Month of Praising - Day 4

詩篇71：4-6,14-24

⁴ 我的神啊，求你救我脫離惡人的手，脫離不義和殘暴之人的手。
⁵ 主耶和華啊，你是我所盼望的，從我年幼你是我所倚靠的。
⁶ 我從出母胎被你扶持，使我出母腹的是你，我必常常讚美你。

¹⁴ 我卻要常常盼望，並要越發讚美你。

¹⁵ 我的口終日要述說你的公義和你的救恩，因我不計其數。
¹⁶ 我要來說主耶和華大能的事，我單要提說你的公義。
¹⁷ 神啊，自我年幼時你就教訓我，直到如今我傳揚你奇妙的作為。
¹⁸ 神啊，我到年老髮白的時候，求你不要離棄我，等我將你的能力指示下代，將你的大能指示後世的人。
¹⁹ 神啊，你的公義甚高；行過大事的神啊，誰能像你？
²⁰ 你是叫我們多經歷重大急難的，必使我們復活，從地的深處救上來。
²¹ 求你使我越發昌大，又轉來安慰我。
²² 我的神啊，我要鼓瑟稱讚你，稱讚你的誠實！以色列的聖者啊，我要彈琴歌頌你！
²³ 我歌頌你的時候，我的嘴唇和你所贖我的靈魂都必歡呼。
²⁴ 並且我的舌頭必終日講論你的公義，因為那些謀害我的人已經蒙羞受辱了。

Psalm71 ：4-6,14-24

⁴ Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.⁵ For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth.
⁶ By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You.

¹⁴ But I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.¹⁵ My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And Your salvation all the day, For I do not know their limits.
¹⁶ I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

¹⁷ O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.¹⁸ Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.

¹⁹ Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?²⁰ You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.²¹ You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side.

²² Also with the lute I will praise You— And Your faithfulness, O my God! To You I will sing with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
²³ My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, And my soul, which You have redeemed.²⁴ My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; For they are confounded, For they are brought to shame Who seek my hurt.

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Pay attention to the terms "praise to be continually of you", "praise You yet more and more", "tell of You all the day", and "mention of You only" in this psalm, it is obvious that full of praises is the normal state of the author throughout his life. You can hardly think of him as an old perishing man with great challenges.

As Paul says, "Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day". Filled with joy and hope, the author (body and soul) greatly rejoices in the Lord by praising His salvation and righteousness. May we can all be full of praises in our ordinary life!

這詩篇有幾個形容詞特別的顯眼：“常常讚美”，“越發讚美”，“終日述說”，“單要提說”。可以看出“讚美”已經滲入詩人生命的全部，生活的點滴。我們很難想象這是出於一個充滿了極大的難處，身體日漸衰殘的老人之口。

這不正如保羅所說的：“所以我們不喪膽，外體雖然毀壞，內心卻一天新似一天”。詩人因著讚美神的救恩和公義，充滿了喜樂和盼望，身心灵都得以歡呼跳躍。盼望我們也成為一個生活中充滿讚美的人。