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The salvation promised in the foregoing chapter was compared to that of Israel "in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt;" so that chapter ends. Now as Moses and the children of Israel then sang a song of praise to the glory of God (Ex 15:1) so shall the people of God do in that day when the root of Jesse shall stand for an ensign of the people and shall be the desire and joy of all nations. In that day, I. Every particular believer shall sing a song of praise for his own interest in that salvation, Isa 12:1,2). "Thou shalt say, Lord, I will praise thee." Thanksgiving-work shall be closet-work. II. Many in concert shall join in praising God for the common benefit arising from this salvation (Isa 12:4-6): "You shall say, Praise you the Lord." Thanksgiving-work shall be congregation-work; and the praises of God shall be publicly sung in the congregations of the upright.
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A Song of Praise (740 BC)
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赞美之歌（主前740年）
¹ 到那日，你必说：耶和华啊，我要赞美你！你虽曾向我发怒，你的怒气却已转消，你又安慰了我。
² 看哪，神是我的拯救；我要倚靠他，并不惧怕；因为主耶和华是我的力量，是我的诗歌；他也成了我的拯救。
³ 所以你们必从救恩的泉源欢然取水。
这是为教会使用所预备的赞美诗歌的前半段——为犹太教会当神为他们行大解救之时所用，也为基督教会当弥赛亚的国度不顾黑暗权势的反对而在世上设立之时所用：「到那日，你必说：耶和华啊，我要赞美你！」分散的教会既联合为一个身体，便如同一人，以一心一口赞美那独一的神、他名为一的神。「到那日」，当主为你行这些大事之时，「你必说：耶和华啊，我要赞美你。」那就是：
一、「你必有理由这样说。」这应许是确定的，其中所含的福分极其丰盛，当它们赐下之时，必使教会有充分的喜乐理由，因此也有充分的感恩理由。旧约论及福音时代的预言，常常以那时所要激发的喜乐和赞美来表达；因为我们借耶稣基督所享受的那无可估量的恩益，要求最高、最宽广的感恩。
二、「你必有心这样说。」神对他百姓的一切别的恩赐，都必以此加冕。他必赐他们恩典，把这一切的荣耀归给他，并在一切场合以感恩之心谈论它们，以赞美他。「你必说」，即你理当这样说。「到那日」，当许多人被带回耶稣基督那里、如鸽子飞向窗户一般涌向他之时，你不可像犹太人嫉妒外邦人所蒙的恩那样，嫉妒他们与基督所得的亲切接待，倒「必说：耶和华啊，我要赞美你」。当注意，我们当为神向别人所施的恩典欢喜感恩，正如为他向我们自己所施的恩典一样。
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此处教导信徒为神转消他的不悦、向他施回恩宠而感谢神（赛 12:1）：「耶和华啊，我要赞美你，你虽曾向我发怒。」当注意，甚至神蹙眉也不可使我们失去赞美他的心境；他虽向我们发怒，虽杀我们，我们仍当信靠他、感谢他。神有充分的理由向我们发怒，我们却绝无理由向他发怒，也绝不可说他的不是；甚至当他责备我们之时，我们仍当赞美他。「你曾向我们发怒」，但「你的怒气已转消」。当注意，（1）神有时向他自己的百姓发怒，他怒气的果子显明出来；他们当留意这事，好叫他们自卑，服在他大能的手下。（2）神虽有时向他的百姓发怒，他的怒气终必转消；怒气不过片时，他也不永远怀怒。借着耶西的根耶稣基督，神对人类的怒气便转消了；因为「他是我们的和睦」。（3）神所和好的人，他也安慰；甚至他怒气的转消对他们已是安慰；然而不止于此：「与神相和的人，可以借荣耀的神而喜乐、盼望」（罗 5:1,2）。不但如此，神有时领他的百姓进入旷野，好在那里「安慰他们」（何 2:14）。（4）神怒气的转消、他的安慰的回归，当成为我们喜乐感恩赞美的内容。
