旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第8章

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
约伯记第八章   第 8 章 

  伯 8 章 > 比勒达的论点与以利法的有何异同? 

  8 章 约伯在质疑神的公义时仍声称无辜,令比勒达很不满意。比勒达有关神公义的论点的基点是对的,但他对神公义的概念却是错的。比勒达的论点是:神不可能不公义,神必不惩罚义人;因此,约伯一定是不义的。比勒达认为,运用他的论点时没有例外。像以利法一样,比勒达也错误地认为,人们只是因为犯罪而受苦。比勒达甚至比以利法还欠缺同情心。他说约伯的儿女是因为他们所行的恶而死的。有关比勒达,请参 27 章的附表。 

  伯 8:14-15> “没有自己的房屋总是缺少安全感”,你是这样认为的吗? 

  8:14-15 比勒达错误地认为,约伯是信靠神以外的其他保障,所以他指出约伯所信靠的必将倒塌(“他所仰赖的必折断”)。安全感是人生的一项基本需要,人们会不惜一切去寻求保障。然而我们的金钱、财产、知识和人际关系终会失去和变为无用,只有神才可以给我们永久的保障。你生命中寻求的保障是什么呢?它们是恒久的保障吗?若你以神作为你生命的保障,那么你便不会被不安的感觉侵蚀。──《灵修版圣经注释》