第三十一章
14 耶和華啊，我仍舊倚靠你；我說：“你是我的神！”
15 我終身的事在你手中，求你救我脫離仇敵的手和那些逼迫我的人。
16 求你使你的臉光照僕人，憑你的慈愛拯救我。
17 耶和華啊，求你叫我不至羞愧，因為我曾呼籲你；求你使惡人
羞愧，使他們在陰間緘默無聲。
18 那撒謊的人逞驕傲輕慢，出狂妄的話攻擊義人，願他的嘴啞而無言。
19 敬畏你、投靠你的人，你為他們所積存的，在世人面前所施行
的恩惠是何等大呢！
20 你必把他們藏在你面前的隱密處，免得遇見人的計謀；你必暗
暗地保守他們在亭子裡，免受口舌的爭鬧。
默想：
1.本篇詩的前半段（1-13節），是描述大衛被掃羅王追逐的情
況；有時候幾乎無指望了，他心中充滿沮喪。但是大衛仍然能
夠開口說：“我仍舊倚靠你“（14節），並且” 我終身的事
在你手中“（15節）。
2.這可能在我們受到極重的壓力時最大的挑戰。我們所需要的是
現在就得到解脫，我們不要等待，但是我們的時間，以及我們
自己都在神的手中。直等到神行動，我們必須抓住神的恩典來
等待，緊緊握住神，他是我們的避難所（隱密處）。
3.神是美善的，我們信靠他為敬畏神的人所積存各樣好處。
4.你怎樣將“我終身的事在你手中”（15節）實際地活現在你的
日常生活中？特別是當你面對困難與苦難時？
禱告與筆錄：
繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思
想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。
Chapter 31
14 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my
enemies, from those who pursue me.
16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
17 Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let
the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.
18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they
speak arrogantly against the righteous.
19 How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those
who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take
refuge in you.
20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human
intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.
Meditation
1. The first half of the psalm (v1-13) described David being pursued
by armies led by King Saul. At times, his situation seemed hopeless,
and he was gripped by despair. Yet David found grace to say,
“I trust in you”(v14) and “my times are in your hands”(v15).
2. This is perhaps the greatest challenge we face when hard-pressed.
We want relief now. We don’t want to wait. Yet our times as well
as we ourselves are in God’s hands. Until God acts, we must find
grace to wait, holding tight to God as our refuge.
3. God is good and we can be sure that He has goodness stored up for
us who fear Him. For now, we are safe. In the future, we will be
doubly blessed.
4. How would you make this statement, “My times are in your hands”
(v15), a reality in your life? What does it actually mean to you
when faced with troubles and difficulties?
Prayer & Journaling:
Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse with God and listen
to what he wants to tell me. Then write down any thought and/or prayer
in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.