第五十八章
1 世人哪，你們默然不語，真合公義嗎？施行審判，豈按正直嗎？
2 不然，你們是心中作惡，你們在地上秤出你們手所行的強暴。
3 惡人一出母胎，就與神疏遠；一離母腹，便走錯路，說謊話。
4 他們的毒氣好像蛇的毒氣，他們好像塞耳的聾虺，
5 不聽行法術的聲音，雖用極靈的咒語，也是不聽。
6 神啊，求你敲碎他們口中的牙；耶和華啊，求你敲掉少壯獅子的大牙！
7 願他們消滅如急流的水一般。他們瞅準射箭的時候，願箭頭彷彿砍斷。
8 願他們像蝸牛消化過去，又像婦人墜落未見天日的胎。
9 你們用荊棘燒火，鍋還未熱，他要用旋風把青的和燒著的一齊颳去。
10 義人見仇敵遭報就歡喜，要在惡人的血中洗腳。
11 因此，人必說：“義人誠然有善報，在地上果有施行判斷的神。”
默想：
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷
2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時，有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的？當
你讀到這個字或詞句時，你有什麼感受？這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有？神想要你做什麼？
3.有哪些社會不公事件或是專制政權是令你激憤到熱血沸騰的？
這時你如何禱告？怎樣可以用6-9節，作為你自己的禱告？為
什麼人禱告？
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 58
1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer,
however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;
LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,
like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then people will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”
Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate
2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?
3. What social injustice or tyranny gets you stirred up? How is that
reflected in your prayers? How can you use cries in vv6-9 as your
own prayer? For whom?
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.