上行之诗。
1 我在急难中求告耶和华，祂就应允我。
2 耶和华啊，求祢救我脱离说谎的嘴唇和诡诈的舌头。
3 诡诈的舌头啊，要给你什么呢？要拿什么加给你呢？
4 就是勇士的利箭和罗腾木的炭火。
5 我寄居在米设，住在基达帐篷之中有祸了！
6 我与那恨恶和睦的人许久同住。
7 我愿和睦，但我发言，他们就要争战。
诗篇120-134篇都称为上行之诗。“上行”一词包含了台阶、阶段和等级，以及上升、登上、爬上等意思，故又称“登阶之诗”。根据神赐给以色列人的律法，所有以色列的男丁必须一年三次朝见耶和华，从各处前来耶路撒冷向神守节：即无酵节（逾越节）、收割节（五旬节）和收藏节（住棚节）。无论他们住在那里，都必须离开自己的家园，前往耶路撒冷朝见神。当这些朝圣者从各处往耶路撒冷时，有时在路上相遇，因此成了一大群人。他们一路前行时，就歌唱这十五篇诗。〈诗篇〉122:4说：“众支派，就是耶和华的支派，上那里去，作以色列的证据，称赞耶和华的名”，以色列的众支派就是雅各的后裔十二支派，都要尽可能上耶路撒冷去敬拜耶和华。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 5:17-27. Let’s go!
On verses 17-27: Eliphaz concludes his speech with words that sound like they could come from the book of Psalms, Proverbs or the Old Testament prophets. Eliphaz’s message to Job is not to despise the Lord’s discipline (v17), but to treat his discipline as a blessing. Eliphaz’s encouragement to Job is that if Job will have the right attitude toward the hardship he is going through, he will ultimately be restored, healed (v18), rescued (v19), delivered (v20), protected (v21), enjoy great peace (v22-24) and be very fruitful (v25-26).
Eliphaz’s message dovetails with other passages in the Bible like:
Proverbs 3:11-12 (NIV)
11 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
ת Tau（第22段）
169耶和华啊，愿我的呼吁达到祢面前，照祢的话赐我悟性。
170愿我的恳求达到祢面前，照祢的话搭救我。
171愿我的嘴发出赞美的话，因为祢将律例教训我。
172愿我的舌头歌唱祢的话，因祢一切的命令尽都公义。
173愿祢用手帮助我，因我拣选了祢的训词。
174耶和华啊，我切慕祢的救恩，祢的律法也是我所喜爱的。
175愿我的性命存活，得以赞美祢，愿祢的典章帮助我。
176我如亡羊走迷了路，求祢寻找仆人，因我不忘记祢的命令。
这是2020年的第二周，不知道你的新年新志愿实行得如何？今天我们读到〈诗篇〉119篇的最后一段了，为你自己鼓掌吧! 能把〈诗篇〉119篇读完的人可不多，不信你可以去问问看。时间是很无情的，不管你选择做对的事或不对的事，它都会一样溜走，留下的只是你的得着或后悔。相信此刻，你必然很高兴自己做了正确的选择。
以前有一首歌叫做〈玫瑰三愿〉，其三愿如下：「我愿那妒我的无情风雨莫吹打，我愿那爱我的多情游客莫攀摘，我愿那红颜常好勿凋谢，好教我留住芳华。」这三愿的最终目的就是为了留住芳华，可惜我们知道所有的玫瑰都失望了，因为再美的人事都会成为过去。那种心愿是梦想罢了。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 5:1-16. Let’s go!
Job 5:3-4 (NIV)
3 I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
On verses 1-7: In chapter 4 Eliphaz broke the silence by calling Job a weak hypocrite, a sinner who deserved the trouble he got (verses 7-11), and a prideful person that God has crushed (v12-21). Now here in chapter 5 Eliphaz calls Job a fool. Eliphaz suggests that Job is like a fool who prospered for a short while, but because of resentment and envy (v2), Job ended up suddenly being “cursed” (v3), his children endangered (v4), his reputation “crushed” (v4) and his wealth consumed by others (v5). Eliphaz is saying that this kind of trouble doesn’t just happen or come from nowhere (v6). Rather, just as sparks fly upward, human beings are inevitably destined to experience trouble because of their sin (“man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (v7).
שׁ Shin（第21段）
161首领无故地逼迫我，但我的心畏惧祢的言语。
162我喜爱祢的话，好像人得了许多掳物。
163谎话是我所恨恶所憎嫌的，唯祢的律法是我所爱的。
164我因祢公义的典章，一天七次赞美祢。
165爱祢律法的人有大平安，什么都不能使他们绊脚。
166耶和华啊，我仰望了祢的救恩，遵行了祢的命令。
167我心里守了祢的法度，这法度我甚喜爱。
168我遵守了祢的训词和法度，因我一切所行的都在祢面前。
ש Shin是希伯来文的第21个字母，犹太人认为这个字母代表神。耶路撒冷是个山城，四面被山围绕，如果祢仔细研究旧城，祢会发现旧城是被三条河谷塑造出来的，你可以看到从东到西的汲沦溪(谷)、中谷 (Tyropoeon Valley) 和欣嫩子谷，如果把这三个山谷连在一起，你会看到一个ש的形状 ，似乎神也透过地理位置在告诉我们，祂在这里。
人间有各种不同的势力，有的有钱，有的有地位或威权。大卫在此告诉我们，神的权势大过人间的任何权柄，所以即使有在上者无故的逼迫，大卫选择敬畏神的言语，不敢屈服于人间的权势，因为他认识那至高者。
有一位传道人到比属刚果传福音，有一天他必须要过一座用藤葛编成的桥，这桥两端藤葛交缠树上，高悬在空中，飘摇无定，下临万丈深渊。传道人俯瞰下面激流湍急的河水，伏在水中的巨鳄，不敢走过那桥。
Hi GAMErs,
There are some powerful lessons for us to learn from today’s passage in Job 4:1-21. Let’s go!
