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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

“All things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do” (Heb. 4:13). Nothing can be concealed from Christ. What do we think of, in private, when no man sees us? What do we think of, in church, when we seem so grave and serious? What are we thinking of at this moment, while these words pass under our eyes? Jesus knows. Jesus sees. Jesus records. Jesus will one day call us to give account. It is written that “God will judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ” (Rom. 2:16).
J.C. Ryle

Throughout the Bible, bleak situations provide the stage for God’s intervention in the lives of His people. We trust in a God who provided redemption in Jesus Christ when circumstances looked as if no redemption was possible. The events of our lives are the scene of His providential and redemptive activity. Nothing occurs by chance, takes God by surprise, or exceeds His power to handle. This is the foundation of trust.
Dean Ulrich

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 诗篇 39

39
受苦者的认罪
大卫的诗,交与伶长耶杜顿。
我曾说:我要谨慎我的言行,
免得我舌头犯罪;
恶人在我面前的时候,
我要用嚼环勒住我的口。
我默然无声,连好话也不出口;
我的愁苦就发动了,
我的心在我里面发热。
我默想的时候,火就烧起,
我便用舌头说话。
 
耶和华啊,求你叫我晓得我身之终!
我的寿数几何?
叫我知道我的生命不长!
你使我的年日窄如手掌;
我一生的年数,在你面前如同无有。
各人最稳妥的时候,真是全然虚幻。
(细拉)

世人行动实系幻影。
他们忙乱,真是枉然;
积蓄财宝,不知将来有谁收取。
 
主啊,如今我等什么呢?
我的指望在乎你!
求你救我脱离一切的过犯,
不要使我受愚顽人的羞辱。
因我所遭遇的是出于你,
我就默然不语。
10 求你把你的责罚从我身上免去;
因你手的责打,我便消灭。
11 你因人的罪恶惩罚他的时候,
叫他的笑容+消灭,如被虫所咬。
世人真是虚幻!
(细拉)

 
12 耶和华啊,求你听我的祷告,
留心听我的呼求!
我流泪,求你不要静默无声!
因为我在你面前是客旅,
是寄居的,像我列祖一般。
13 求你宽容我,
使我在去而不返之先可以力量复原。

+ 39:11 的笑容:或译所喜爱的