在旷野中寻见信实的神
当灵魂如焦土般干渴,信心不是凭据,而是向神呼喊的勇气。
大卫的诗,作于他在犹大旷野的时候。神啊,你是我的神,我切切地寻求你;我的灵魂渴想你,我的心身切慕你,如同干旱之地,渴慕滴水一般。我要在圣所中瞻仰你,看见你的大能和荣耀。因为你的慈爱比生命更好,我的嘴唇要颂赞你。我一生要祝福你,我举手奉你的名。我饱足如享丰盛筵席,我以欢欣之口歌颂赞美我在床上记念你,在夜更的时候思想你;因为你是我的帮助,在你的翅膀荫下我欢呼喜乐。我的灵魂紧紧跟随你;你的右手扶持我。愿那些寻索我性命的人,陷落在地的深处。愿他们被刀剑所杀,成为豺狼的猎物。但君王要靠神欢喜,凡凭神起誓的应当夸耀,因为说谎之人的口必被堵住。
Psalm 63 is David's cry from the Wilderness of Judah. Written likely while fleeing Absalom (2 Samuel 15–17) or during earlier wilderness hardships, the psalm is a portrait of faith as desperate, deliberate pursuit of God. It moves from physical thirst (v. 1) to joyful satisfaction (v. 5), from sleepless longing (vv. 6–7) to triumphant trust (vv. 8–11). The Hebrew tsel (shadow) of verse 7 evokes the mercy seat imagery later echoed in Christ (Matthew 23:37).