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英文原文
This psalm is David's profession of humility, humbly made, with thankfulness to God for his grace, and not in vain-glory. It is probable enough that (as most interpreters suggest) David made this protestation in answer to the calumnies of Saul and his courtiers, who represented David as an ambitious aspiring man, who, under pretence of a divine appointment, sought the kingdom, in the pride of his heart. But he appeals to God, that, on the contrary, I. He aimed at nothing high nor great, Ps 131:1. II. He was very easy in every condition which God allotted him (Ps 131:2); and therefore, III. He encourages all good people to trust in God as he did, Ps 131:3. Some have made it an objection against singing David's psalms that there are many who cannot say, "My heart is not haughty," etc. It is true there are; but we may sing it for the same purpose that we read it, to teach and admonish ourselves, and one another, what we ought to be, with repentance that we have come short of being so, and humble prayer to God for his grace to make us so.
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Humble Confidence
謙卑的信心
大衛的上行之詩。
¹ 耶和華啊，我的心不狂傲，我的眼不高大；重大和測不透的事，我也不敢行。 ² 我的心平穩安靜，好像斷過奶的孩子在他母親懷中；我的心在我裏面真像斷過奶的孩子。 ³ 以色列啊，你當仰望耶和華，從今時直到永遠！
此處有兩件事，將成為我們的安慰：
一、對自己正直的良知。這是大衛的喜樂——他的心能為他作見證：他存謙卑的心與神同行，儘管他處於責備之下、又處於試探之中。
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他並不志在高位的境況，也不渴望在世上出風頭；若是神如此安排，他本可甘心如同起初那樣，在羊圈中度盡他所有的日子。他的親哥哥在怒中指控他驕傲（撒上十七28），但那指控是毫無根據、不公義的。那察看人心的神知道，（1）他對自己、對自己的功勞並沒有自負的意見：*主啊，我的心不狂傲。*謙卑的聖徒不能如別人論他們那樣高地論自己，不戀慕自己的影子，也不誇大自己的成就或作為。神的愛在心中掌權，就抑制一切失當的自愛。（2）他既沒有藐視的眼神、也沒有高攀的眼神：「我的眼不高大——既不嫉妒地看在我以上的人，也不輕蔑地看在我以下的人。」心驕傲之處，通常眼神也驕傲（箴六17），但謙卑的稅吏連舉目也不敢。（3）他不在自己身分以上的事上從事——不在太大、或太高的事上從事。他不在過高的學問上從事；他以神的道為默想，不以巧思的揣測或可疑的爭辯自娛，也不貪求在所記之上更有智慧。認識神與我們的本分，是對我們足夠高的學問。他不在過大的事業上從事；他牧放他的母羊，從未自命為政治家；不，也不自命為軍人；因為當他哥哥們去打仗時，他留在家中看守羊群。保守在自己的範圍之內，不闖入所未見過的事、也不插手與自己無干的事——這是我們的智慧，也將是我們的讚美。君王與學者不可從事於對人而言太大、太高的事；而身分卑微、才能平凡的人，也不可覬覦其能力所不及、又不是其天性所宜的事。那些貪圖不當之尊榮的人，必蒙受當得的羞辱。
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他與神所安置他的每一種境況都十分相安（詩一三一2）：我的心平穩安靜，好像斷過奶的孩子在他母親懷中。正如他沒有驕傲地覬覦王位，照樣，神既任命他為王，他也沒有對任何人行事傲慢，也沒有在所定的時候未到之前急切設法奪取冠冕；而是，（1）他如一個約斷奶年紀的小孩那樣謙卑——如此易於管理、易於統治、又遠離志在高位之事；完全任憑神處置，如小孩任憑母親或奶媽處置；雖已受膏為王，卻毫不擺架子、也不因前途高升的遠景而自恃——如同懷中的小孩。我們的救主曾以這比方教導我們謙卑（太十八3）：我們必須變成小孩子的樣式。（2）他對這世上的財富與尊榮，如同孩子完全斷奶之後對母乳那樣淡漠。原文作：我已經平息並安靜了自己（Hammond 博士如此譯）——好像斷過奶的孩子。這表明我們的心在本性上對今世之物，正如嬰孩對母乳那樣渴慕——照樣地嗜好它們、為它們哭泣、愛戀它們、與它們玩耍、又不能沒有它們而活。但是，藉著神的恩典，一個成聖的靈魂就從那些事物斷奶了。護理把苦艾放在母乳上，這幫助我們斷奶。孩子在斷奶時或者乖戾煩躁，當他失去母乳時，自以為完了。但一兩日就忘記了；煩躁過去了，他也足能適應新的餵養方式，不再戀慕奶，而能担當乾糧。一個蒙恩的靈魂就是如此在其所愛之物的喪失下平靜自己，又在其所盼望之物的失望中平靜自己，無論何事發生都安息——當受造之物證明是乾癟的母乳時，就因神並聖約的恩典而活、並活得舒適。當我們的境況不合我們的心意時，我們必須使我們的心意遷就我們的境況；這樣我們對自己並對我們周圍的人都容易；那時我們的靈就如同斷過奶的孩子。
二、對神的信靠；這是大衛向神的一切以色列推薦的——毫無疑問是出於他自己對其益處的經歷（詩一三一3）：以色列啊，你當仰望耶和華——又讓他們從今時直到永遠如此行。雖然大衛自己能耐心安靜地等候所定給他的冠冕，然而以色列——他所為其寵兒的百姓——或者要在時候未到之前就急著為他作些甚麼；因此他也竭力使他們平靜，並吩咐他們仰望耶和華——他們必在合宜的時候看見事務面貌的喜樂轉機。仰望耶和華、安靜等候祂的救恩，這樣為善。
英文原文
Humble Confidence
A song of degrees of David.
¹ LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
² Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
³ Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
Here are two things which will be comforts to us:—
I. Consciousness of our integrity. This was David's rejoicing, that his heart could witness for him that he had walked humbly with his God, notwithstanding the censures he was under and the temptations he was in.
