第四十三章
1 神啊，求你伸我的冤，向不虔誠的國為我辨屈；求你救我脫離詭
詐不義的人。
2 因為你是賜我力量的神，為何丟棄我呢？我為何因仇敵的欺壓時
常哀痛呢？
3 求你發出你的亮光和真實，好引導我，帶我到你的聖山，到你的
居所。
4 我就走到神的祭壇，到我最喜樂的神那裡。神啊，我的神！我要
彈琴稱讚你！
5 我的心哪，你為何憂悶？為何在我裡面煩躁？應當仰望神，因我
還要稱讚他。他是我臉上的光榮（註：原文作“幫助”），是我
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.你是否曾經質問過“若神是我們的神，為什麼我們必須受痛苦
被壓迫？為什麼神似乎棄絕了我們？”詩人在此處正是如此，
但是他後來的祈求：“求你發出你的亮光和真實”，並非要求
解釋他為何受苦，而是求神將他帶回到神那裡（4節）。當我
們傷痛時，我們最需要的並不是得到苦難的答案，甚至也不是
解脫；我們所需要的乃是來到神的面前，在那裡尋得希望並獻
上讚美。
4.你目前的困難是什麼？向神祈求幫助你明白你沮喪失望的感
受；並幫助你專注在神身上，學會隨時將你自己或是朋友的沮
喪交給神。
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。
Chapter43
1 Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful
nation.Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.
2 You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
3 Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
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. Have you ever asked “if God is ours, why must we suffer oppression?
Why does he seem to reject us?” The psalmist did just that
here. But then he asked to “Send forth your light”(God’s light
meaning God’s word), not so much to explain his troubles but to
lead him back to God himself (v4). What we need most when hurting
is not answers, or even relief. What we need is to come into
God’s presence, there to find hope and to offer praise.
4. What are your struggles right now? Ask God to help you understand
your own feelings of depression or despair. Also to help you
focus on him and be ready to turn to him with your own depression
and/or that of a troubled friend.
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.