Chapter commentary
Psalms Chapter 118
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Ps 118:1-29.
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Ps 118:1-29.
After invoking others to unite in praise, the writer celebrates God's protecting and delivering care towards him, and then represents himself and the people of God as entering the sanctuary and uniting in solemn praise, with prayer for a continued blessing. Whether composed by David on his accession to power, or by some later writer in memory of the restoration from Babylon, its tone is joyful and trusting, and, in describing the fortune and destiny of the Jewish Church and its visible head, it is typically prophetical of the Christian Church and her greater and invisible Head.
1-4. The trine repetitions are emphatic (compare
Ps 118:10-12, 15, 16; 115:12, 13).
Let . . . say--Oh! that Israel may say.
now--as in
Ps 115:2;
so in
Ps 118:3, 4.
After "now say" supply "give thanks."
that his mercy--or, "for His mercy."
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5. 患難——按字面作「狹窄之地」，與「寬闊之地」相對，如
Ps 4:1; 31:8。
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5. distress--literally, "straits," to which "large place" corresponds, as in
Ps 4:1; 31:8.
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6, 7. 若神與他同在，人便無力加害
（Ps 56:9），
仇敵也必被制伏
（Ps 54:7）。
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6, 7. Men are helpless to hurt him, if God be with him
(Ps 56:9),
and, if enemies, they will be vanquished
(Ps 54:7).
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8, 9. 即使最有勢力的人，也不如神配得信靠。
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8, 9. Even the most powerful men are less to be trusted than God.
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10-12. 雖然仇敵如同蜜蜂般眾多而煩擾
[Ps 118:12]， 靠神的幫助，他的仇敵必被毀滅。
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10-12. Though as numerous and irritating as bees
[Ps 118:12],
by God's help his enemies would be destroyed.
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12. 如荊棘的火——突然燃盡。
靠耶和華的名等——即靠其能力
（詩 20:5；124:8）。
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12. as the fire of thorns--suddenly.
in the name, &c.--by the power
(Ps 20:5; 124:8).
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13-16. 仇敵被如臨在眼前般凱旋地稱呼。
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13-16. The enemy is triumphantly addressed as if present.
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15. 歡喜與拯救——後者為前者的緣由。
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15. rejoicing and salvation--the latter as cause of the former.
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16. 右手……高舉——指其能力大大施展。
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16. right hand . . . is exalted--His power greatly exerted.
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17, 18. 他必存活，因為確信他的生命將為神的榮耀。
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17, 18. He would live, because confident his life would be for God's glory.
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19-21. 無論是指實際進入神的殿還是比喻性的進入，都暗示了莊嚴讚美的目的，這只有義人才會或才能參與。
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19-21. Whether an actual or figurative entrance into God's house be meant, the purpose of solemn praise is intimated, in which only the righteous would or could engage.
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22, 23. 這話被基督（Mt 21:42）應用於自己，作為教會的根基（參看 Ac 4:11；Eph 2:20；1Pe 2:4, 7）。
在此可能指神奇妙地高舉那被國家統治者所藐視者，使其獲得權勢和影響力。無論（參看 Ps 118:1 註釋）所指的是大衛還是所羅巴伯（參看 Hag 2:2；Zec 4:7-10），此處都預表了神更奇妙的作為——將那被當作騙子釘十字架的基督高舉，作為祂教會的君王、救主和元首。
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22, 23. These words are applied by Christ
(Mt 21:42)
to Himself, as the foundation of the Church (compare
Ac 4:11; Eph 2:20; 1Pe 2:4, 7).
It may here denote God's wondrous exaltation to power and influence of him whom the rulers of the nation despised. Whether (see on
Ps 118:1)
David or Zerubbabel (compare
Hag 2:2; Zec 4:7-10)
be primarily meant, there is here typically represented God's more wonderful doings in exalting Christ, crucified as an impostor, to be the Prince and Saviour and Head of His Church.
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24. 這是耶和華所定的日子——即在一切日子中因神的恩惠而分別出來的日子或時期。
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24. This is the day--or period distinguished by God's favor of all others.
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25. 求你拯救——希伯來文作「和散那」（關於現在，參看 Ps 115:2 等），是一種禱告的形式（Ps 20:9），因在我們的使用中，是讚美的形式。
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25. Save now--Hebrew, "Hosanna" (compare
Ps 115:2,
&c., as to now) a form of prayer
(Ps 20:9),
since, in our use, of praise.
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26. 奉……主名來的——如上文所示，這可應用於猶太教會的有形元首——作為率領行列者——進入聖所；在預表上屬於那位這話成為其稱號的（Mal 3:1；Mt 21:9）。
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26. he that cometh . . . Lord--As above intimated, this may be applied to the visible head of the Jewish Church entering the sanctuary, as leading the procession; typically it belongs to Him of whom the phrase became an epithet
(Mal 3:1; Mt 21:9).
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27-29. 光照了我們——或作恩惠（Ps 27:1；97:11）。
與那被綁到祭壇的祭牲相連的，是更屬靈的讚美之祭（Ps 50:14, 23），以本篇開頭的話語表達出來。
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27-29. showed us light--or favor
(Ps 27:1; 97:11).
With the sacrificial victim brought bound to the altar is united the more spiritual offering of praise
(Ps 50:14, 23),
expressed in the terms with which the Psalm opened.
Ps 118:1-29.
在呼召他人一同讚美之後，作者頌揚神對他保護與拯救的眷顧，然後將自己與神的子民描繪為進入聖所、聯合獻上莊嚴的讚美，並祈求持續的賜福。無論本篇是大衛登基時所作，還是後來某位作者為紀念從巴比倫歸回而作，其語調是喜樂而信靠的，並在描述猶太教會及其有形元首的命運與前途時，預表性地預言了基督教會及其更大且無形的元首。
1-4. 三重的重複是強調性的（參
Ps 118:10-12, 15, 16; 115:12, 13）。
願……說——但願以色列說。
如今——如
Ps 115:2；
Ps 118:3, 4
亦然。
「如今說」之後補入「稱謝」。
他的慈愛——或作「因他的慈愛」。