旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第8章

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,
if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.
"Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,
for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.
Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?
While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider's web.
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.
He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;
it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'
Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.
"Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."
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》