旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第29章

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
约伯记第廿九章   第 29 章 

  伯 29:6> 原来约伯拥有的是那么多…… 

  29:6 奶和橄榄油是农业社会中物质丰裕的标志。约伯的羊群和橄榄树那么多,似乎他的一切都富足有余。 

  伯 29:7-17> 约伯是什么人,能为百姓断案? 

  29:7-17 这段有关约伯工作的描述,使许多解经家认为约伯是位法官。在约伯的年代里,一个法官既是巿议员也是行政官员,协助管理社区,处理纠纷。在多数情况下,这不是全职而是兼职的工作,是根据个人在该地区的地位和声望而给予的职位。 

  伯 29:7-25> 数算自己的成就不可以吗?这要看…… 

  29:7-25 约伯在夸耀自己过去的成就,回忆往昔的好行为来回答朋友对他的指责。约伯的整个对话显示出,他已离骄傲不远了,这是很危险的。当我们做得对时,特别容易坠入骄傲的陷阱里。骄傲使我们认为自己比实际上的自己更出色,这就把我们与神隔开了。紧接其后的倾向便是相信自己的观点,导致犯其他的罪。数算过去的行为并不是错,但最好是数算神给我们的恩典。这会帮助我们避免陷入骄傲之中。──《灵修版圣经注释》