第三十八章
15 耶和華啊，我仰望你！主我的神啊，你必應允我！
16 我曾說：“恐怕他們向我誇耀。我失腳的時候，他們向我誇大。”
17 我幾乎跌倒，我的痛苦常在我面前。
18 我要承認我的罪孽，我要因我的罪憂愁。
19 但我的仇敵又活潑又強壯，無理恨我的增多了。
20 以惡報善的與我作對，因我是追求良善。
21 耶和華啊，求你不要撇棄我！我的神啊，求你不要遠離我！
22 拯救我的主啊，求你快快幫助我！
默想：
1.新舊約聖經都告訴我們，神要管教他所愛的。大衛知道他被神
管教，心中覺得受傷、軟弱、被壓、充滿苦痛。大衛並沒有躲
藏、或找尋藉口，或怪罪他人，大衛帶著他的創傷來到神面
前。就像一個小孩子在被媽媽管教之後，跑來與媽媽擁抱，我
們也是這樣向神伸出雙手。當我這樣作時，神就會將我們擁入
懷中、安慰我們。
2.大衛雖然知道他的遭遇是神對他的管教，他仍然現象神會聽他
的呼求。他怎能這樣肯定？他說“我要承認我的罪孽，我要因
我的罪憂愁”（18節）。
3.所以，大衛明白約翰一書1:9 所說的“我們若認自己的罪，神
是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪……“
4.你十分曾經歷過一些痛苦，其原因是你自己至少要負一部分的
責任？你當時如何處理的？你可以從大衛學到什麼功課？
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 38
15 LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when
my feet slip.”
17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me
without reason are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
21 LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
22 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
Meditation
1. Both Old and New testaments tell us that the Lord disciplines those
he loves. David, knowing that he was being disciplined by God,
felt wounded, weak, crushed, filled with searing pain. Rather than
trying to hide, or find excuses, or blames, David came to God with
his pain! Like a little child who turns to mommy for a hug after
being spanked, we are to turn to God with arms held out. When we
do, God , like any loving parent, will takes us up in his arms and
comforts us.
2. Despite the fact that David realized he was being disciplined for
sin, he was confident that God would answer his plea. How could
he be so sure? He said, “I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my
sin” (v18).
3. David understood what 1 John 1:9 conveys to us as a promise: “If
we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us.”
4. When have you experienced pain that was at least partly your fault?
How did you handle it? What can you learn from David’s example?
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.