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在痛苦中認罪祈求

大衛的記念詩。

38 耶和華啊!求你不要在忿怒中責備我,

也不要在烈怒中管教我。

因為你的箭射入我身,

你的手壓住我。

因你的忿怒,我體無完膚;

因我的罪惡,我的骨頭都不安妥。

我的罪孽高過我的頭,

如同重擔,使我擔當不起。

因為我的愚昧,

我的傷口發臭流膿。

我屈身彎腰,彎到極低,

整天哀痛,到處行走。

我的兩腰灼痛,

我體無完膚。

我已經疲乏無力,被壓得粉碎了;

我因心裡痛苦而唉哼。

主啊!我的心願都在你面前,

我不向你隱瞞我的歎息。

10 我的心劇烈跳動,我的力量衰退;

連我眼中的光彩也消逝了。

11 我的良朋密友因我的災禍,都站到一旁去;

我的親人也都站得遠遠的。

12 那些尋索我命的,設下網羅;

那些想要害我的,口說威嚇的話,

他們整天思想詭計。

13 至於我,像個聾子,不能聽見;

像個啞巴,不能開口。

14 我竟變成了一個像是不能聽見的人,

變成了一個口中不能反駁的人。

15 耶和華啊!我等候你;

主我的 神啊!你必應允我。

16 因為我曾說:“恐怕他們向我誇耀;

我的腳滑跌的時候,不要讓他們向我誇口。”

17 我隨時會跌倒,

我的痛苦常在我面前。

18 我要承認我的罪孽,

我要因我的罪憂傷。

19 但我強悍的仇敵眾多,

無理憎恨我的不斷增加。

20 那些以惡報善的都與我作對,

因為我追求良善。

21 耶和華啊!求你不要離棄我;

我的 神啊,求你不要遠離我。

22 拯救我的主啊!

求你快來幫助我。

受苦者的祈求

大卫求上帝眷顾的诗。

38 耶和华啊,
求你不要在发怒时惩罚我,
不要在烈怒下管教我。
因为你的箭射穿我,
你的手击打我。
你的怒气使我浑身是病,
我的罪恶使我骨头朽烂。
我的罪恶滔天,使我不堪其重。
我因愚昧而伤口溃烂流脓。
我疼得弯腰驼背,
终日哀伤。
我的腰灼痛难忍,
我浑身是病。
我精疲力尽,彻底崩溃;
我心中悲伤,呻吟不止。
主啊,你知道我的渴望,
听见了我的叹息。
10 我的心砰砰直跳,
气力衰竭,
眼睛黯淡无光。
11 因我的疾病,朋友同伴回避我,
亲人远离我。
12 谋害我的人设下陷阱,
想害我的人威胁我,
整天图谋奸计。
13 但我像听不见的聋子,
无法说话的哑巴。
14 我就像一个不能听、不能辩的人。
15 耶和华啊,我等候你;
主,我的上帝啊,你必应允我。
16 我曾求告你,
别让他们幸灾乐祸,
在我失脚时沾沾自喜。
17 我快要跌倒,
我的痛苦无休无止。
18 我要承认我的罪过,
罪恶使我心里惴惴不安。
19 我的仇敌势力强大,
无故恨我的人不计其数。
20 我追求良善,
他们就恨我,以恶报善。
21 耶和华啊,求你不要撇弃我!
我的上帝啊,求你不要远离我!
22 拯救我的主啊,
求你快来帮助我!

38 O Lord, don’t punish me while you are angry! Your arrows have struck deep; your blows are crushing me. 3-4 Because of your anger, my body is sick, my health is broken beneath my sins. They are like a flood, higher than my head; they are a burden too heavy to bear. 5-6 My wounds are festering and full of pus. Because of my sins, I am bent and racked with pain. My days are filled with anguish. My loins burn with inflammation,[a] and my whole body is diseased. I am exhausted and crushed; I groan in despair.[b]

Lord, you know how I long for my health once more. You hear my every sigh. 10 My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind. 11 My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.

12 Meanwhile my enemies are trying to kill me. They plot my ruin and spend all their waking hours planning treachery. 13-14 But I am deaf to all their threats; I am silent before them as a man who cannot speak. I have nothing to say. 15 For I am waiting for you, O Lord my God. Come and protect me. 16 Put an end to their arrogance, these who gloat when I am cast down!

17 How constantly I find myself upon the verge of sin;[c] this source of sorrow always stares me in the face. 18 I confess my sins; I am sorry for what I have done. 19 But my enemies persecute with vigor and continue to hate me—though I have done nothing against them to deserve it. 20 They repay me evil for good and hate me for standing for the right.

21 Don’t leave me, Lord; don’t go away! 22 Come quickly! Help me, O my Savior.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:7 My loins burn with inflammation, implied.
  2. Psalm 38:8 in despair, or “because of the pains in my heart.”
  3. Psalm 38:17 How constantly I find myself upon the verge of sin, literally, “I am ready to fall.”

Psalm 38[a]

A psalm of David. A petition.

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)

My wounds(G) fester and are loathsome(H)
    because of my sinful folly.(I)
I am bowed down(J) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.(K)
My back is filled with searing pain;(L)
    there is no health(M) in my body.
I am feeble and utterly crushed;(N)
    I groan(O) in anguish of heart.(P)

All my longings(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing(R) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(S) my strength fails(T) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(V)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(W)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(X)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(Y)

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(Z)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(AA) for you;
    you will answer,(AB) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(AC)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(AD)

17 For I am about to fall,(AE)
    and my pain(AF) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(AG)
    I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(AH) without cause[b];
    those who hate me(AI) without reason(AJ) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(AK)
    lodge accusations(AL) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

21 Lord, do not forsake me;(AM)
    do not be far(AN) from me, my God.
22 Come quickly(AO) to help me,(AP)
    my Lord and my Savior.(AQ)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
  2. Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies