第二十六章
16耶和華啊，他們在急難中尋求你，你的懲罰臨到他們身上，他們
就傾心吐膽禱告你。17婦人懷孕，臨產疼痛，在痛苦之中喊叫；耶
和華啊，我們在你面前也是如此。18我們也曾懷孕疼痛，所產的竟
像風一樣。我們在地上未曾行甚麼拯救的事；世上的居民也未曾敗
落。19死人（註：原文作“你的死人”）要復活，屍首（註：原文
作“我的屍首”）要興起。睡在塵埃的啊，要醒起歌唱！因你的甘
露好像菜蔬上的甘露，地也要交出死人來。勸民避主之怒

默想：
1.慢慢重覆地讀這幾節經文。

2.經文中的禱告是充滿痛苦，是急迫的禱求，是當事情急轉直下
到走投無路時，唯一能夠尋求幫助的就是神的這種迫切禱告。

3.在你生命中，你曾否也做過類似這樣的禱告？

4.思考一下，在你生命的痛苦中，那時神的位置在哪裡？與神對
話，並聆聽祂對你說的話。

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 26
16 LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them,
they could barely whisper a prayer.17 As a pregnant woman about to
give birth writhes and cries out in her pain,so were we in your presence,
LORD.18 We were with child, we writhed in labor, but we gave birth to
wind.We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the people of the
world have not come to life.19 But your dead will live, LORD; their bodies
will rise—let those who dwell in the dust wake up and shout for
joy—your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to
her dead.

Meditation
1.Read slowly this short passage a few times.

2.The prayer described in these verses is one of pain, the desperate
prayer of last resort offered when things have gotten so bad God is
the only one left to turn to.

3.Were there times in your life when you found yourself offering this
prayer?

4.Reflect on the role of God in your life’s sufferings. Converse with
God and listen to his response.

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.