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他们受教导在神里面、在他们有分于神的福分上夸胜（赛 12:2）：「看哪」——并要希奇——「神是我的拯救」；不但是我的救主——借他我得救——更是我的拯救——在他里面我安全。我依靠他为我的拯救，因为我已发现他正是如此。一切为我所作成的拯救，他都当得荣耀；我未来所需的一切拯救，我也惟独从他期待，而不指望山岭冈陵；若神是我的拯救，若他承担我永远的拯救，「我必倚靠他」预备我进入其中、保守我达到其中。我必将一切暂时的事交托他，不疑惑他必使万事互相效力，叫我有益。我必坦然无疑，即我的心思总是安息。当注意，凡以神为拯救的，可以享受自己——享有圣洁的安全和心中的宁静。让我们对神作为我们拯救的信心发生实效：（1）止息我们的恐惧。我们「倚靠，并不惧怕」——不惧怕我们所信的神会叫我们失望；不，那没有危险；不惧怕任何受造之物，无论它多么可怕、多么威吓。当注意，信神是医治使人不安、折磨人的恐惧的万灵丹。（2）支持我们的盼望。主耶和华既是我们拯救，他必作我们的「力量和诗歌」。我们有当作的工，有要抵挡的试探；我们可以依靠他使我们能以胜任两者，「借他的灵叫我们心里的力量刚强起来」，因为他是我们的力量——他的恩典就是如此，那恩典必够我们用。我们要经过许多患难，必在流泪谷中期待忧伤；我们可以依靠他在一切患难中安慰我们，因为他是我们的诗歌；他「夜间赐歌」。我们若以神为我们的力量，将信心放在他身上，他必作我们的力量；我们若以他为我们的诗歌，将安慰置于他，他必作我们的诗歌。许多好基督徒以神为他们的力量，却没有以神为他们的诗歌；他们行在黑暗中；但光已为他们撒种。凡以神为力量的人，当以他为诗歌，即把荣耀归给他（参诗 68:35），又把其中的安慰取为己用，因为他必成为他们的拯救。请观察此处赋予神的称谓：「雅、耶和华」。「雅」是「耶和华」的缩写，两者都表明他的永恒和不改变，这对那些以他为他们的力量、他们的诗歌的人是极大的安慰。有人认为「雅」是指成为人的神之子；他是耶和华，我们可在他里面夸耀，以他为我们的力量、我们的诗歌、我们的拯救。
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他们受教导从神的爱和那爱的一切凭据中为自己汲取安慰（赛 12:3）：「所以，主耶和华既是你们的力量和诗歌，又必作你们的拯救，你们必欢然取水。」当注意，神所赐给我们关于他爱的保证，以及我们对他的恩典的益处和安慰所经历的经验，都当大大勉励我们对他的信心、提升我们对他的期待：「从神——他百姓一切美善的源头——里面救恩的泉源，你们必欢然取水。神的恩宠必流到你那里，你也必享受其中的安慰，并使用其中所结的福果。」当注意，（1）神在他圣礼中所启示、确立、赐给我们的应许，就是救恩的泉源；是「救主」的泉源（有人如此读），因为在其中救主和救恩向我们显明、向我们赐下。（2）我们当以信心从这些泉源里取水，把其中为我们所积存的益处和安慰取为己用，承认我们一切清新的源头都在那里、一切清新的溪流都从那里流出（诗 87:7）。（3）从救恩的泉源取水，当带着极大的喜乐和满足。神的旨意是要我们在他面前欢乐、在他里面欢乐（申 26:11），在我的祷告殿中喜乐（赛 56:7），并欢欢喜喜地守他的节期（徒 2:46）。
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A Song of Praise (740 BC)
¹ And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
³ Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
This is the former part of the hymn of praise which is prepared for the use of the church, of the Jewish church when God would work great deliverances for them, and of the Christian church when the kingdom of the Messiah should be set up in the world in despite of the opposition of the powers of darkness: In that day thou shalt say, O Lord! I will praise thee. The scattered church, being united into one body, shall, as one man, with one mind and one mouth, thus praise God, who is one and his name one. In that day, when the Lord shall do these great things for thee, thou shalt say, O Lord! I will praise thee. That is,
I. "Thou shalt have cause to say so." The promise is sure, and the blessings contained in it are very rich, and, when they are bestowed, will furnish the church with abundant matter for rejoicing and therefore with abundant matter for thanksgiving. The Old-Testament prophecies of gospel times are often expressed by the joy and praise that shall then be excited; for the inestimable benefits we enjoy by Jesus Christ require the most elevated and enlarged thanksgivings.
