旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第16章

Then Job replied:
"I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all!
Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
"Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.
Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
You have bound me--and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
God has turned me over to evil men and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes;
yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
"O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.
"Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.
约伯记第十六章   第 16 章 

  伯 16-17 章 > 约伯三友的“安慰”话反而给约伯带来痛苦,你晓得如何安慰有痛苦的人吗? 

  16-17 章 约伯的朋友应该来安慰悲痛中的约伯。他们非但没有如此,反而为他所受的苦责备他。约伯回答以利法,称他和他的朋友为“叫人愁烦的安慰者”。约伯的话揭示了作为一个安慰者应该如何去安慰那些在痛苦中的人:( 1 )不要仅是为了说话而说话;( 2 )不要用人为的答案来说教;( 3 )不要去批评或指控;( 4 )切身地体会他人的问题;( 5 )给予帮助和鼓励。试试约伯的建议,这些话都是来自一位极需要安慰的人。最佳的安慰者是那些明白别人的痛苦的人。 

  伯 16:19> 约伯所说的天上的见证和中保指谁? 

  16:19 约伯害怕神放弃他,就直接向神(他的见证者和中保)申诉他的无辜。见证人是目睹所发生事情的人;中保则像代表原告说话的律师。约伯藉这些显示他把所有的希望寄托于在天上向神自辩,因为他恐怕来不及在地上为自己辩护就死去了。从新约中,我们知道耶稣基督作了我们的中保(参来 7:25 ;约壹 2:1 );因此,我们没什么好怕的。──《灵修版圣经注释》