詩篇41:1-13

41:1 （大衛的詩，交與伶長。）眷顧貧窮的有福了！他遭難的日子，耶和華必搭救他。
41:2 耶和華必保全他，使他存活；他必在地上享福。求你不要把他交給仇敵，遂其所願。
41:3 他病重在榻，耶和華必扶持他；他在病中，你必給他鋪床。
41:4 我曾說：耶和華啊，求你憐恤我，醫治我！因為我得罪了你。
41:5 我的仇敵用惡言議論我說：他幾時死，他的名才滅亡呢？
41:6 他來看我就說假話；他心存奸惡，走到外邊才說出來。
41:7 一切恨我的，都交頭接耳地議論我；他們設計要害我。
41:8 他們說：有怪病貼在他身上；他已躺臥，必不能再起來。
41:9 連我知己的朋友，我所倚靠、吃過我飯的也用腳踢我。
41:10 耶和華啊，求你憐恤我，使我起來，好報復他們！
41:11 因我的仇敵不得向我誇勝，我從此便知道你喜愛我。
41:12 你因我純正就扶持我，使我永遠站在你的面前。
41:13 耶和華─以色列的上帝是應當稱頌的，從亙古直到永遠。阿們！阿們！

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹ Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
    the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
² The Lord protects and preserves them—
    they are counted among the blessed in the land—
    he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
³ The Lord sustains them on their sickbed
    and restores them from their bed of illness.

⁴ I said, “Have mercy on me, Lord;
    heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
⁵ My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?”
⁶ When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;
    then he goes out and spreads it around.

⁷ All my enemies whisper together against me;
    they imagine the worst for me, saying,
⁸ “A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up from the place where he lies.”
⁹ Even my close friend,
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned^[b] against me.

¹⁰ But may you have mercy on me, Lord;
    raise me up, that I may repay them.
¹¹ I know that you are pleased with me,
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.
¹² Because of my integrity you uphold me
    and set me in your presence forever.

¹³ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.

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    上帝對人關心和人對人的關心是完全不同的：上帝是真心關心人的需要；人的關心是虛假的，甚至心懷惡意！

    從詩人的字裡行間知道，他渴望的是上帝能為他伸冤，對那些用虛情假意對他的人受到懲罰，這樣他的心才能真正得著安慰！他也相信上帝一定會為他出這口氣的，所以祂以頌讚來向上帝祈求！

    其實，我們的人生的確是碰到許多傷害我們的人，使我們傷痕累累，真正使我們得醫治的只有上帝。所以，詩人這樣的表達，不是真的對人有恨意，而是盼望上帝的醫治！我們何嘗不是如此呢？