II. "Thou shalt have a heart to say so." All God's other gifts to his people shall be crowned with this. He will give them grace to ascribe all the glory of them to him, and to speak of them upon all occasions with thankfulness to his praise. Thou shalt say, that is, thou oughtest to say so. In that day, when many are brought home to Jesus Christ and flock to him as doves to their windows, instead of envying the kind reception they find with Christ, as the Jews grudged the favour shown to the Gentiles, thou shalt say, O Lord! I will praise thee. Note, we ought to rejoice in, and give thanks for, the grace of God to others as well as to ourselves.
1. Believers are here taught to give thanks to God for the turning away of his displeasure from them and the return of his favour to them (Isa 12:1): O Lord! I will praise thee, though thou wast angry with me. Note, Even God's frowns must not put us out of tune for praising him; though he be angry with us, though he slay us, yet we must put our trust in him and give him thanks. God has often just cause to be angry with us, but we have never any reason to be angry with him, nor to speak otherwise than well of him; even when he blames us we must praise him. Thou was angry with us, but thy anger is turned away. Note, (1.) God is sometimes angry with his own people and the fruits of his anger do appear, and they ought to take notice of this, that they may humble themselves under his mighty hand. (2.) Though God may for a time be angry with his people, yet his anger shall at length be turned away; it endures but for a moment, nor will he contend for ever. By Jesus Christ, the root of Jesse, God's anger against mankind was turned away; for he is our peace. (3.) Those whom God is reconciled to he comforts; even the turning away of his anger is a comfort to them; yet that is not all: those that are at peace with God may rejoice in hope of the glory of God, Ro 5:1,2. Nay, God sometimes brings his people into a wilderness that there he may speak comfortably to them, Ho 2:14. (4.) The turning away of God's anger, and the return of his comforts to us, ought to be the matter of our joyful thankful praises.
2. They are taught to triumph in God and their interest in him (Isa 12:2): "Behold, and wonder; God is my salvation; not only my Saviour, by whom I am saved, but my salvation, in whom I am safe. I depend upon him as my salvation, for I have found him to be so. He shall have the glory of all the salvations that have been wrought for me, and from him only will I expect the salvations I further need, and not from hills and mountains: and if God be my salvation, if he undertake my eternal salvation, I will trust in him to prepare me for it and preserve me to it. I will trust him with all my temporal concerns, not doubting but he will make all to work for my good. I will be confident, that is, I will be always easy in my own mind." Note, Those that have God for their salvation may enjoy themselves with a holy security and serenity of mind. Let faith in God as our salvation be effectual, (1.) To silence our fears. We must trust, and not be afraid, not be afraid that the God we trust in will fail us; no, there is no danger of that; not be afraid of any creature, though ever so formidable and threatening. Note, Faith in God is a sovereign remedy against disquieting tormenting fears. (2.) To support our hopes. Is the Lord Jehovah our salvation? Then he will be our strength and song. We have work to do and temptations to resist, and we may depend upon him to enable us for both, to strengthen us with all might by his Spirit in the inner man, for he is our strength; his grace is so, and that grace shall be sufficient for us. We have many troubles to undergo, and must expect griefs in a vale of tears; and we may depend upon him to comfort us in all our tribulations, for he is our song; he giveth songs in the night. If we make God our strength, and put our confidence in him, he will be our strength; if we make him our song, and place our comfort in him, he will be our song. Many good Christians have God for their strength who have him not for their song; they walk in darkness: but light is sown for them. And those that have God for their strength ought to make him their song, that is, to give him the glory of it (see Ps 68:35) and to take to themselves the comfort of it, for he will become their salvation. Observe the title here given to God: Jah, Jehovah. Jah is the contraction of Jehovah, and both signify his eternity and unchangeableness, which are a great comfort to those that depend upon him as their strength and their song. Some make Jah to signify the Son of God made man; he is Jehovah, and in him we may glory as our strength, and song, and salvation.
