【诗117:1-2】万国啊，你们都当赞美耶和华！万民哪，你们都当颂赞他！因为他向我们大施慈爱；耶和华的诚实存到永远。你们要赞美耶和华！【Psalm 117:1-2】Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord.

诗篇117是所有诗篇中最短的一篇，也是整本圣经里最短的一章，但却道出了旧约和新约的精义。Psalm 117 is the shortest of all the Psalms and also the shortest chapter in the whole Bible, yet it expresses the very heart of both the Old and New Testaments.

“万国、万民”，指所有的外邦人和全体以色利人，都当来赞美耶和华！虽然外邦人还不认识神，但神的国超越了地上一切的国，全世界都当颂赞耶和华。“All nations” and “all peoples” refer to all the Gentiles and all Israel, who are called to praise the Lord! Although the Gentiles did not yet know God, the kingdom of God is above every kingdom on earth, and the whole world is called to praise the Lord. 神向祂的百姓信守不变的爱的圣约，并且这慈爱是向着一切因信在基督里成为神后嗣的外邦人和以色列人所发出。God remains faithful to His unchanging covenant of love towards His people, and this steadfast love is also extended to all Gentiles and Israelites who, through faith in Christ, become heirs of God. 本诗直指神救恩计划的核心，先从神的选民以色利、到外邦人、再到全世界，凡信耶稣基督是神所差来的独生爱子，为世人赎罪舍命的便得永生。This psalm points directly to the heart of God’s plan of salvation—from His chosen people Israel, to the Gentiles, and then to the whole world. Whoever believes that Jesus Christ is the one and only beloved Son sent by God, who gave His life as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world, will receive eternal life. 并且所有领受这救恩和恩典的民，都当在万国万民中见证耶和华慈爱大能的作为，让哈利路亚的赞美声传到地极。And all who have received this salvation and grace are called to bear witness among all nations and peoples to the mighty works of the Lord’s steadfast love, so that the sound of Hallelujah may reach to the ends of the earth.

祷告：Prayer:

阿爸天父，你是慈爱守信的阿爸父。你没有离弃你在爱中创造的悖逆你的儿女们，Abba Father, You are our loving and faithful Father. You did not abandon the children whom You created in love, even though they rebelled against You. 你预备了完备的救恩计划，就是差遣你的独生爱子，使他成了那末后的亚当，使我们可以与基督同为后嗣，得神儿子的名分和产业。You prepared a complete plan of salvation by sending Your one and only beloved Son, making Him the last Adam, so that we may become co-heirs with Christ and receive adoption as God’s children and the inheritance that belongs to them.

清晨我就来默念你的慈爱和救恩，让我的心来赞美你的圣洁荣美。我当不忘记自己罪人的本相，持定你圣洁恨恶罪的十架道路，In the early morning, I meditate on Your steadfast love and salvation, and let my heart praise Your holy beauty. May I never forget my true condition as a sinner, but hold firmly to the way of the cross, where Your holiness stands against sin. 与自己内心的不合神圣洁生命的恶心、恶欲来争战，好叫每天能活出我必衰微主必兴旺的人生。Help me fight against every evil thought and desire within me that is contrary to Your holy life, so that each day I may live out the truth: “I must decrease, but the Lord must increase.” 也能叫身边的人感受到从我里面流淌出的基督舍己的馨香之气，使外邦人、人人都来归向全能神耶和华，将荣耀颂赞归给你。May those around me also experience the fragrance of Christ’s self-giving love flowing from within me, so that the Gentiles and all people may turn to the Almighty Lord God and give glory and praise to You.

奉主耶稣基督圣名祈求。阿门！In the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

（Sister Jing）