大衛上行之詩。
1 看哪，弟兄和睦同居是何等地善，何等地美！
2 這好比那貴重的油澆在亞倫的頭上，流到鬍鬚，又流到他的衣襟。
3 又好比黑門的甘露降在錫安山，因為在那裡有耶和華所命定的福，就是永遠的生命。
群山雖是獨立個體，卻又彼此相和，弟兄和睦相居也是。
黑門山的甘露會降在錫安山。黑門山位於以色列的北方，是中東地區第二高山（最高的為黎巴嫩群山的主峰，高度3000公尺），高度2760公尺。
鍚安山位於以色列的南方，是個丘陵，高度743公尺，兩人的間距約180公里。
黑門山的甘露，怎麼會降在遠處的錫安山呢？甘露會移動那麼遠嗎？山與山不連在一起，也會傳送露珠嗎？
答案是肯定的。
黑門山是座大山，涵蓋面積約一千平方公里，山呈南北縱向，西部吹進的海風，受阻於黑門山，海風向山上騰，每上升一百公尺，溫度約下降攝氏一度，上升黑門山頂已經成為冷氣團。環繞在山頭的冷氣團，停滯在山上就形成露珠；白天溫度較高時，冷氣團順著約旦河兵陵南下，一直移動到約旦河底，甚至到以法蓮山地的錫安山。
上行之詩。
1 耶和華啊，求祢記念大衛所受的一切苦難。
2 他怎樣向耶和華起誓，向雅各的大能者許願，
3 說：「我必不進我的帳幕，也不上我的床榻。
4 我不容我的眼睛睡覺，也不容我的眼目打盹。
5 直等我為耶和華尋得所在，為雅各的大能者尋得居所。」
6 我們聽說約櫃在以法他，我們在基列耶琳就尋見了。
7 我們要進祂的居所，在祂腳凳前下拜。
8 耶和華啊，求祢興起，和祢有能力的約櫃同入安息之所。
9 願祢的祭司披上公義，願祢的聖民歡呼。
10 求祢因祢僕人大衛的緣故，不要厭棄祢的受膏者。…….
這詩篇和〈撒母耳記〉下第七章有異曲同工之妙，大衛住在自己的王宮內，想到約櫃還在幔子（帳幕）裡，就想要為神建殿。大衛在這詩篇中把他的迫切表達得十分透徹：“我必不進我的帳幕，也不上我的床榻。我不容我的眼睛睡覺，也不容我的眼目打盹。直等我為耶和華尋得所在，為雅各的大能者尋得居所。” 他覺得神的約櫃沒有住處，他也無法住得安穩，這是大衛對神的愛。
大衛差人把神的約櫃從基列耶琳迎回耶路撒冷，但是因為祭司沒有按著神的教導抬約櫃，以致駄著約櫃的牛失前蹄，烏撒用手去扶，被神擊殺；約櫃因而安置到俄別以東的家，三個月後才抬到大衛的城裡安置。大衛渴慕神的同在，這是他最蒙神喜悅的一點吧。整本新舊約聖經裡，只有一個人得到神如此的稱許，合神的心意，就是大衛。大衛有他的軟弱，大衛不完全，但是他對神的渴慕無人能比。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 12:13-25. Let’s go!
Job 12:13-16 (NIV)
13 “To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
14 What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man he imprisons cannot be released.
15 If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16 To him belong strength and victory; both deceived and deceiver are his.
On verses 13-16: There is no one like our God. No one can match His wisdom or power (v13). Whatever God says goes (v14). He is sovereign over creation (v15). Neither the gullible nor the crafty are any match for Him (v16).
Job 12:20-21 (NIV)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
21 He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 12:1-12. Let’s go!
Job 12:1-3 (NIV)
1 Then Job replied:
2 “Doubtless you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!
3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
On verses 1-3: By not hesitating to judge Job and rebuke Job based on false assumptions, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar came across as arrogant, condescending know-it-alls. What can we learn from this? When you don’t take the time to understand the person and their situation before you rebuke them, you just end up hurting them and yourself. You put the other person on the defensive rather than making them feel like you are on their side.