3. They are aught to derive comfort to themselves from the love of God and all the tokens of that love (Isa 12:3): "Therefore, because the Lord Jehovah is your strength and song and will be your salvation, you shall draw water with joy." Note, The assurances God has given us of his love, and the experiences we have had of the benefit and comfort of his grace, should greatly encourage our faith in him and our expectations from him: "Out of the wells of salvation in God, who is the fountain of all good to his people, you shall draw water with joy. God's favour shall flow forth to you, and you shall have the comfort of it and make use of the blessed fruits of it." Note, (1.) God's promises revealed, ratified, and given out to us, in his ordinances, are wells of salvation; wells of the Saviour (so some read it), for in them the Saviour and salvation are made known to us and made over to us. (2.) It is our duty by faith to draw water out of these wells, to take to ourselves the benefit and comfort that are treasured up for us in them, as those that acknowledge all our fresh springs to be there and all our fresh streams to be thence, Ps 87:7. (3.) Water is to be drawn out of the wells of salvation with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. It is the will of God that we should rejoice before him and rejoice in him (De 26:11), be joyful in his house of prayer (Isa 56:7), and keep his feasts with gladness, Ac 2:46.
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A Song of Praise (740 BC)
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赞美之歌（主前740年）
⁴ 在那日，你们要说：当称谢耶和华，求告他的名，在万民中传扬他的作为，提说他的名已被尊崇。 ⁵ 你们要向耶和华唱歌，因他所行的甚是美好；但愿这事普传天下。 ⁶ 锡安的居民哪，当扬声欢呼，因为以色列的圣者在你们中间伟大。
这是这首福音之歌的第二部分，与前一部分主旨相同；那里信徒激励自己赞美神，这里他们邀请并鼓励彼此这样做，并设法传扬他的赞美，吸引别人加入。请留意：
一、此处谁被呼召赞美神——「锡安和耶路撒冷的居民」，神特别保护他们免受西拿基立暴行之害的人（赛 12:6）。那些从神领受了特别恩惠的人，应当最热心、最踊跃地赞美他。福音教会就是锡安。基督是锡安的王。在教会有分、有名号的人，应当竭力传扬基督的知识，并引领许多人归他。「你这锡安的女子啊」；这词是阴性的。愿软弱的性别在主里刚强，赞美便从他们口中得以完全。
二、他们当如何赞美主。1. 藉着祷告：「求告他的名。」为前一次的怜悯感恩，乃是恳求更大怜悯的合宜方式；恳求更大的怜悯，也蒙恩被悦纳为对已得怜悯的感恩承认。我们求告神的名，就是把当归于他名的荣耀归给他几分，因他是我们全能而丰盛的施恩者。2. 藉着传道和写作。我们不仅要向神说话，更要向别人谈论他；不仅求告他的名，更要（如旁注所读的）「传扬他的名」；要让别人从我们这里得知关于神的一些他们以前所不知道的事，以及神藉以显明自己的那些事。「传扬他的作为」，他的「谋略」（有人这样读）；救赎之工是照他旨意的谋略成就的，在他所行的和其他奇事中，我们要留意他「向我们所存的意念」（诗 40:5）。要把这些「在万民中」传扬，在外邦人中传扬，好使他们得以与以色列和以色列的神相交。当使徒将福音传给万国、从耶路撒冷开始时，这经就应验了——他的作为必在万民中传扬，他所行的必普传天下。3. 藉着圣洁的欢跃和喜乐的狂喜：「扬声欢呼」；以欢呼和高声的呐喊迎接福音到自己这里，并向别人传扬，如同「得胜的欢呼」（出 32:18）或君王加冕时的欢呼（民 23:21）。
三、他们当为何赞美主。1. 因为他荣耀了自己。你们自己要记念，也要向别人「提说」「他的名已被尊崇」，已成为更光明、更显赫的；凡敬虔人都在此欢喜。2. 因为他尊大了他的百姓：「他所行的甚是美好」，使他们看来伟大而可敬。3. 因为他如今是、并要在他们中间伟大：「以色列的圣者伟大」，因他在圣洁上荣耀；他「所以伟大」，因为圣洁。真实的良善就是真实的伟大。他作为「以色列的圣者」而伟大，并「在你们中间」——被他们赞美（诗 76:1），在他们中间显明自己，又荣耀地为他们显现。以色列的尊荣和福分正是在于：与他们立约、在他们中间的神是无限伟大的。
英語原文
A Song of Praise (740 BC)
⁴ And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
⁵ Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
⁶ Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
This is the second part of this evangelical song, and to the same purport with the former; there believers stir up themselves to praise God, here they invite and encourage one another to do it, and are contriving to spread his praise and draw in others to join with them in it. Observe,
