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1/7 Daily Devotional

Chapel Devotional 

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 

Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness. May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor. May he live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more. 

 

May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts. May all kings fall down before him, all nations give him service. For he delivers the needy when they call, the poor and those who have no helper. He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. From oppression and violence he redeems their life; and precious is their blood in his sight. 

 

(솔로몬의 시) 하나님이여주의 판단력을 왕에게 주시고 주의 의를 왕의 아들에게 주소서 저가 주의 백성을 의로 판단하며 주의 가난한 자를 공의로 판단하리니 의로 인하여 산들이 백성에게 평강을 주며 작은 산들도 그리하리로다 저가 백성의 가난한 자를 신원하며 궁핍한 자의 자손을 구원하며 압박하는 자를 꺾으리로다 저희가 해가 있을 동안에 주를 두려워하며 달이 있을 동안에 대대로 그리하리로다 저는 벤 풀에 내리는 비같이 땅을 적시는 소낙비 같이 임하리니 저의 날에 의인이 흥왕하여 평강의 풍성함이 달이 다할 때까지 이르리로다 

 

다시스와 섬의 왕들이 공세를 바치며 스바와 시바 왕들이 예물을 드리리로다 만왕이 그 앞에 부복하며 열방이 다 그를 섬기리로다 저는 궁핍한 자의 부르짖을 때에 건지며 도움이 없는 가난한 자도 건지며 저는 가난한 자와 궁핍한 자를 긍휼히 여기며 궁핍한 자의 생명을 구원하며 저희 생명을 압박과 강포에서 구속하리니 저희 피가 그 목전에 귀하리로다 

 

(所罗门的诗。) 神啊,求你将判断的权柄赐给王,将公义赐给王的儿子。 他要按公义审判你的民,按公平审判你的困苦人。 大山小山都要因公义使民得享平安。 他必为民中的困苦人伸冤,拯救穷乏之辈,压碎那欺压人的。 太阳还存,月亮还在,人要敬畏你,直到万代。 他必降临,像雨降在已割的草地上,如甘霖滋润田地。 在他的日子,义人要发旺,大有平安,好像月亮长存。 

 

他施和海岛的王要进贡;示巴和西巴的王要献礼物。 诸王都要叩拜他;万国都要事奉他。 因为穷乏人呼求的时候,他要搭救;没有人帮助的困苦人,他也要搭救。 他要怜恤贫寒和穷乏的人,拯救穷苦人的性命。 他要救赎他们脱离欺压和强暴。他们的血在他眼中看为宝贵。 

 

The turning of the year 
Is a time to look forward, 
While holding on 
To those moments in the year past 
When we suddenly became aware 
Of God with us. 

We waste time if we look back in anger or regret, 
Or forward in fear. 
Though these days are short, 
They can dazzle with their brightness. 
Epiphany, a season of clear-seeing: 
Life in perspective, with all its possibilities, 
Before the diary fills up 
An unwritten page; a door opening; 
A field of snow untrodden. 

God of dreams and discoveries, 
At this turning point in our lives 
May your epiphany open our eyes: 
May we be wise enough 
To become fools for Christ’s sake, 
And as we step into another year 
Of our journey home to you, 
May we find courage to go a different way.

Amen. 

  

  

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