第三十五章
1 耶和華啊,與我相爭的,求你與他們相爭;與我相戰的,求你與
他們相戰。
2 拿著大小的盾牌,起來幫助我!
3 抽出槍來,擋住那追趕我的。求你對我的靈魂說:“我是拯救你的。”
4 願那尋索我命的,蒙羞受辱;願那謀害我的,退後羞愧。
5 願他們像風前的糠,有耶和華的使者趕逐他們。
6 願他們的道路又暗又滑,有耶和華的使者追趕他們。
7 因他們無故地為我暗設網羅,無故地挖坑,要害我的性命。
8 願災禍忽然臨到他身上;願他暗設的網纏住自己;願他落在其中
遭災禍!
9 我的心必靠耶和華快樂,靠他的救恩高興。
10 我的骨頭都要說:“耶和華啊,誰能像你,救護困苦人脫離那
比他強壯的,救護困苦窮乏人脫離那搶奪他的?”
默想:
1.當詩人覺得受到傷害時,他的憤怒就如江河湧流而成;他根本
不會理會到“我不應當說這些話的”。一個成熟的基督徒,並
不表示他的情緒會是很平穩,沒有高低的,而是以敬虔的凡事
來深層地感受。
2.當別人不公平的對待你的時候,你會如何反應?在怎樣的情況
下,你會希望主來為你爭鬥、打抱不平?
3.我們對那些傷害我們的人,不一定能夠很恩慈的對待,但是我
們可以選擇不以感受來相待,而是以順從基督來對待那些人。
目前,你對什麼人有憎恨憤怒的感受?
4.為這個人向神禱告,求神祝福這位傷害你的人。
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 35
1 Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those
who fight against me.
2 Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.
3 Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to me, “I
am your salvation. ”
4 May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those
who plot my ruin be turned back in dismay.
5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD
driving them away; 6 may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel
of the LORD pursuing them.
7 Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a
pit for me,
8 may ruin overtake them by surprise— may the net they hid entangle
them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.
10 My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, LORD? You rescue
the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those
who rob them.”
Meditation
1. When the psalmist feels hurt, the anger pours forth in an eloquent
torrent. There is no sense of “I’m not supposed to feel this way.”
Christian maturity is not about reducing the highs and lows of emotions
to a level plane, but of feeling deeply in a godly way.
2. How do you respond when people treat you unfairly? In what situation
do you wish the Lord would fight for you?
3. We may not feel gracious toward those who hurt us, but we choose
to act that way, not from feelings but from obedience to Jesus Christ.
Who do you feel hostility and anger toward?
4. Ask God to bless those who have hurt you.
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.