旧约 - 约伯记(Job)第10章

"I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?
Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,
that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin--
though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
"Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
"But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
If I am guilty--woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
"Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."
约伯记第十章   第 10 章 

  伯 10:1> “人海中,为什么大难就临到我身上?”倒霉?不公?自怜? 

  10:1 约伯开始沉溺于自怜之中。当我们面临令人费解的痛苦时,我们的疼痛诱使我们为自己的遭遇难过。但这样会使我们容易变得自以为义。我们会为生活中不公正的地方抱怨:“看看发生在我身上的遭遇,太不公平了!”我们也会开始责备神。记住,我们生活中所面临的挑战,无论是神容许或神给予的,都可以成为提高我们、炼净我们的机会。遇到试炼时我们应该问:“我从中学到了什么?我如何藉此成长?”而不是“谁对我这样做的?我如何从中解脱?” 

  伯 10:13-14> “神啊!你带我走到这一步,难道是要毁了我?!”你也这样怀疑吗? 

  10:13-14 在失望中,约伯得出了错误的结论,认为神一心要对付他。错误的观念得出错误的结论。我们不敢以自己有限的经历去作出对生活的总结。你若发现自己怀疑神,就应想到你并不知道全部的事实。神只想给你最丰盛的生命。许多人要忍耐巨大的痛苦,但最后他们会发现更加美好的东西。你在挣扎的时候,别往最坏处想。 

  伯 10:20-22> 约伯认为自己死后会归向地狱吗? 

  10:20-22 约伯所表达的正是旧约时代普遍流行的死亡观,就是说人死后会到一个无欢乐而黑暗的地方,那里没有惩罚或奖赏,也无法逃出。(有关约伯死亡观更广泛的描述,请参 19:26 注释)。──《灵修版圣经注释》