Bible in one year 9/28/ 2022 Book V Psalms 107-150; Psalm 123-125 By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce

Bible in one year 9/28/ 2022 Book V Psalms 107-150;  Psalm 123-125

By Rev. Katherine Liu Bruce                                                                                                          

Christian Arts Ministries : Biblical precepts & Gospel music; Pastoral ministry & Counseling

  

Psalm 123 The psalmist expresses his confidence in God(vv.1-2) and prays for the people’s deliverance from those who have contempt for them (vv.3-4).

 Psalms 123 (KJV) A song of ascents
¹ Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
² Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
³ Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
詩 123 (CKJVGT)
¹ 住在諸天之主啊，我向你舉目。
² 看哪，僕人的眼睛怎樣望主人的手，使女的眼睛怎樣望主母的手，我們的眼睛也照樣望　耶和華─我們的　神，直到他憐憫我們。
³ 耶和華啊，求你憐憫我們，憐憫我們！因為我們被藐視，已到極處。
⁴ 我們被那些安逸人的譏誚和驕傲人的藐視，已到極處。 

Psalm 124 In this thanksgiving psalm, the psalmist reflects on Israel’s past needs which the Lord met(vv.1-5), reports God’s deliverance(vv.6-7), and reaffirms his trust in the Lord(v.8) The threats from his enemies are as the danger of drowning(vv.3-5) and as confinement in a bird trap(vv.6-7).

Psalms 124 (KJV) (A Song of degrees of David.)
¹ If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
² If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
³ Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
⁴ Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
⁵ Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
⁷ Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

詩 124 (CKJVGT) （大衛上行之詩。）
¹以色列人要說：若不是　耶和華幫助我們，
² 若不是　耶和華幫助我們，當人起來攻擊我們、
³ 向我們發怒的時候，就把我們活活地吞了。
⁴ 那時, 波濤必漫過我們，河水必淹沒我們，
⁵ 狂傲的水必淹沒我們。
⁶ 耶和華是應當稱頌的！他沒有把我們當野食交給他們的牙齒。
⁷ 我們好像雀鳥，從捕鳥人的網羅裏逃脫；網羅破裂，我們逃脫了。
⁸ 我們得幫助，是在乎倚靠造天地之　耶和華的名。 

 

 Psalm 125 In this song of trust, the psalmist compares the stability of believers with Mount Zion(v.1) and the security of the Lord’s people with that of Jersalem(v.2), reminding them that foreign domination is temporary(v.3). He then prays for God’s blessing on the righteous(v.4) and predicts judgment on the wicked (v.5).

Psalms 125 (KJV) (A Song of ascents.)

¹ They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

² As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
³ For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
⁴ Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
⁵ As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
詩 125 (CKJVGT)
¹  倚靠　耶和華的人好像錫安山，不致除去，反得永存。
² 眾山怎樣圍繞耶路撒冷，　耶和華也照樣圍繞他的百姓，從今時直到永遠。
³ 惡人的杖不常落在義人的分上，免得義人伸手作惡。
⁴ 耶和華啊，求你善待那些為善和心裏正直的人。
⁵ 至於那偏行彎曲道路的人. 耶和華必使他和作惡的人一同出去受刑。

願平安歸於以色列！ 

Bibliography,

Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie study Bible (NIV). Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.

 

King James, The Holy Bible (KJV). Cleveland, OH: The world publishing company