Job 4:1-2 (NIV)
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
On verses 1-2: Eliphaz and his friends were doing such a great job of comforting Job…until Eliphaz opened his mouth! It’s not that Eliphaz should not have said anything at all. Rather, it’s about what Eliphaz said in the verses that follow which would end up frustrating Job instead of helping him.
Job 4:3-5 (NIV)
3 Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4 Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
5 But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
ר Resh（第20段）
153求祢看顾我的苦难，搭救我，因我不忘记祢的律法。
154求祢为我辨屈，救赎我，照祢的话将我救活。
155救恩远离恶人，因为他们不寻求祢的律例。
156耶和华啊，祢的慈悲本为大，求祢照祢的典章将我救活。
157逼迫我的、抵挡我的很多，我却没有偏离祢的法度。
158我看见奸恶的人就甚憎恶，因为他们不遵守祢的话。
159祢看我怎样爱祢的训词，耶和华啊，求祢照祢的慈爱将我救活。
160祢话的总纲是真实，祢一切公义的典章是永远长存。
听说义大利某些地方有一风俗：每一女子一出嫁，都有一个口袋。每年正月初一，她必须去采一朵玫瑰花，放在这袋内。当她死的时候，就用这盛满了玫瑰花的口袋给她放在棺材里作枕头。意思是，叫你几年所采的玫瑰花的香气，留给自己闻到永远。
这实在是一个很凄美的风俗，即使要死也要死得浪漫。不管她出嫁后是否幸福，反正以后都得死，只能给自己留下玫瑰花香，可是死了的人还能闻到什么？死了就闻不到玫瑰花香了，干燥后的玫瑰花香也无法停留到永远。这世上有什么可以永远长存呢？
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 3:1-26. Let’s go!
On verses 1-26: Job is now in emotional, physical and spiritual anguish, so much so that he curses the day he was born. In our culture we tend to celebrate people on their birthday. In cursing the day of his birth, Job was basically saying, “After all the trouble and pain I have experienced, I wish I had never lived. I wish I could die right now.” If I had to break it down even more, verses 1 to 20 are Job asking the question, “Why did I have to live?” while verses 21 to 26 are Job asking the question, “Why can’t I die right now?” For Job, death seems to be the only rest he can look forward to (v13-19).
What can we learn from all this?
Notice that Job finally opens up after 7 days of sitting in silence with his friends (see Job 2:13). Imagine if Job’s friends had given up on the 6th day and said, “Job’s never going to talk. Let’s just go.” It shows that when a person is in great pain, you need to give them time to open up. Also, when they finally do open up, don’t be surprised if their words are difficult to hear.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Job 2:1-13. Let’s go!
On verses 1-8: In chapter 1, Job passed his first test with flying colours. Now a second test is coming. God continues to boast of Job’s steadfast faith in Him, while Satan believes that if Job’s own health is taken away, Job will turn away from God and curse Him. So, with the Lord’s permission, Satan afflicts Job with painful sores from head to toe all over his body. The closest thing Job experiences to relief is scraping himself with a piece of broken pottery (v8).
What can we learn from this? God has a good purpose in allowing sickness. Once Jesus and his disciples met a blind man. The disciples asked Jesus, “Who sinned – this blind man or his parents – to cause him to be blind?” Jesus said, “Neither, but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life” (John 9:3). Then Jesus would go on to heal the man’s blindness in a most interesting and gradual way. Though sickness is not God’s original plan for us, I believe God allows sickness and disease ultimately so that we would learn to trust Him and so that in His time He can display His redeeming, healing, resurrecting work in our lives.
ק Qoph（第19段）
145耶和华啊，我一心呼吁祢，求祢应允我，我必谨守祢的律例。
146我向祢呼吁，求祢救我，我要遵守祢的法度。
147我趁天未亮呼求，我仰望了祢的言语。
148我趁夜更未换，将眼睁开，为要思想祢的话语。
149求祢照祢的慈爱听我的声音，耶和华啊，求祢照祢的典章将我救活。
150追求奸恶的人临近了，他们远离祢的律法。
151耶和华啊，祢与我相近，祢一切的命令尽都真实。
152我因学祢的法度，久已知道是祢永远立定的。
在2020年的年初三，我们来看看可以从神的话语里得到怎样的提醒。这段经文若用英文来看，我们很快就会有感受了，我来列出几句经文的前一小节：
I call out at the top of my lungs,我一心呼吁祢
I called to you, “Save me 我向祢呼吁，求祢救我
I was up before sunrise, 我趁天未亮呼求
I stayed awake all night, 我趁夜更未换，将眼睁开
这些经文让我们看到大卫和神的关系，还有大卫的行动(action)。你平常会向谁呼求？你半夜时会想起谁呢？在新年之际，我们看到有很多人天未亮就去庙前排队，为了想取得头香，拿到发财签；甚至也有人当黄牛去排队，这些人为的都是钱，除了钱之外，还有什么可以让你心动到天未亮就起来？夜更未换就将眼睁开？
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