(大衛的詩,交與伶長。)眷顧貧窮的有福了!他遭難的日子,耶和華必搭救他。耶和華必保全他,使他存活;他必在地上享福。求你不要把他交給仇敵,遂其所願。他病重在榻,耶和華必扶持他;他在病中,你必給他鋪床。我曾說:耶和華啊,求你憐恤我,醫治我!因為我得罪了你。我的仇敵用惡言議論我說:他幾時死,他的名才滅亡呢?他來看我就說假話;他心存奸惡,走到外邊才說出來。
My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end? If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place. All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall. They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again. Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me. But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment. By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me. And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever. May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. Amen, and Amen.
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今日 #主日詩篇41 讀著讀著, 不禁與現今社會的職場霸凌現象聯想在一起。深切感受到,即使是人生勝利組的大衛,在生命的過程中也屢遭屈辱。但他知道上帝阿爸父的同在,也全心的向上帝阿爸父傾吐與禱告。因此,我們選畫策展的是蘇格蘭最著名的畫作之一,由蘇格蘭亨利·雷伯恩爵士(RA RSA FRSE, 1756 - 1823 )浪漫主義畫作,《滑冰牧師(羅伯特·沃克牧師在達丁斯頓湖上溜冰)》(The Skating Minister (The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, 1784))。願內心正在經歷委屈掙扎的朋友,能像大衛一般把含冤受屈但又無處申訴的心情轉向上帝阿爸父。與此同時,也能以運動一下來轉化身心,就像畫中的滑冰牧師一樣,以高效但困難的「移動姿勢」溜冰,雙臂交叉在胸前,嚴肅的黑色服裝與達丁斯頓湖的狂野背景形成鮮明對比,是浪漫主義風格中帶點浪漫的小幽默,一切困難自己盡力就好,剩下的放心交給上帝來動工,阿們!阿們!