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Psalms Chapter 124 1 1 A song of ascents. Of David. I Had not the LORD been with us, let Israel say, 登圣殿歌，达味作。若不是上主保佑我们，唯愿以色列子民再说： 2 Had not the LORD been with us, when people rose against us, 若不是上主保佑我们，当世人起来攻击我们， 3 They would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us. 并向我们发泄怒火时，必会活活将我们吞食。 4 The waters would have engulfed us, the torrent overwhelmed us; 5 seething waters would have drowned us. 又象汹涌澎湃的狂浪，早已将我们淹没灭亡。 6 Blessed be the LORD, who did not leave us to be torn by their fangs. 7 We escaped with our lives like a bird from the fowler's snare; the snare was broken and we escaped. 我们象挣脱猎人罗网的小鸟，罗网被扯破了，我们自然逃掉。 8 2 Our help is the name of the LORD, the maker of heaven and earth. 我们的救助是仰赖上主的名，上天和下地都是由他所造成。 Footnotes（注解） 1 [Psalm 124] A thanksgiving which teaches that Israel's very existence is owed to God who rescues them. In the first part Israel's enemies are compared to the mythic sea dragon (Psalm 124:2b-3a; cf Jeremiah 51:34) and Flood (Psalm 124:3b-5; cf Isaiah 51:9-10). The psalm heightens the malice of human enemies by linking them to the primordial enemies of God's creation. Israel is a bird freed from the trapper's snare (Psalm 124:6-8)--freed originally from Pharaoh and now from the current danger. 2 [8] Our help is the name: for the idiom, see Exodus 18:4. |
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