第六章
1 耶和華啊，求你不要在怒中責備我，也不要在烈怒中懲罰我。
2 耶和華啊，求你可憐我，因為我軟弱！耶和華啊，求你醫治我，
因為我的骨頭發戰！
3 我心也大大地驚惶。耶和華啊，你要到幾時才救我呢？
4 耶和華啊，求你轉回搭救我；因你的慈愛拯救我。
5 因為在死地無人記念你，在陰間有誰稱謝你？
6 我因唉哼而困乏，我每夜流淚，把床榻漂起，把褥子濕透。
7 我因憂愁眼睛乾癟，又因我一切的敵人眼睛昏花。
8 你們一切作孽的人，離開我吧！因為耶和華聽了我哀哭的聲音。
9 耶和華聽了我的懇求，耶和華必收納我的禱告！
10 我的一切仇敵都必羞愧，大大驚惶；他們必要退後，忽然羞愧。
默想：
1) 大衛在這篇詩中描述了他的軟弱感，他無力來面對生命中的痛
苦（大大的驚惶）；他的精力耗盡，身心陷於痛苦中，且因悲
愁而衰殘。夜夜他的床榻浸在眼淚裡，他的枕頭也濕透了；他
的眼睛紅腫，視力衰退（現中譯本）。
2) 跟著大衛的詩來禱告，幫助我們面對生命中的挑戰。他很真實
地面對自己的軟弱，也誠實地看清自己的懼怕。當我們不能誠
實地面對自己的真相時，就是想要在人前保持“完美”的形
象；這樣我們就無法認清自己的軟弱，這使得我們無法全然地
依靠仰望神。
3) 再多讀幾遍這篇詩，特別留意大衛用來描述自己感受的字眼。
遇到適切你現今情況的地方，停下來，用這首詩、這些字詞，
來向神禱告，懇求神的幫助。
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 6
1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint;
heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3 My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?
4 Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?
6 I am worn out from my groaning.
All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with
tears.
7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
8 Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my
weeping.
9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;
they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
Meditation
1. David described his feeling of weakness as he had no strength left
to face life’s challenges. His bones were in agony, his soul in anguish,
he was worn out from groaning. His bed was flooded with
weeping and his couch drenched with tears. His eyes grew weak
with sorrow.
2. Praying along with David’s psalm helps us face our own challenges.
He was realistic about his weaknesses, and honest about his fears.
Dishonesty – an attempt to maintain a “perfect” image – keeps us
from acknowledging our weaknesses. And keeps us from full dependence
on the Lord.
3. Read through this psalm for a couple more times. Pay attention to
the words David used to describe his emotions and attitudes. Use
this psalm as your plea to God for your own situations.
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.