PRAISE ｜ 赞美

ENPRAISE; Bless: to declare blessed, or to glorify. God is to be praised with mind and heart: Ps. 47:7. Sing ye praises with understanding. Ps. 96:4. For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised. Deut. 10:21. He is thy praise, and He is thy God. Ps. 103:1. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Ps. 9:1. I will praise Thee, O Lord, with my whole heart. With the voice, in ascription and thanksgiving, in prayer and song: Ps. 96:2. Shew forth His salvation from day to day. Ps. 105:2. Sing psalms unto Him. Ps. 57:7. I will sing and give praise. Ps. 34:1. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Col. 3:16. In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Illustration: Christ and His apostles—Matt. 26:30. And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.)

BSBPsalm 103:1 Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

中赞美；称颂：即宣告某位为当受称颂的，或将荣耀归给他。当以心思与心灵赞美神：诗篇 47:7 —— 你们要用悟性歌颂。96:4 —— 因耶和华为大，当受极大的赞美。申命记 10:21 —— 他是你所赞美的，是你的神。诗篇 103:1 —— 我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华；凡在我里面的，也要称颂他的圣名。9:1 —— 我要一心称谢耶和华。当以口发声，在归荣与感谢中、在祷告与歌唱中赞美：诗篇 96:2 —— 天天传扬他的救恩。105:2 —— 要向他歌颂。57:7 —— 我要唱诗，我要歌颂。34:1 —— 赞美他的话必常在我口中。歌罗西书 3:16 —— 用诗章、颂词、灵歌，彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感，歌颂神。（例证：基督与他的使徒们——马太福音 26:30 —— 他们唱了诗，就出来往橄榄山去。）

ENAll should praise, every day, at all times and in all experiences, while life lasts and for evermore: Ps. 67:3, 5. Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee. Ps. 145:2. Every day will I bless Thee. Ps. 34:1. I will bless the Lord at all times. Isa. 61:3. The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Acts 16:25. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God. Ps. 113:3. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised. Ps. 104:33. I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. Praise is good, and comely for the upright and the grateful: Ps. 147:1. It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. Ps. 33:1. Praise is comely for the upright. Ps. 135:3. Sing praises unto His name; for it is pleasant. Prompted in part by the experience of goodness and mercy, but mainly by the vision of God's greatness, holiness and excellence: Ps. 116:12. What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? Ps. 103:2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Ps. 138:2. I will praise Thy name for Thy lovingkindness and for Thy truth. Ps. 99:3, 5, 9. Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

BSBPsalm 113:3 From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

中所有人都当赞美：天天赞美，随时赞美，在一切境遇中赞美，一生之久，直到永远：诗篇 67:3, 5 —— 神啊，愿列邦称赞你；愿万民都称赞你。145:2 —— 我要天天称颂你。34:1 —— 我要时时称颂耶和华。以赛亚书 61:3 —— 赐他们……赞美衣代替忧伤之灵。使徒行传 16:25 —— 约在半夜，保罗和西拉祷告唱诗赞美神。诗篇 113:3 —— 从日出之地到日落之处，耶和华的名是应当赞美的。104:33 —— 我要一生向耶和华唱诗；我还活的时候，要向我神歌颂。赞美是美好的，与正直感恩之人相宜：诗篇 147:1 —— 因歌颂我们的神为善为美，赞美的话是合宜的。33:1 —— 正直人的赞美是合宜的。135:3 —— 要歌颂他的名，因为这是美好的。赞美部分由体验神的良善与怜悯而生，但主要由看见神的伟大、圣洁与卓越而生：诗篇 116:12 —— 我拿什么报答耶和华向我所赐的一切厚恩？103:2 —— 我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华，不可忘记他的一切恩惠。138:2 —— 我要……因你的慈爱和诚实称赞你的名。99:3, 5, 9 —— 他们当称赞你大而可畏的名；他本为圣。

ENIts high place and value are illustrated by its effects: 2 Chron. 20:22. And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir. God is praised by all His works: Ps. 19:1. The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. 103:21, 22. Bless the Lord, all ye His hosts; . . . bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion. By the heavenly host: Luke 2:13. A multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Rev. 5:9-12. Rev. 7:9-12. Hence the impassioned call to praise: Ps. 103:20-22. Ps. 145:21. Let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. Ps. 146:1, 2. Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. Ps. 148:1-14. Praise ye Him, all His angels: praise ye Him, all His hosts. Ps. 150:1-6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

BSBPsalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

中赞美崇高的地位与价值，可从其果效见出：历代志下 20:22 —— 众人方唱歌赞美的时候，耶和华就派伏兵击杀那来攻击犹大人的亚扪人、摩押人和西珥山人。神受万有的赞美：诗篇 19:1 —— 诸天述说神的荣耀。103:21-22 —— 你们作他的诸军，……都要称颂耶和华！你们一切被他造的，在他所治理的各处，都要称颂耶和华！受天上众军的赞美：路加福音 2:13 —— 忽然有一大队天兵……赞美神。启示录 5:9-12；7:9-12。因此有那炽热的赞美呼召：诗篇 103:20-22。145:21 —— 凡有血气的都要永永远远称颂他的圣名。146:1-2 —— 你们要赞美耶和华！我的心哪，你要赞美耶和华！148:1-14 —— 他的众使者都要赞美他！他的诸军都要赞美他！150:1-6 —— 凡有气息的都要赞美耶和华！

ENPraise and thanksgiving. In its highest and truest significance, Praise is the instinctive outburst of adoring worship that rises from a pure creature spirit at the knowledge and vision of an Infinite, Self-existent, All-Creative and sovereignly ruling God—a God of holiness, justice, goodness and truth. It occupies a higher vantage-ground than Thanksgiving, since it represents only the soul's reverent homage and appreciative adoration for God in Himself, as He is in His eternal, glorious, perfect and blessed Being—utterly without thought of the good He bestows upon the worshiping recipient creature. The offering of Praise, therefore, is the one spontaneous act of the human soul, unaffected by promise of good and uninfluenced by expectation of return for service. As thus unmixed with any thought of self, Praise is the highest expression of honor to God, and it brings the purest and loftiest element into the soul's communion with God. In both Testaments it is characterized as an "offering" or "sacrifice" by which God is glorified: Ps. 50:14, 23. Offer unto God thanksgiving. . . . Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me. Heb. 13:15. By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

BSBHebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

中赞美与感谢。就其最高最真的含义而言，赞美是一个纯洁的受造之灵，在认识并看见那位无限、自有、创造万有、至高统治之神——一位圣洁、公义、良善、真实之神——时，所迸发出的、本能的敬拜倾慕。它所占的地位高于感谢；因为它所表达的，纯是灵魂对『神自身』的敬畏致敬与欣慕爱慕——单就他在其永恒、荣耀、完全、可称颂之存有中的所是而言，全然不去想他赐给这敬拜、领受之受造者什么好处。因此，献上赞美是人的灵魂唯一自发的举动：它不受好处之应许的左右，也不受服事得报之期待的影响。正因它不掺任何为己的念头，赞美便是把尊荣归给神的最高表达；它也把最纯洁、最崇高的元素带进灵魂与神的相交之中。新旧两约都把它称作神借以得荣耀的『供物』或『祭』：诗篇 50:14, 23 —— 你们要以感谢为祭献与神……凡以感谢献上为祭的便是荣耀我。希伯来书 13:15 —— 我们应当靠着耶稣，常常以颂赞为祭献给神，这就是那承认主名之人嘴唇的果子。