有些人以“平静”来形容诗篇119这段经文。其他的经文很多都是充满拉紧的情绪和向神求助的呼喊的，这段经文却与众不同，在这里，诗人安静地默想神话语的智慧。
作为天地和一切活物的创造主，对住在衪的世界中的人来说，神知道甚么是最有益处的。如果我们想学习衪的智慧和得蒙引导，我们便需要转向衪的话语了。凡寻求神智慧的，衪的话语便会引导和祝福他们。
诗人的仇敌断不会转向神的话语，这是毫不出奇的。诗人说，神的命令使他比他的仇敌更聪明，不过，诗人的师傅和年老的人又怎样？诗人是否宣称他自己比他们还要聪明呢？
我们只能猜想，或许他在批评这些领袖只视神的话语为一本教科书，而不是日常生活的指南。至低限度我们明白，这篇诗篇呼召我们一生一世在神的话语中生活，这样我们便能得到从神而来的智慧的滋润，去过每天的生活。从这角度来看，我们便能理解诗人为什么形容神的话语为“比蜜更甜”了！
蜜是又甜又富营养的，尝尝神的话语吧：它比任何东西更甜蜜；每天钻研神的话语，你就能从中找到心灵的滋润和一生可倚赖的真理了。
主啊，求祢帮助我们，更热切按祢的话语过生活，以免走在引诱我们离开祢的道路上。阿们。
诗篇 119:97-104
97我何等爱慕你的律法，终日不住地思想。
98你的命令常存在我心里，使我比仇敌有智慧。
99我比我的师傅更通达，因我思想你的法度。
100我比年老的更明白，因我守了你的训词。
101我禁止我脚走一切的邪路，为要遵守你的话。
102我没有偏离你的典章，因为你教训了我。
103你的言语在我上膛何等甘美，在我口中比蜜更甜！
104我藉着你的训词得以明白，所以我恨一切的假道。
"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" - Psalm 119:103
Some people have described this section of Psalm 119 as “quiet.” Unlike many other sections, which bristle with emotional tension and cry out with pleas to God, here the psalmist quietly meditates on the wisdom of God’s Word.
As the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all living things, God knows what’s best for living in his world. If we want to learn and be guided by his wisdom, we need to turn to his Word. God’s Word guides and blesses all who seek his wisdom.
Not surprisingly, the enemies of the psalmist do not turn to God’s Word. God’s commands make him wiser than his enemies, he says. But what about the psalmist’s teachers and elders? Is the psalmist claiming to be wiser than they are?
Perhaps he’s criticizing these leaders for treating God’s Word as a textbook instead of a guide for daily living. We can only speculate. At the very least, we can understand this psalm as a lifelong call of living into God’s Word, which can nourish us with divine wisdom for everyday life. In this sense, we can see why the psalmist says God’s words are “sweeter than honey”!
Honey is both sweet and nourishing. Taste God’s Word: it’s sweeter and better for you than anything else. Then dig into it each day and find nourishment for your soul and truth to live by.
Help us, Lord, to grow in living by your Word and to avoid any path that would lead away from you. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
