Chapter commentary
Psalms Chapter 32
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Ps 32:1-11.
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Ps 32:1-11.
Maschil--literally, "giving instruction." The Psalmist describes the blessings of His forgiveness, succeeding the pains of conviction, and deduces from his own experience instruction and exhortation to others.
1, 2. (Compare
Ro 4:6).
forgiven--literally, "taken away," opposed to retain
(Joh 20:23).
covered--so that God no longer regards the sin
(Ps 85:3).
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2. 歸給——算為他的罪，並如此待他。
沒有詭詐——或作虛謊，即對自己沒有錯誤的評估，在神面前也不虛偽（參
羅 8:1）。
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2. imputeth--charge to him, and treat him accordingly.
no guile--or, deceit, no false estimate of himself, nor insincerity before God (compare
Ro 8:1).
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3, 4. 對已感受卻未承認之罪的生動描述。
當——按字面作「因為」，如
Ps 32:4
所示。
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3, 4. A vivid description of felt, but unacknowledged, sin.
When--literally, "for," as in
Ps 32:4.
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4. 你的手——指神的手，即以大能使他受苦
（Ps 38:2）。
精液——身體的汁液；其枯乾表達了靈魂的痛苦。其他比喻見
Ps 6:2, 7; 31:9-11。
若作於第五十一篇之時，這苦難或許持續了數月。
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4. thy hand--of God, or power in distressing him
(Ps 38:2).
moisture--vital juices of the body, the parching heat of which expresses the anguish of the soul. On the other figures, compare
Ps 6:2, 7; 31:9-11.
If composed on the occasion of the
fifty-first Psalm,
this distress may have been protracted for several months.
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5. 立刻履行所定的認罪，隨之而來的是立刻的赦免。
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5. A prompt fulfilment of the purposed confession is followed by a prompt forgiveness.
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6. 為此——即我所經歷的福分。
聖民——按
Ps 4:3
中的敬虔之意。
時候——
（Isa 55:6）； 當神的靈感動我們尋求赦免之時，祂隨時預備饒恕。
大水等——指極大的危險
（Ps 18:17; 66:12）。
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6. For this--that is, my happy experience.
godly--pious in the sense of
Ps 4:3.
a time--
(Isa 55:6);
when God's Spirit inclines us to seek pardon, He is ready to forgive.
floods, &c.--denotes great danger
(Ps 18:17; 66:12).
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7. 他的經歷印證了
Ps 32:6
的話。
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7. His experience illustrates the statement of
Ps 32:6.
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8. 無論這話——最可能是——大衛的話（參
Ps 51:13）， 或神的話，這都是一個屬神引導的應許。
我必……眼目——或作：我的眼目必在你身上，看顧並指引你的路。
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8. Whether, as most likely, the language of David (compare
Ps 51:13),
or that of God, this is a promise of divine guidance.
I will . . . mine eye--or, My eye shall be on thee, watching and directing thy way.
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9. 後句更按字面作「因為他們不挨近你」；即因為他們不肯來等，除非被嚼環與韁繩強逼。
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9. The latter clause, more literally, "in that they come not near thee"; that is, because they will not come, &c., unless forced by bit and bridle.
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10. 不悔改之人的愁苦，與神的憐憫所保障的平安穩妥成為對比。
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10. The sorrows of the impenitent contrasted with the peace and safety secured by God's mercy.
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11. 義人與正直人，即順從神教訓以求得神福分的人，理當歡呼喜樂。
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11. The righteous and upright, or those conforming to the divine teaching for securing the divine blessing, may well rejoice with shouting.
Ps 32:1-11.
Maschil——字面作「賜下訓誨」。詩人描述祂赦免的福分——這福分接續知罪的痛苦而來——並從自身經歷推演出對他人的教導與勸勉。
1, 2. （參
Ro 4:6）。
赦免——字面作「除去」，與留存相對
(Joh 20:23)。
遮蓋——使神不再看那罪
(Ps 85:3)。