你或许已经留意到，诗人用了几个不同的名词，来形容神的律法。诗篇119的作者用“律法”，“行为”，“律例”，“训词”，“法度”，“命令”，和“话语”来表达同一个意思。骤眼看来，与这些名词有关的法律含义，令神的话语看来像一套压制我们行事为人的严厉规范。
然而，诗人并不是这样看神的话语的，在他祈求神使他更明白衪的训词的祷告中，诗人把神的话语和神的“奇事”相提并论；具体来说，诗人可能想到神曾以“大能的手和伸出来的膀臂”，拯救了以色列民离开埃及为奴之地和带领他们进入应许之地（申命记 26:8-9）这件事。总体来说，诗人是指神在历史上为衪的子民施行的一切奇事。
当诗人思想神的话语时，明显地他不是在承担一个应该这样做和不应该这样做的担子，相反来说，神的话语令他想起神对衪的子民和对诗人自己的信实。
神的话语对我们也有同样的作用。它教导我们明白神对我们的大爱和祂拯救我们的能力，既明白了，神的话语便能在我们心中作工，加添我们对衪的爱，又助长我们更渴望以感恩的心事奉衪。
主啊，求祢帮助我们选择忠心之路、心中以祢的话语为根基。阿们。
诗篇 119:25-32
25我的性命几乎归于尘土，求你照你的话将我救活。
26我述说我所行的，你应允了我，求你将你的律例教训我。
27求你使我明白你的训词，我就思想你的奇事。
28我的心因愁苦而消化，求你照你的话使我坚立。
29求你使我离开奸诈的道，开恩将你的律法赐给我。
30我拣选了忠信的道，将你的典章摆在我面前。
31我持守你的法度，耶和华啊，求你不要叫我羞愧！
32你开广我心的时候，我就往你命令的道上直奔。
"Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds." - Psalm 119:27
You’ve probably noticed that the psalmist uses several words to describe God’s law. The writer of Psalm 119 uses “law,” “ways,” “decrees,” “precepts,” “statutes,” “commands,” and “word” to refer to the same thing. At first glance, the legal associations of these terms might make God’s Word seem like a heavy set of do’s and don’ts weighing on all our actions.
But that’s not how the psalmist views God’s Word. In this prayer for deeper understanding of God’s precepts, the psalmist connects God’s Word with God’s “wonderful deeds.” Specifically, the psalmist may be thinking of God’s “mighty hand and . . . outstretched arm” in freeing Israel from slavery in Egypt and bringing them into the promised land (Deuteronomy 26:8-9). Generally, the psalmist is referring to all of God’s mighty deeds on behalf of his people throughout history.
It’s obvious that in meditating on God’s Word the psalmist isn’t taking on a heavy yoke of shoulds and should nots. Rather, God’s Word crowds his mind with memories of God’s faithfulness to his people and to the psalmist personally.
That’s what God’s Word does for us too. It teaches us about God’s deep love for us and his power to save us. Such knowledge allows God’s Word to work in our hearts to increase our love for him and to nourish our desire to serve him in gratitude.
Lord, help us to choose the way of faithfulness, and set our hearts on your Word. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
