旧约 - 士师记(Judges)第5章

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
"When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves--praise the LORD!
"Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I will sing to the LORD, I will sing; I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.
"O LORD, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.
The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
"In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the roads were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.
Village life in Israel ceased, ceased until I, Deborah, arose, arose a mother in Israel.
When they chose new gods, war came to the city gates, and not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.
My heart is with Israel's princes, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the LORD!
"You who ride on white donkeys, sitting on your saddle blankets, and you who walk along the road, consider
the voice of the singers at the watering places. They recite the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts of his warriors in Israel. "Then the people of the LORD went down to the city gates.
'Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, O Barak! Take captive your captives, O son of Abinoam.'
"Then the men who were left came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came to me with the mighty.
Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek; Benjamin was with the people who followed you. From Makir captains came down, from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.
The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, rushing after him into the valley. In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.
Why did you stay among the campfires to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben there was much searching of heart.
Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan. And Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the coast and stayed in his coves.
The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the heights of the field.
"Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they carried off no silver, no plunder.
From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.
The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong!
Then thundered the horses' hoofs--galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.
'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD. 'Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.'
"Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman's hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.
At her feet he sank, he fell; there he lay. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell--dead.
"Through the window peered Sisera's mother; behind the lattice she cried out, 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?'
The wisest of her ladies answer her; indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a girl or two for each man, colorful garments as plunder for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck--all this as plunder?'
"So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength." Then the land had peace forty years.
士师记第五章   第 5 章 

  士 5 章 > 底波拉的诗歌的主题是什么?分为几个层次? 

  5 章 音乐与歌唱是以色列文化中宝贵的一部分。第五章可能是底波拉与巴拉所写所唱的一首诗歌。它将第四章所记载的以色列人大获全胜的故事配上音乐,在欢庆时唱出。它将得胜的光荣归于神,宣告祂的伟大。这是传播奇妙的故事,并将其传给世世代代的极好方法。(出埃及记 15 章的注释列出了圣经里的其他诗歌。) 

  士 5 章 > 唱赞美诗时,你是陶醉在音乐中,还是沉浸在与神的相遇中? 

  5 章 底波拉与巴拉得胜以后,唱出对神的颂赞。赞美诗使我们专心一意地注目神,使我们发出属灵的欢呼,且不忘记神的信实与美德。不管你是经历重大胜利,或是进退两难,唱出对神的颂赞,必能使你信心更足。 

  士 5:8> 决志信主之后,人也可能会去“选择新神”,我有没有这方面的动摇? 

  5:8 以色列人选择事奉假神,就必然有争战。神虽然给他们明令,他们并未认真遵行。国民的生活不是以神为主,境外的压力很快会大过内部的抵抗力,当然容易受仇敌掠夺。你如果渴望得人赏识、想得权力、贪爱金钱,甚至让这些管理你一生的话,你就会觉得四面受敌──有压力、忧虑、疾病、疲劳困扰你。你要以神作你生活的中心,与这些仇敌争战的时候,就会得着所需的力量。 

  士 5:15-17> 有哪些以色列支派没有出兵协助底波拉作战?原因何在? 

  5:15-17 底波拉谴责没有派兵协助这一场战争的四个支派的人:吕便、基列地的迦得或是玛拿西支派、但与亚设。这里没有说明他们不肯协助同胞作战的原因,可能与当初没有赶出迦南人的原因相同:( 1 )他们不相信神的帮助,( 2 )不振作,( 3 )惧怕仇敌,( 4 )恐怕激起与他们有生意来往之人的仇恨,因为他们从这些人身上致富。他们这样的不顺服神,显明对神的旨意毫不热心。──《灵修版圣经注释》