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Ps 49:1-20.
英文原文
Ps 49:1-20.
This Psalm instructs and consoles. It teaches that earthly advantages are not reliable for permanent happiness, and that, however prosperous worldly men may be for a time, their ultimate destiny is ruin, while the pious are safe in God's care.
1-3. All are called to hear what interests all.
world--literally, "duration of life," the present time.
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4. 侧耳——留心听
（Ps 17:6; 31:2）。
比喻——在希伯来文和希腊文中，「比喻」与「箴言」是同一字的译法。它指一种比较，或一种修辞，以一种形像包括多项，表达一个能作多种说理的一般真理。因此可用于说理本身。前一种意义，英文常用「箴言」（即一词代多项）；后一种注重比较，用「比喻」（即一物置于另一物旁）。这分别并不总被遵守，因这里以及
Ps 78:2； 「箴言」更能表达这体裁的风格
（也见
Pr 26:7, 9; Hab 2:6; Joh 16:25, 29）。 这种修辞常十分形象也隐晦
（比较
Mt 13:12-15）。 因此用并行的词——
深奥的事——或作「谜语」
（比较
Eze 17:2）。
说明——即解释。
在瑟上——抒情诗的伴奏。
英文原文
4. incline--to hear attentively
(Ps 17:6; 31:2).
parable--In Hebrew and Greek "parable" and "proverb" are translations of the same word. It denotes a comparison, or form of speech, which under one image includes many, and is expressive of a general truth capable of various illustrations. Hence it may be used for the illustration itself. For the former sense, "proverb" (that is, one word for several) is the usual English term, and for the latter, in which comparison is prominent, "parable" (that is, one thing laid by another). The distinction is not always observed, since here, and in
Ps 78:2;
"proverb" would better express the style of the composition (compare also
Pr 26:7, 9; Hab 2:6; Joh 16:25, 29).
Such forms of speech are often very figurative and also obscure (compare
Mt 13:12-15).
Hence the use of the parallel word--
dark saying--or, "riddle" (compare
Eze 17:2).
open--is to explain.
upon the harp--the accompaniment for a lyric.
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5. 罪孽——或作「灾祸」
（Ps 40:12）。
我脚跟的——按字面作「我的欺骗者」
（Ge 27:36）， 或欺压者：「我被他们所加的恶所包围。」
英文原文
5. iniquity--or, "calamity"
(Ps 40:12).
of my heels--literally "my supplanters"
(Ge 27:36),
or oppressors: "I am surrounded by the evils they inflict."
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6. 他们是虚浮骄傲的。
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6. They are vainglorious.
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7-9. 却不能救自己，也不能救别人。
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7-9. yet unable to save themselves or others.
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8. 永远——即赎价失效，代价太宝贵、太昂贵。
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8. it ceaseth for ever--that is, the ransom fails, the price is too precious, costly.
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9. 坑——按字面作「坑」，或「坟墓」，由此表明「灵魂」即「生命」之意
[Ps 49:8]。
英文原文
9. corruption--literally, "pit," or, "grave," thus showing that "soul" is used for "life"
[Ps 49:8].
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10. 因为他看见——即朽坏；接着是说明。
智慧人……愚顽人——
(Ps 14:1; Pr 1:32; 10:1)。
同样——完全一样——
(Ps 4:8)—— 死——众人都遭同样的命运。
英文原文
10. For he seeth--that is, corruption; then follows the illustration.
wise . . . fool--
(Ps 14:1; Pr 1:32; 10:1).
likewise--alike altogether--
(Ps 4:8)
--die--all meet the same fate.
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11. 他们仍执迷不悟，怀着永存的指望，称自己的地，或「因（他们的）地而颂扬自己的名」。
英文原文
11. Still infatuated and flattered with hopes of perpetuity, they call their lands, or "celebrate their names on account of (their) lands."
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12. 与此虚妄相对照的是他们的脆弱。无论人如何受尊荣，他
不能存留——按字面作「不留宿」，不能留到早晨，便忽然灭亡如（野）兽，其命无警告而被取去。
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12. Contrasted with this vanity is their frailty. However honored, man
abideth not--literally, "lodgeth not," remains not till morning, but suddenly perishes as (wild) beasts, whose lives are taken without warning.
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13. 虽然他们的道是愚妄，别人却随从同样的生活之路。
英文原文
13. Though their way is folly, others follow the same course of life.
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14. 如羊——（比较
Ps 49:12)—— 他们不知不觉地
被安排——或作「被置」等。
死亡必牧养——或更佳「必管辖」
他们——如牧人一般（比较「牧养」，
Ps 28:9， 旁注）。
管辖——或作「制伏」
他们直早晨——突然，或在他们的轮到之时。
他们的美容——按字面作「形状」或形态。
必消灭——按字面作「是为消耗」，即坟墓的消耗。
从他们的住处——按字面作「从他们的家（他们去）到它」，即到坟墓。
英文原文
14. Like sheep--(compare
Ps 49:12)
unwittingly, they
are laid--or, "put," &c.
death shall feed on--or, better, "shall rule"
them--as a shepherd (compare "feed,"
Ps 28:9,
Margin).
have dominion over--or, "subdue"
them in the morning--suddenly, or in their turn.
their beauty--literally, "form" or shape.
shall consume--literally, "is for the consumption," that is, of the grave.
from their dwelling--literally, "from their home (they go) to it," that is, the grave.
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15. 敬虔的人从「坟墓的权势」中被救出来。
权势——按字面作「手」，死亡的手，被交在神的看顾之下。
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15. The pious, delivered from "the power of the grave."
power--literally, "the hand," of death, are taken under God's care.
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16-19. 应用这教训。不要焦虑
(Ps 37:1
等)，因为死亡剪除你所惧怕那兴旺的恶人。
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16-19. applies this instruction. Be not anxious
(Ps 37:1,
&c.), since death cuts off the prosperous wicked whom you dread.
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18. 虽然……活等——按字面作「因为他在世时赐福自己的灵魂」，或作「自己」
(Lu 12:19, 16:25)； 然而
(Ps 49:19)； 他已经得了他的分。
人要称赞……你自己——谄媚者增加财主的自我满足；对他称呼的形式加强了这话的语气。
英文原文
18. Though . . . lived, &c.--literally, "For in his life he blessed his soul," or, "himself"
(Lu 12:19, 16:25);
yet
(Ps 49:19);
he has had his portion.
men will praise . . . thyself--Flatterers enhance the rich fool's self-complacency; the form of address to him strengthens the emphasis of the sentiment.
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20. （比较
Ps 49:12)。
愚妄更明显地由「不明白」表达——代替了「不停留」。
英文原文
20. (Compare
Ps 49:12).
The folly is more distinctly expressed by "understandeth not," substituted for "abideth not."
Ps 49:1-20.
本篇既教导又安慰。它指出属地的好处不能作为永久幸福的可靠倚靠，属世之人无论一时多么兴旺，其最终结局是灭亡，而敬虔人则在神的眷顾中安然无恙。
1-3. 所有人都被召唤来听与所有人相关的事。
世上——原文作"生命的持续"，即现今的世代。