不敢言老

 

昨天晚上，我照例參加一周一次的查經班。我們照例每人背頌兩小段經文，每段約4節。我們這些學生的年齡大約在３５－４５歲之間，背起書來照例是磕磕吧吧的，也照例常要旁邊的人給一個小小的提示才能背完，少有一氣呵成的。我們的老牧師已經是大約８５歲的高齡老人，卻照例幾乎沒有停頓的背頌了一段經文，這次是詩篇１０３篇。在他背頌完最後一句的時候，我們這些年輕人照例誰也不敢說自己到了記憶不行的年齡了。

 

Psalms 103

 

103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
103:6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
103:9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
103:16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
103:18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
103:20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
103:21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
103:22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

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詩 篇 103

 

103:1 （大衛的詩。）我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華。凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌他的聖名。
103:2 我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，不可忘記他的一切恩惠。
103:3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，醫治你的一切疾病。
103:4 他救贖你的命脫離死亡，以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。
103:5 他用美物，使你所願的得以知足，以致你如鷹返老還童。
103:6 耶和華施行公義，為一切受屈的人伸冤。
103:7 他使摩西知道他的法則，叫以色列人曉得他的作為。
103:8 耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，不輕易發怒，且有豐盛的慈愛。
103:9 他不長久責備，也不永遠懷怒。
103:10 他沒有按我們的罪過待我們，也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。
103:11 天離地何等的高，他的慈愛向敬畏他的人，也是何等的大。
103:12 東離西有多遠，他叫我們的過犯，離我們也有多遠。
103:13 父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女，耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人。
103:14 因為他知道我們的本體，思念我們不過是塵土。
103:15 至於世人，他的年日如草一樣。他發旺如野地的花。
103:16 經風一吹，便歸無有。他的原處，也不再認識他。
103:17 但耶和華的慈愛，歸於敬畏他的人，從亘古到永遠。他的公義，也歸於子子孫孫。
103:18 就是那些遵守他的約，記念他的訓詞而遵行的人。
103:19 耶和華在天上立定寶座。他的權柄（原文作國）統管萬有。
103:20 聽從他命令成全他旨意有大能的天使，都要稱頌耶和華。
103:21 你們作他的諸軍作他的僕役行他所喜悅的，都要稱頌耶和華。
103:22 你們一切被他造的，在他所治理的各處，都要稱頌耶和華。我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華。