵从宗教的外在要求。现在这些要求有了新的意义,在神学上和属灵上有了新的深度与强度。
In the midst of his trial and difficulties, the psalmist turned to God in prayer and waited patiently for him.
在试炼和困难中,诗人以祷告转向上帝,然后耐心等候祂。
Others argue that given the royal context of the psalm, the psalmist must have been referring to a military crisis.
因着诗篇有王室的背景,也有释经家认为诗人指的肯定是军事上的危机。
True prosperity, the psalmist discovered, was found in the fact that God was always with him: 「You hold me by my right hand」 (v. 23).
诗人开始明白,只有上帝的同在,只有「你搀着我的右手」(第23节),这才是真正的亨通。
There may be occasions in this new year when we will like the psalmist find ourselves in the pit of affliction, difficulties, sorrow, and disappointments.
在这新的一年里,我们可能会遇到像诗人那样的处境,困在不幸、困难、悲哀和死亡的深坑中。
But this new song is not simply a song of celebration of the liberation, deliverance and restoration that the psalmist had experienced.
不过这新歌并不只表达诗人的经历,不是单纯一首庆祝释放、拯救和恢复的诗歌。
When God showed him the truth, the psalmist saw God, not things, as his highest value.
神显示祂的真道,诗人就看神为至宝,而不是物质。
The psalmist said it is the Lord who nourishes us so that our 「youth is renewed like the eagle「s」 (ps. 103:5).
诗人说耶和华在喂养我们,因此我们会「如鹰返老还童」(诗篇103篇5节)。
In the futility of his present circumstances, the psalmist cries to God.
诗人在他现状的无助中呼叫上帝。
When God breathed into Adam, he gave more than life; he gave a reason to live: Worship! As the psalmist said, 「Let everything that has breath praise the Lord」 (ps. 150:6).
上帝对亚当吹了一口气,他所赋予的不只是生命,同时也赋予生命意义:敬拜!如同诗人所说的:「凡有气息的,都要赞美耶和华!」(诗篇150篇6节)。
Thus, the faith of the psalmist is established in and nurtured by Israel」s faith in God.
因此,诗人的信心是建立在以色列民族对上帝的信仰,他的信心也在这信仰中培育出来。
Based on psalm 30, some commentators suggest that perhaps the psalmist had been seriously ill, and that the Lord had healed him.
根据诗篇30篇,一些释经家提议可能诗人患重病,耶和华使他痊愈。
The Hebrew psalmist sat by the waters of Babylon and swore 「If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning」.
坐在巴比伦河边的希伯莱诗人曾经立过这样的誓言:「如果我忘怀了你,耶路撒冷,就让我的右臂忘了怎么动作吧。」
The psalmist is declaring the comforting idea that our earthly sorrow lasts but a short time when compared with the anticipated joy that will begin in heaven and last forever.
诗人宣告了令人大感安慰的信息,比起将来在天堂享有的永久福乐,我们在世上的苦难是短暂多了。
The psalmist teaches us instead to trust.
反而,诗人教导我们要信靠。
And because he remembers the faithfulness of God in the past, the psalmist is able to entrust his life to God in the present.
也因为诗人记得上帝在过去是如何地信实,所以他能够在此时此地将生命交托给上帝。
As the psalmist waited patiently for God, the Lord rescued him with his mighty arm.
诗人耐心等候上帝,耶和华就用祂大能的膀臂搭救他。