诗人在绝望中的呼求变得越来越迫切了。在这段诗篇119中，作者呼求了至少四次，他日以继夜呼求神拯救他。诗人祈求得拯救的呼喊已变得持续不断和没完没了，他是不会放弃的。
诗人似乎已经到了绝望的地步，然而，在每次呼求时，他都从心里发出同样强烈的信念，就是确信他能够在神话语中得到盼望和安慰，他表达不懈的决心，要谨守神的律例和法度。纵使诗人的敌人已经越来越临近，纵使神似乎仍然保持缄默，诗人仍然寄望在神和祂的话语上，他下定决心要服从神。因着他的顺服，诗人找到神的心意和感受到神与他相近。
信心的生命也包括神似乎缄默无声的时刻，当我们呼求时，我们不明白神为甚么不常常立刻回答；不过，如果我们回想神曾经承诺和成就的每一个应许 － 这些都详尽记录在祂的话语中 － 我们便能肯定，神必定会履行祂的应许和回答我们的。对诗人来说，向神的话语求助，特别是在神似乎是缄默无声时，能带给他源源不绝的安慰和喜乐，而我们也可以有同样的经历的。
主啊，我们已经把盼望放在祢的话语上；我们向祢呼求时，求祢回答我们。阿们。
诗篇 119:145-152
145耶和华啊，我一心呼吁你，求你应允我，我必谨守你的律例。
146我向你呼吁，求你救我，我要遵守你的法度。
147我趁天未亮呼求，我仰望了你的言语。
148我趁夜更未换，将眼睁开，为要思想你的话语。
149求你照你的慈爱听我的声音，耶和华啊，求你照你的典章将我救活。
150追求奸恶的人临近了，他们远离你的律法。
151耶和华啊，你与我相近，你一切的命令尽都真实。
152我因学你的法度，久已知道是你永远立定的。
"You are near, LORD, and all of your commands are true." - Psalm 119:151
The psalmist’s cries of desperation are becoming more and more urgent. In this section of Psalm 119, the writer cries out at least four times, calling for God’s deliverance in the day and in the night. The psalmist’s cries for deliverance have become continuous, relentless. He won’t give up.
Is seems the psalmist has reached a level of desperation. Yet each time he cries out, in his heart he expresses an equally strong affirmation of hope and comfort in God’s Word. And he expresses his unflagging commitment to obeying God’s decrees and statutes. Even as the psalmist’s enemies inch closer, even as God seems to remain silent, the psalmist puts his hope in God and his Word, and he commits himself to obey God. In obedience, the psalmist finds God’s heart and feels God’s closeness.
A life of faith includes moments when God seems silent. We don’t know why God doesn’t always answer immediately when we call. But if we reflect on all the promises God has made and kept—all lavishly recorded in his Word—we can be sure that God keeps his promises and will answer. Turning to God’s Word was a continual source of comfort and joy for the psalmist, especially in what seemed to be times of silence from God. And it can be the same for us.
We have put our hope in your Word, Lord; answer us when we call. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
