35:19 求你不容那無理與我為仇的向我誇耀!不容那無故恨我的向我擠眼!
35:20 因為他們不說和平話,倒想出詭詐的言語害地上的安靜人。
35:21 他們大大張口攻擊我,說:阿哈,阿哈,我們的眼已經看見了!
35:22 耶和華啊,你已經看見了,求你不要閉口!主啊,求你不要遠離我!
35:23 我的上帝我的主啊,求你奮興醒起,判清我的事,伸明我的冤!
35:24 耶和華─我的上帝啊,求你按你的公義判斷我,不容他們向我誇耀!
35:25 不容他們心裡說:阿哈,遂我們的心願了!不容他們說:我們已經把他吞了!
35:26 願那喜歡我遭難的一同抱愧蒙羞!願那向我妄自尊大的披慚愧,蒙羞辱!
35:27 願那喜悅我冤屈得伸的(冤屈得伸:原文是公義)歡呼快樂;願他們常說:當尊耶和華為大!耶和華喜悅他的僕人平安。
35:28 我的舌頭要終日論說你的公義,時常讚美你。
19 Do not let those gloat over me
who are my enemies without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason
maliciously wink the eye.
20 They do not speak peaceably,
but devise false accusations
against those who live quietly in the land.
21 They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha!
With our own eyes we have seen it.”
22 Lord, you have seen this; do not be silent.
Do not be far from me, Lord.
23 Awake, and rise to my defense!
Contend for me, my God and Lord.
24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
do not let them gloat over me.
25 Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!”
or say, “We have swallowed him
up.”
26 May all who gloat over my distress
be put to shame and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me
be clothed with shame and disgrace.
27 May those who delight in my vindication
shout for joy and gladness;
may they always say, “The
Lord be exalted,
who delights in the well-being of his servant.”
28 My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,
your praises all day long.
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詩人在這裡希望上帝可以站在他的這一邊,懲罰他的仇敵,賜福他的朋友。其實這也是我們的心態,認為這樣的上帝才是真正我們的上帝。
然而,上帝既然是有完全的自由,就意味著上帝有自己的喜好與厭惡,不會受到人的情緒勒索,也不會受人的意志影響。也因為這樣,人必須在上帝旨意下來生活,不是自己的好惡。
可使人總是學不會這樣的功課,反倒是任性而為,連上帝也要影響、也要要求。可是,屬上帝的人明白:不是我們影響上帝,反倒是我們要順服上帝,所作所為要蒙上地喜悅。要與上帝為友,就要以上帝的標準為標準。如此,才會有永久的平安。