I. Who are here called upon to praise God—the inhabitants of Zion and Jerusalem, whom God had in a particular manner protected from Sennacherib's violence, Isa 12:6. Those that have received distinguishing favours from God ought to be most forward and zealous in praising him. The gospel church is Zion. Christ is Zion's King. Those that have a place and a name in the church should lay out themselves to diffuse the knowledge of Christ and to bring many to him. Thou inhabitress of Zion; the word is feminine. Let the weaker sex be strong in the Lord, and out of their mouth praise shall be perfected.
II. How they must praise the Lord. 1. By prayer: Call upon his name. As giving thanks for former mercy is a decent way of begging further mercy, so begging further mercy is graciously accepted as a thankful acknowledgment of the mercies we have received. In calling upon God's name we give unto him some of the glory that is due to his name as our powerful and bountiful benefactor. 2. By preaching and writing. We must not only speak to God, but speak to others concerning him, not only call upon his name, but (as the margin reads it) proclaim his name; let others know something more from us than they did before concerning God, and those things whereby he has made himself known. Declare his doings, his counsels (so some read it); the work of redemption is according to the counsel of his will, and in that and other wonderful works that he has done we must take notice of his thoughts which are to us-ward, Ps 40:5. Declare these among the people, among the heathen, that they may be brought into communion with Israel and the God of Israel. When the apostles preached the gospel to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem, then this scripture was fulfilled, that his doings should be declared among the people and that what he has done should be known in all the earth. 3. By a holy exultation and transport of joy: "Cry out and shout; welcome the gospel to yourselves and publish it to others with huzzas and loud acclamations, as those that shout for victory (Ex 32:18) or for the coronation of a king," Nu 23:21.
III. For what they must praise the Lord. 1. Because he has glorified himself. Remember it yourselves, and make mention of it to others, that his name is exalted, has become more illustrious and more conspicuous; in this every good man rejoices. 2. Because he has magnified his people: He has done excellent things for them, which make them look great and considerable. 3. Because he is, and will be, great among them: Great is the Holy One, for he is glorious in holiness; therefore great, because holy. True goodness is true greatness. He is great as the Holy One of Israel, and in the midst of them, praised by them (Ps 76:1), manifesting himself among them, and appearing gloriously in their behalf. It is the honour and happiness of Israel that the God who is in covenant with them, and in the midst of them, is infinitely great.
前一章所应许的拯救被比作以色列"从埃及地上来之日"的拯救——前一章即以此结束。如今，正如那时摩西与以色列人向神的荣耀唱了赞美之歌（出15:1），照样，当耶西的根立为万民的大旗、成为万国所慕所乐的那日，神的百姓也必如此行。在那日： I. 每一位个别的信徒，都必因自己在这拯救中有分，而唱出赞美之歌（赛12:1,2）。"你必说：主啊，我要称谢你。"感恩的工夫必成为内室的工夫。 II. 许多人必同心合意，因这拯救所带来普遍的益处而赞美神（赛12:4-6）："你们必说：你们要赞美耶和华。"感恩的工夫也必成为会众的工夫；神的赞美必在正直人的大会中公开歌颂。