第四十四章
17 這都臨到我們身上，我們卻沒有忘記你，也沒有違背你的約。
18 我們的心沒有退後，我們的腳也沒有偏離你的路。
19 你在野狗之處壓傷我們，用死蔭遮蔽我們。
20 倘若我們忘了神的名，或向別神舉手，
21 神豈不鑑察這事嗎？因為他曉得人心裡的隱秘。
22 我們為你的緣故終日被殺，人看我們如將宰的羊。
23 主啊，求你睡醒，為何儘睡呢？求你興起，不要永遠丟棄我們。
24 你為何掩面，不顧我們所遭的苦難和所受的欺壓？
25 我們的性命伏於塵土；我們的肚腹緊貼地面。
26 求你起來幫助我們，憑你的慈愛救贖我們！
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？
3.詩人心中甚為困惑苦惱，他苦求神“起來幫助我們”。你呢？
這類的詩篇讓我們知道，在與神的關係裡，我們有時候是可能
會覺得被棄絕、孤單無助，並且可能會直接向神如此申訴；但
同時間也一直盼望能與神修復原有的親密關係。你最近是否有
遭到不公平的對待？你是否覺得神在睡覺，就如耶穌的門徒在
船上的想法（可4：35-38）？你怎麼樣來搖醒神？這個經驗對
你信靠神的公義與慈愛有什麼影響？
4.求神幫助你來認識祂並祂工作的方式，並當你等候聆聽神聲音
的時候，賜給你平安。
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 44
17 All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;
you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do you hide your face
and forget our misery and oppression?
25 We are brought down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up and help us;
rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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?
3. The psalmist was puzzled and in agony, he begged God to “rise up
and help us”. Psalms like this one let us know that we are allowed to
feel abandoned and alone in our relationship with God and actually
say that to him, all the while hoping to return into right relationship
with him. What about you? What is one bad thing that happened to
you recently that you didn’t deserve? Did you feel God was sleeping,
just as Jesus’ disciple felt (Mk 4:35-38)? What did you do to
wake God up? How does this experience do to your faith in God’s
justice and love?
4. Ask God to help you understand his ways and give you peace when
you are waiting for his voice.
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.