Job 12:4-6 (NIV)
4 “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called upon God and he answered– a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
大衛上行之詩。
1 耶和華啊，我的心不狂傲，我的眼不高大，重大和測不透的事，我也不敢行。
2 我的心平穩安靜，好像斷過奶的孩子在他母親的懷中，我的心在我裡面真像斷過奶的孩子。
3 以色列啊，你當仰望耶和華，從今時直到永遠。
現代中文譯本
131:1 上主啊，我不敢再狂傲，也不敢再妄自尊大。我不敢再有大企圖，也不敢再做力所不及的事。
131:2 我安適滿足。像斷奶的嬰兒倚偎在母親懷裏，我的心寧靜。
131:3 以色列啊，要信靠上主，從現在直到永遠。
詩篇131篇是一首很短的詩篇，因為它很短，若是能背下來，又變成你的寶藏之一了。這首詩篇一開始，是詩人對上帝的祈禱，並且是認罪的祈禱。有一些版本的譯文沒有將詩人的心境很清楚的表達出來，若我們看現代中文譯本的翻譯，就能夠比較清楚的體會詩人的心境。多一個“再”字讓詩人的意思更清楚。
他說：「上主啊，我不敢再狂傲，也不敢再妄自尊大。我不敢再有大企圖，也不敢再做艱難的事。」（詩131：1）在《聖經》裡並不是只有做錯事才是罪或得罪神，有時人以為正面的事，在神的眼中也是罪。例如當大衛迎約櫃回耶路撒冷時，米甲因為大衛跳舞露出下體而看輕大衛。對米甲而言，她是一個公主，對皇家禮儀甚為重視，她認為大衛做王也該有同樣的認知，在神眼中卻完全相反，她對皇室禮儀的看重只是出於心裡驕傲或優越感，而大衛忘記身份的舉止卻蒙神悅納。
上行之詩。
1 耶和華啊，我從深處向祢求告。
2 主啊，求祢聽我的聲音！願祢側耳聽我懇求的聲音！
3 主耶和華啊，祢若究察罪孽，誰能站得住呢？
4 但在祢有赦免之恩，要叫人敬畏祢。
5 我等候耶和華，我的心等候，我也仰望祂的話。
6 我的心等候主，勝於守夜的等候天亮，勝於守夜的等候天亮。
7 以色列啊，你當仰望耶和華，因祂有慈愛，有豐盛的救恩。
8 祂必救贖以色列脫離一切的罪孽。
詩人從深處向神求告，深處是指什麼或是哪裡？你可曾在深處向神求告過？深處讓我想到舊約裡的先知約拿在魚腹中的處境，當約拿被魚吞進肚子時，他的處境十分危險。人的胃裡有胃酸，胃酸是一種強酸，通常情況下對人體不會造成傷害，因為胃內的表面的黏液細胞可以分泌一種黏液，使其成為弱酸性；但若是分泌過多就會將粘膜或肌肉“燒破”，以致傷到胃壁、十二指腸，等等。約拿若是到了大魚的胃裡，魚的胃酸足以把他腐蝕致死，實在驚險萬分。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 11:13-20. Let’s go!
Job 11:14-15 (NIV)
14 if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15 then you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and without fear.
On verses 13-20: When you look at Zophar’s entire speech in chapter 11, a good portion of what Zophar has said is technically correct. For example, yesterday in our look at verses 1 to 13 we identified numerous points that Zophar correctly made. Now what was wrong with what Zophar said? The problem is that Zophar’s guiding assumption was incorrect: like Eliphaz and Bildad before him, Zophar falsely assumed that Job’s sin was the cause of his suffering (v14). Thus, no matter how technically true Zophar’s statements were, virtually all of what Zophar had to say was not helpful or relevant for Job to hear. Zophar was trying to sell something to Job that Job did not need and that would not help Job’s situation.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 11:1-12. Let’s go!
Job 11:7 (NIV)
7 “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
On verses 1-12: Here Zophar the Naamathite, Job’s third friend, chimes in. Like Eliphaz and Bildad before him, Zophar’s first words are heavy in judgment and light on grace. To paraphrase Zophar’s words to Job, “Will no one rebut your idle talk and rebuke your self-proclaimed innocence (v2-4)? I wish God would speak right now and shut you up, because the fact is God is punishing you less than you deserve (v5-6). God is so much bigger than you. Don’t even try to measure His dimensions (v7-9). If He tries you in His court, you wouldn’t stand a chance (v10). He sees right through deceitful men and takes note of what evil people do (v11). But stupid people will become wise about the same time that donkeys give birth to humans (v12).”
What can we learn from this? Here we must separate the wheat from the chaff in what Zophar says.
Zophar is correct in saying that:
上行之詩。
1 以色列當說：「從我幼年以來，敵人屢次苦害我。
2 從我幼年以來，敵人屢次苦害我，卻沒有勝了我。
3 如同扶犁的在我背上扶犁而耕，耕的犁溝甚長。」
4 耶和華是公義的，祂砍斷了惡人的繩索。
5 願恨惡錫安的都蒙羞退後！
6 願他們像房頂上的草，未長成而枯乾，
7 收割的不夠一把，捆禾的也不滿懷，
8 過路的也不說：「願耶和華所賜的福歸於你們，我們奉耶和華的名給你們祝福！」
讀了幾首上行之詩很有感慨，感受到以色列人去敬拜神的時候，一路仰望著遠高處的耶路撒冷，一面思想神的恩典和神的關係。不像我們現在去教會，大多是忙著找停車的位置，忙著和人打招呼，一心都是忙，思想的都不是和神有關的事情。
當以色列人朝拜神時，前塵往事都上心頭，一件件在心裡湧現，所有的壓力和苦情，和天父每一次的拯救，交織成了他們的生命。從歷史來看，以色列人從出埃及後就不斷面臨爭戰，撒旦藉著無數敵人想要消滅神的選民。
當他們倚靠神時，神就成為他們的力量，戰無不勝，攻無不克；但是當他們轉去拜偶像，情假意地敬拜神時，就失去力量，被敵所制。他們屢次轉回，神就拯救他們，因此他們才能說：「敵人屢次苦害我，卻沒有勝了我」，但是留在他們背上有如犁溝的傷痕，卻是他們遠離神被敵人苦待的見證。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 10:1-22. Let’s go!
Job 10:1-2 (NIV)
1 “I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
On verses 1-2: Because Job hated his life, he had no problems complaining, being bitter and questioning God. When a person is constantly complaining and bitter, you know there is something unhealthy going on in their heart. As Jesus says, “out of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34). What comes out of one’s mouth is a reflection of what’s going on inside their heart. So if you want to change your speech, it starts with letting God change your heart.
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