灵命日粮 - 2005年4月13日
读经: 马太福音26章17-30节

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金句: 「匠人所弃的石头，已成了房角的头块石头。」（诗篇118篇22节）

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全年读经: 诗篇7-9篇  

犹太崇拜者颂赞诗篇113-118篇，以庆祝逾越节，这些经节也被称为「纪念出埃及时的赞美诗」。庆祝活动随着感谢上帝所赐给的自由和美好的生活而越来越高亢。活动在会众取悦上帝与表达他们欢悦的颂赞声中结束。一位犹太教士将这个活动解释为体验「对自由流露出的真情喜悦」。
当逾越节的圣餐快结束时，他们会唱下半段的赞美诗歌。据马太福音记载，耶稣最后一次和祂的门徒一起庆祝完逾越节之后，「他们唱了诗，就出来往橄榄山去」（马太福音26章30节）。他们可能也唱下面这首诗：


「匠人所弃的石头，
已成了房角的头块石头。
这是耶和华所做的，
在我们眼中看为希奇。
这是耶和华所定的日子，
我们在其中要高兴欢喜。」
（诗篇118篇22-24节）
不管他们所唱的是哪一首诗，耶稣信靠天父的美好，是令人称奇的。即使祂知道祂将经历最黑暗的一天，祂还是能够赞美父上帝。JAL


即使在最黑暗的日子，
我的心还是喜乐颂赞；
不是因上帝说我应该，
而是因我知祂的美善。Link


颂赞能减轻我们的重担。
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The Darkest Day



Read:Matthew 26:17-30
The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. —Psalm 118:22


Bible In One Year: Psalm 7-9

To celebrate Passover, Jewish worshipers sing Psalms 113-118, a section called the "Egyptian Hallel." The ceremony builds to a crescendo of appreciation for freedom and the beauty of life given by God. It ends with participants singing and praising God both to please Him and to express their own pleasure. One rabbi explains it as experiencing the "emotional joy of freedom."

Near the end of the Passover meal, the second half of these Hallel psalms are sung. According to the gospel of Matthew, Jesus and His disciples sang a hymn and "went out to the Mount of Olives" after celebrating their last Passover together (26:30). They may well have sung this psalm:


The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord's doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:22-24).

Regardless of which hymn they sang, the confidence Jesus had in the goodness of His heavenly Father is astounding. He was able to praise His Father even though He knew He was about to experience His darkest day. —Julie Link


Even on the darkest days
My heart sings in joyful praise,
Not because God says I should
But because I know He's good. —Link

Praise has the power to lighten our heaviest burden.