【诗146:2】我一生要赞美耶和华！我还活的时候要歌颂我的神！【Psa146:2 NIV】I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

这诗篇作于以色列历史上历经患难、寄居异邦、饱受列国权势压迫的背景下。This psalm was written against the background of Israel’s history of suffering, living in foreign lands, and enduring oppression under the powers of surrounding nations.当以色列民族面临黑暗势力、周围仇敌的恐吓以及经济与生存重压时。人们极容易去倚靠世上的君王、寻找政治同盟（即经文所说的“靠君王，倚世人”）。When the people of Israel faced the forces of darkness, threats from enemies around them, and heavy economic pressures and struggles for survival, they could easily turn to earthly rulers for help and seek political alliances—what the passage describes as putting their “trust in princes” and in mortal men.诗人写这篇诗，正是要在动荡不安的局势中，让百姓的眼目从虚妄的世界，彻底转归独一无二的真神。The psalmist wrote this psalm precisely to turn the eyes of the people completely away from the false securities of this world and back to the one and only true God in the midst of instability and turmoil.

赞美进入神的门，称谢进入祂的院。神是以以色列的赞美为(宝座)居所的。起来赞美神，不被环境和情绪压制，人就会经历到神的同在和能力。We enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. God is enthroned as the Holy One, the praise of Israel. When we rise up to praise God instead of allowing our circumstances and emotions to weigh us down, we experience God’s presence and power.不论人的属灵光景何等低落，生命多么弱小，只要赞美，就能战胜仇敌射过来的灰心、沮丧、低沉的火箭。因为神应许，要在婴儿的口中完全赞美的话。No matter how low our spiritual condition may be or how weak our lives may feel, as long as we praise God, we can overcome the flaming arrows of discouragement, despondency and heaviness that the enemy fires at us. For God has ordained praise from the lips of children and infants.

哈利路亚，赞美神。诗人强调我们赞美神不但是用口，更是要用心。我的心哪，你要赞美耶和华。因为赞美就是从环境、从自我转向神，以神为我生命和生活的中心。Hallelujah, praise God. The psalmist emphasises that we praise God not only with our mouths, but also with our hearts. “Praise the LORD, O my soul.” To praise is to turn our eyes away from our circumstances and ourselves and towards God, making Him the centre of our lives and daily living.就是操练在地如在天，那新天新地、天上的生活——那时万国万民都要赞美敬拜耶和华。祂是赞美和敬拜的中心。It is to practise on earth the life of heaven, as it will be in the new heaven and the new earth—when people from every nation will praise and worship the LORD. He is the centre of all praise and worship.赞美不是宗教礼仪，而是生命和生活的实际。我们一生还活着的时候要赞美他，就是在每一天的生活和生命实际中操练：凡事感恩、常常喜乐。就能不住的赞美神。Praise is not a religious ritual, but a reality to be lived out in our lives. As long as we live, we are to praise Him. This means practising it in the reality of everyday life: giving thanks in all circumstances and rejoicing always, so that we may continually praise God.

大卫一生学到的一样宝贵的属灵原则就是赞美，他在遭遇险境，背叛，如同丧家犬被自己的儿子追杀时，伸出信心的手向神来呼求，因他知道屡次的遭遇和被救拔，都是出于神诸般的恩典，以至于他发出信心的宣告：我深信在活人之地必得见耶和华的恩惠。(诗篇27:13 和合本2010)，大卫用生命谱写了这些赞美的诗篇。One precious spiritual principle David learnt throughout his life was praise. When he faced danger and betrayal, and when he was pursued by his own son like a homeless fugitive, he reached out to God in faith and cried out to Him. Through his repeated experiences of suffering and deliverance, he knew that all of these were surrounded by God’s abundant grace, so he made this declaration of faith: “I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” (Psalm 27:13 NIV) David wrote these psalms of praise with his very life.

在这诗篇后面，直接指向耶稣基督，开瞎子的眼睛，扶起被压的，保护寄居的，扶持孤儿、寡妇。祂的国度直到永远…今天凡诚心赞美敬拜耶和华的地方，岂不是被掳的得释放、被囚的出监牢，伤心的得医治，报告神悦纳人的喜年？！Later in this psalm, the words point directly to Jesus Christ: He gives sight to the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down, watches over the alien, and sustains the fatherless and the widow. His kingdom endures forever... Today, wherever people sincerely praise and worship the LORD, do we not see captives set free, prisoners released, the broken-hearted healed, and the year of the LORD’s favour proclaimed?!死人复活，神迹彰显。耶稣战胜死亡和黑暗权势，夺回一切权柄，祂里拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙。The dead are raised and miracles are revealed. Jesus has conquered death and the powers of darkness; all authority belongs to Him, and He holds the keys of death and Hades.祂复活，全人类有了盼望。当我们走十字架道路，罪被除去，旧造营垒被拆毁，经历耶稣医治释放，死里复活的大能，灵里得着喜乐，自然而然就生发赞美！哈利路亚！Because He has risen, all humanity has been given hope. As we walk the way of the cross, sin is put away, the strongholds of the old creation are torn down, and we experience the healing and deliverance of Jesus and the power of His resurrection. Joy rises within our spirits, and praise naturally flows out! Hallelujah!

祷告 | Prayer

阿爸天父，我心在早晨就要来赞美你，凡有气息的都要来赞美你！我的神，你统管万有，无限伟大，却愿意住进每一个愿意谦卑的罪人的心里。Abba Father, in the morning my heart will praise You; let everything that has breath praise You! My God, You rule over all things and are infinitely great, yet You are willing to dwell in the heart of every sinner who humbles himself before You.求你教导我，提醒我，当我周围的人、发生的事，不合我的意，仇敌正把生气、发怒、抱怨的意念射给我的时候，让我转向你，赞美你，效法你的爱子耶稣基督，说，父啊，你的美意本是如此。Please teach me and remind me that when the people around me and the things that happen do not go the way I want, and when the enemy fires thoughts of anger, frustration and complaining at me, help me to turn to You and praise You. Let me follow the example of Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, and say, “Father, for this was Your good pleasure.”原来，你用不顺利、不合我意的环境，就是要训练我，起来争战，不体贴肉体，乃要体贴神的意思，救我脱离旧造，脱离旧人的思维情绪模式，让我成为一个赞美的器皿。我一生要赞美耶和华！我还活的时候要歌颂我的神！哈利路亚，赞美主。Help me to see that You use difficult circumstances and things that do not go according to my wishes to train me to rise up and fight the spiritual battle—not to gratify the sinful nature, but to set my mind on what God desires. Rescue me from the old creation and from the old patterns of thinking and emotion, and make me a vessel of praise. I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live! Hallelujah, praise the Lord.

奉耶稣基督的名祈求，阿门。In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

（Sister Jing and the Daily Devotional Team）