詩篇55:1-23

55:1 （大衛的訓誨詩，交與伶長。用絲弦的樂器。）上帝啊，求你留心聽我的禱告，不要隱藏不聽我的懇求！
55:2 求你側耳聽我，應允我。我哀歎不安，發聲唉哼，
55:3 都因仇敵的聲音，惡人的欺壓；因為他們將罪孽加在我身上，發怒氣逼迫我。
55:4 我心在我裡面甚是疼痛；死的驚惶臨到我身。
55:5 恐懼戰兢歸到我身；驚恐漫過了我。
55:6 我說：但願我有翅膀像鴿子，我就飛去，得享安息。
55:7 我必遠遊，宿在曠野。（細拉）
55:8 我必速速逃到避所，脫離狂風暴雨。
55:9 主啊，求你吞滅他們，變亂他們的舌頭！因為我在城中見了強暴爭競的事。
55:10 他們在城牆上晝夜繞行；在城內也有罪孽和奸惡。
55:11 邪惡在其中；欺壓和詭詐不離街市。
55:12 原來不是仇敵辱罵我，若是仇敵，還可忍耐；也不是恨我的人向我狂大，若是恨我的人就必躲避他。
55:13 不料是你；你原與我平等，是我的同伴，是我知己的朋友！
55:14 我們素常彼此談論，以為甘甜；我們與群眾在上帝的殿中同行。
55:15 願死亡忽然臨到他們！願他們活活地下入陰間！因為他們的住處，他們的心中，都是邪惡。
55:16 至於我，我要求告上帝；耶和華必拯救我。
55:17 我要晚上、早晨、晌午哀聲悲歎；他也必聽我的聲音。
55:18 他救贖我命脫離攻擊我的人，使我得享平安，因為與我相爭的人甚多。
55:19 那沒有更變、不敬畏上帝的人，從太古常存的上帝必聽見而苦待他。
55:20 他背了約，伸手攻擊與他和好的人。
55:21 他的口如奶油光滑，他的心卻懷著爭戰；他的話比油柔和，其實是拔出來的刀。
55:22 你要把你的重擔卸給耶和華，他必撫養你；他永不叫義人動搖。
55:23 上帝啊，你必使惡人下入滅亡的坑；流人血、行詭詐的人必活不到半世，但我要倚靠你。

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil^[b] of David.

¹ Listen to my prayer, O God,
    do not ignore my plea;
²     hear me and answer me.
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
³     because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me
    and assail me in their anger.

⁴ My heart is in anguish within me;
    the terrors of death have fallen on me.
⁵ Fear and trembling have beset me;
    horror has overwhelmed me.
⁶ I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
⁷ I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;^[c]
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,
    far from the tempest and storm.”

⁹ Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,
    for I see violence and strife in the city.
¹⁰ Day and night they prowl about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
¹¹ Destructive forces are at work in the city;
    threats and lies never leave its streets.

¹² If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
¹³ But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,
¹⁴ with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship
    at the house of God,
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

¹⁵ Let death take my enemies by surprise;
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,
    for evil finds lodging among them.

¹⁶ As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
¹⁷ Evening, morning and noon
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
¹⁸ He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
¹⁹ God, who is enthroned from of old,
    who does not change—
he will hear them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.

²⁰ My companion attacks his friends;
    he violates his covenant.
²¹ His talk is smooth as butter,
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,
    yet they are drawn swords.

²² Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.
²³ But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful
    will not live out half their days.

But as for me, I trust in you.

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    大衛一生受到許多的苦難，就像主耶穌在世上長受苦難一般！苦難似乎是沒有一個人喜歡，但是在苦難中人卻與上帝更親近，並且得到上帝的安慰，所以保羅說：「我們在一切患難中，他就安慰我們，叫我們能用上帝所賜的安慰去安慰那遭各樣患難的人。」（哥林多後書1:7）

    然而大衛在這受詩中說到被好友背叛的遭遇：「原來不是仇敵辱罵我，若是仇敵，還可忍耐；也不是恨我的人向我狂大，若是恨我的人就必躲避他。不料是你；你原與我平等，是我的同伴，是我知己的朋友！我們素常彼此談論，以為甘甜；我們與群眾在上帝的殿中同行。」

    主耶穌在十字架上所受的苦不只是身體，更是心靈上的苦，甚至覺得自己不僅被門徒棄絕，更是被上帝棄絕，祂呼喊：「以利！以利！拉馬撒巴各大尼？」就是說：「我的上帝！我的上帝！為甚麼離棄我？」

    相信我們在絕望中，看不見上帝的拯救時，也會像主耶穌一樣的呼喊！這是正常的反應，我們也要勇敢這樣的表達，正如主耶穌的呼喊！但是，上帝的希望要出現在我們絕望之後，必定讓我們感受得到的！