Month of Thanksgiving - Day 24

詩篇118：15-29

¹⁵ 在義人的帳篷裡，有歡呼拯救的聲音：「耶和華的右手施展大能！
¹⁶ 耶和華的右手高舉，耶和華的右手施展大能！」
¹⁷ 我必不致死，仍要存活，並要傳揚耶和華的作為。
¹⁸ 耶和華雖嚴嚴地懲治我，卻未曾將我交於死亡。
¹⁹ 給我敞開義門，我要進去稱謝耶和華。
²⁰ 這是耶和華的門，義人要進去。
²¹ 我要稱謝你，因為你已經應允我，又成了我的拯救。
²² 匠人所棄的石頭，已成了房角的頭塊石頭。
²³ 這是耶和華所做的，在我們眼中看為稀奇。
²⁴ 這是耶和華所定的日子，我們在其中要高興歡喜。
²⁵ 耶和華啊，求你拯救！耶和華啊，求你使我們亨通！
²⁶ 奉耶和華名來的是應當稱頌的！我們從耶和華的殿中為你們祝福。
²⁷ 耶和華是神，他光照了我們。理當用繩索把祭牲拴住，牽到壇角那裡。
²⁸ 你是我的神，我要稱謝你；你是我的神，我要尊崇你。
²⁹ 你們要稱謝耶和華，因他本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！

Psalm 118：15-29

¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation Is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord is exalted; The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the Lord.
¹⁸ The Lord has chastened me severely, But He has not given me over to death.

¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go through them, And I will praise the Lord.
²⁰ This is the gate of the Lord, Through which the righteous shall enter.

²¹ I will praise You, For You have answered me, And have become my salvation.

²² The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
²³ This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.
²⁴ This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

²⁵ Save now, I pray, O Lord; O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.
²⁷ God is the Lord, And He has given us light; Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
²⁸ You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You.

²⁹ Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

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Psalm 118 is the last psalm of the 6 Hallel psalms (113-118), and the Passover song for the Israelis. Very likely, our Lord Jesus and His disciples sang this psalm at the Last Supper. “The stone which the builders rejected" in this psalm reveals the great pain of our Lord Jesus - His suffering is not only physical affliction, or the pain of bearing all sins, but also the agony of being rejected from the Father. Such separation pain is an unspeakable suffering for our Trinity God. Brothers and sisters, if we truly comprehend the enormous price paid by Jesus, all of us should be amazed by His salvation for sinners, as maggots and as worms, like you and me. He sacrificed His life to open to us the gates of righteousness, shepherding us with integrity of heart, and leading us with skillful hands. May we our pray the same prayer full of gratitude: "You are my God, and I will praise You; You are my God, I will exalt You. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever."

本篇是六篇哈利路篇（The Hallel）的最后一篇（113-118篇）。是以色列人過逾越節时必唱之歌。相信主耶稣和门徒在吃最後晚餐的时候，也唱过这篇诗。在本篇中，谈到极大的痛苦，并匠人所弃的房角石。这些话很明显的指出主耶稣所受的痛苦，祂的痛苦不單是肉體的痛苦，聖潔的羔羊要背負所有的罪的痛苦，最痛苦的應該是當聖子在十架上的時候，聖父掩面不看他，他就如被匠人所棄的房角石一樣。這樣的情形，對於完全合一的三一神而言，是無法言喻的痛苦。弟兄姐妹，我們實在應當稀奇，神居然附上如此的代價，為要拯救你我每一個如蛆如蟲的罪人。祂用生命為你我打開了义门，并用他心中的純正牧养我們，用手中的巧妙引導我們。願我們都發出同樣的禱告：你是我的神，我要稱謝祂，你是我的神，我要尊崇你。你們要稱謝耶和華，因他本為善，他的慈愛永遠長存！