第二十七章
1 耶和華是我的亮光，是我的拯救！我還怕誰呢？耶和華是我性命
的保障（註：或作“力量”），我還懼誰呢？
2 那作惡的，就是我的仇敵，前來吃我肉的時候，就絆跌仆倒。
3 雖有軍兵安營攻擊我，我的心也不害怕；雖然興起刀兵攻擊我，
我必仍舊安穩。
4 有一件事，我曾求耶和華，我仍要尋求：就是一生一世住在耶和
華的殿中，瞻仰他的榮美，在他的殿裡求問。
5 因為我遭遇患難，他必暗暗地保守我；在他亭子裡，把我藏在他
帳幕的隱密處，將我高舉在磐石上。
6 現在我得以昂首，高過四面的仇敵；我要在他的帳幕裡歡然獻
祭，我要唱詩歌頌耶和華！
默想：
1.“有一件事，我曾求耶和華”（4節）。你曾經向神求過多少
事情？一百件，一千件？我們都曾經為著很簡單或是嚴重的請
求，向神作過許多許多的請求。但是這篇詩的詩人竟然只求一件事。
2.這是一個怎樣的人？他必定尋找到那位偉大、誘人並可親的
神。他雖然只求一件事，但要在三方面來表現：“住在耶和華
的殿中、瞻仰他的榮美，在他的殿裡求問”。
3.這個單一的渴望，將其他所有的祈求都包括在內，就是要在神
所在之處，看神所啟示的，並學習神所教導的。當時詩人所面
對的困難，並沒有驅使他去尋求世界能提供解決問題的有效方
法。他的困難反而驅使他來求一件事，就是神自己。
4.再慢慢地讀這段經文，將它作為你自己對神的禱告與請求。這
樣禱告之後，你對這個唯一的請求有什麼感受？做這樣的請求
對你有什麼意義？
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。
Chapter2 7
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation — whom shall I fear? The
LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies
and my foes who will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
out against me, even then I will be confident.
4 One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in
the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of
the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will
hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
6 Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at
his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and
make music to the LORD.
Meditation
1. “One thing I ask from the Lord” (v4). How many things have you
asked God for? A hundred, a thousand things? We all have prayed
and asked God for many things from the simple to the serious. Yet,
the psalmist asked for only ONE thing.
2. Here is a person who has discovered the immensity, the attractiveness,
and the accessibility of God. He desires one thing, but
it’s expressed in three ways, to live in the house of the Lord, to
gaze(contemplate) on the beauty of the Lord, and to seek (study)
him in his temple.
3. This single desire that absorbs all other desires is to be where God
is, to see what he reveals, and to learn what he teaches. The trouble
the psalmist faced didn’t drive him into trying every solution
the world offersthing in hopes that something might turn up that
worked. His troubles drove him to one thing: to God.
4. Read this passage again slowly as your own prayer and plead to
God. How does it feel to ask God for the one single request? What
does that mean to you?
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.