我们曾经说过，我们不知道诗篇119是谁写的，有些人认为作者可能是先知但以理，如果真的是他写的，这段经文就是他自己一生经历的写照了。
但以理的仇敌愤恨填胸，他们嘲笑和鄙视他。但以理是一个非常能干的领袖，所以巴比伦的大利乌王委派他管理三分之一的国土，可是，但以理的仇敌却非常憎恨他，他们哄骗王立一条新令：任何人若在王以外或向神、或向人祷告，就必被扔在狮子坑中；他们这样做，因为他们知道但以理只向神祈求，他断不会向王祈求的。很快但以理便被人看见向神祷告了，那天日落时，他便被扔在狮子坑中了。然而，整个晚上，神保护但以理，拯救了他的性命。（参看但以理书 6。）
诗篇119这段经文，是一个能带给我们激励的例子。诗人的患难驱使他更深切寻求神的话语，在一夜无眠的等待中，他默想这些话语，在神的应许中找到安慰。
没有人喜欢受苦的，然而我们可以得到激励，因为患难真的能够驱使我们更靠近神。当我们默想神的话语时，我们便能够更深体验衪的爱和衪应许保守我们的安慰了。
主啊，求祢帮助我们记得祢的应许，并且从中得到安慰。阿们。
诗篇 119:49-56
49求你记念向你仆人所应许的话，叫我有盼望。
50这话将我救活了，我在患难中因此得安慰。
51骄傲的人甚侮慢我，我却未曾偏离你的律法。
52耶和华啊，我记念你从古以来的典章，就得了安慰。
53我见恶人离弃你的律法，就怒气发作，犹如火烧。
54我在世寄居，素来以你的律例为诗歌。
55耶和华啊，我夜间记念你的名，遵守你的律法。
56我所以如此，是因我守你的训词。
"My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life." - Psalm 119:50
As we noted earlier, we don’t know who wrote Psalm 119. Some people have suggested that maybe the prophet Daniel wrote it. If he did, the words in this section could echo his own life experience.
Filled with hatred, Daniel’s rivals mocked and scorned him. Daniel was a highly effective leader, and King Darius of Babylon put him in charge of one-third of the kingdom. But Daniel’s enemies hated him so much that they tricked the king into making a new law: whoever prayed to any god or person besides Darius the king would be thrown into the lions’ den. They did this because they knew Daniel prayed only to God and would never pray to Darius. Soon Daniel was seen praying to God, and he was thrown into the lions’ den at sundown the same day. All through that night, however, God protected Daniel, and his life was spared. (See Daniel 6.)
These words of Psalm 119 provide an inspiring example. The psalmist’s suffering drives him deeper into God’s Word, and he meditates on it even as he waits sleeplessly through the night, finding comfort in God’s promises.
No one likes to suffer, but we can take courage that suffering can actually move us closer to God. As we meditate on God’s Word, we experience ever more deeply his love and the comfort of his promise to preserve us.
Help us to remember your promises, Lord, and to find comfort in them. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
