旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第6章

But Job answered and said,
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
约伯记第六章   第 6 章 

  伯 6:6-7> 以利法的劝告为何打不动约伯的心?你从中学到什么功课? 

  6:6-7 约伯说,听以利法的劝告就好像吃无味的蛋白(“蛋青”)。在人们经历严厉的试炼后,毫无帮助的劝导对他们来说是场灾难。他们会有礼貌地听,但内心却仍满腹哀愁,根本得不着安慰。对于那些受伤害的人不要急于给予劝告,他们常常需要怜悯多过劝告。 

  伯 6:8-9> 求生不得,可不可求死? 

  6:8-9 在悲痛中,约伯想放弃挣扎,结束自己的生命,从痛苦中解脱出来。但神没有应允他的请求。祂对约伯有更大的计划。像约伯一样,我们在遇到艰难时,也有想放弃的念头。一帆风顺时要信靠神,但在逆境中信靠祂,是考验我们承受极限并锻炼我们信心的时机。不论困扰的大小,要相信神在掌握一切,并看顾我们(参罗 8:28 )。 

  伯 6:29-30> 约伯说自己无“不义”,是说他无罪吗? 

  6:29-30 约伯提到自己的正直,不是因为他无罪,而是因为他与神有正确的关系。他并没有犯他朋友所控告的罪(参 31 章他对自己过去生活的总结)。这节经文的另一种意思为,“我的义仍然立得住”。义并不表示无罪(参罗 3:23 ),只有耶稣是无罪的,是没有错误的思想和行动的。在书的末尾我们看到,连约伯也需要改变他对神的态度。虽然如此,约伯仍是义人( 1:8 )。他很小心地尽他所能,在生活的各方面顺服神。──《灵修版圣经注释》