坚固保障

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1、上主是我坚固保障,庄严雄峻永坚强;
祂领导我安稳前航,助我乘风破骇浪。
恶魔盘踞世上,仍谋兴破作浪,猖狂狡猾异常,
残暴狠毒难防,阴险绝伦真无双。
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.

2、我若单凭自己力量,自知断难相对抗;
幸有一人挺身先登,率领着我往前方。
如问此人为谁?乃是基督我王,统管宇宙万方,
自古万民共仰,定能将群伦魔扫荡!
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.

3、群魔虽然环绕我身,向我尽量施侵凌;
我不惧怕,因神有旨,真理必使我得胜。
幽暗之君虽猛,不足令我心惊,他怒,我能容忍,
日后胜负必分,主言必使他败亡。
And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

4、主言权力伟大非常,远胜世上中君王,
圣灵恩典为我所有,因主耶稣在我旁。
亲戚财物可舍,渺小浮生可丧,人或残杀我身,
主道依然兴旺,上主国度永久长。
That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.

马丁‧路德(Martin Luther,1483-1546)从1517年开始,以无比的耐力和智慧进行教会的革新。人们尊崇他是改革家、政治家、圣经翻译者、犀利火热的讲道者、 神学家,却罕知他对圣诗及音乐的贡献。他从小就聆听母亲歌唱,是熟练各种乐器的歌唱家。当改革开始后,他竭力重建德国教会的崇拜,创作多首圣诗并鼓励会众 参与歌颂神。

他说:“圣乐仅次于神的话,是世上最伟大的宝藏。它引导我们的思想、意念、心灵……一个人若不能认识音乐是神奇妙的创造,他 就不配被称为人……”又,“音乐像一艘船,是传运思想的工具。对基督徒来说,圣乐更是神学思想之舟”。从此圣诗就和圣经一样不再束之高阁、纯属神职人员专 有,而普遍为一般信徒所吟唱。

这首圣诗被称为“伟大的德国历史上最伟大的人物所写的最伟大的圣诗”,也被认为是宗教改革时的战诗,内容出自《诗篇》46篇。诗中明显写出路德与撒但对抗的体验。他在艰苦改革的过程中常常对同工的弟兄说,“来吧!腓力,让我们来唱《诗篇》46篇!”

包括美国艾森豪总统在内,许多基督徒的安息礼拜中常爱用这首圣诗。它使哀伤人的眼光,再次定睛在耶稣基督那位得胜的救主身上;使我们在痛苦中以信心重新仰望神,让永不改变的全能真神成为我们的避难所、盾牌、磐石和坚固保障。

作者周瑞芳,女中音,大陆事工传道人。现任教中华基督教音乐崇拜研究院。请上网聆听: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/m/i/mightyfo.htm ,并欢迎收听作者主持的圣诗节目“回声谷”: www.cgbc.org )。中国时间每周一及周五24小时网上播放。现已压缩录制成CD,需要者请与华播联系:电话310-539-1405。E-mail: andrinak@cgbc.org

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