1. He aimed not at a high condition, nor was he desirous of making a figure in the world, but, if God had so ordered, could have been well content to spend all his days, as he did in the beginning of them, in the sheep-folds. His own brother, in a passion, charged him with pride (1Sa 17:28), but the charge was groundless and unjust. God, who searches the heart, knew, (1.) That he had no conceited opinion of himself, or his own merits: Lord, my heart is not haughty. Humble saints cannot think so well of themselves as others think of them, are not in love with their own shadow, nor do they magnify their own attainments or achievements. The love of God reigning in the heart will subdue all inordinate self-love. (2.) That he had neither a scornful nor an aspiring look: "My eyes are not lofty, either to look with envy upon those that are above me or to look with disdain upon those that are below me." Where there is a proud heart there is commonly a proud look (Pr 6:17), but the humble publican will not so much as lift up his eyes. (3.) That he did not employ himself in things above his station, in things too great or too high for him. He did not employ himself in studies too high; he made God's word his meditation, and did not amuse himself with matters of nice speculation or doubtful disputation, or covet to be wise above what is written. To know God and our duty is learning sufficiently high for us. He did not employ himself in affairs too great; he followed his ewes, and never set up for a politician; no, nor for a soldier; for, when his brethren went to the wars, he staid at home to keep the sheep. It is our wisdom, and will be our praise, to keep within our sphere, and not to intrude into things which we have not seen, or meddle with that which does not belong to us. Princes and scholars must not exercise themselves in matters too great, too high, for men: and those in a low station, and of ordinary capacities, must not pretend to that which is out of their reach, and which they were not cut out for. Those will fall under due shame that affect undue honours.
2. He was well reconciled to every condition that God placed him in (Ps 131:2): I have behaved and quieted myself as a child that is weaned of his mother. As he had not proudly aimed at the kingdom, so, since God had appointed him to it, he had not behaved insolently towards any, nor been restless in his attempts to get the crown before the time set; but, (1.) He had been as humble as a little child about the age of a weanling, as manageable and governable, and as far from aiming at high things; as entirely at God's disposal as the child at the disposal of the mother or nurse; as far from taking state upon him, though anointed to be king, or valuing himself upon the prospect of his future advancement, as a child in the arms. Our Saviour has taught us humility by this comparison (Mt 18:3); we must become as little children. (2.) He had been as indifferent to the wealth and honour of this world as a child is to the breast when it is thoroughly weaned from it. I have levelled and quieted myself (so Dr. Hammond reads it) as a child that is weaned. This intimates that our hearts are naturally as desirous of worldly things as the babe is of the breast, and in like manner relish them, cry for them, are fond of them, play with them, and cannot live without them. But, by the grace of God, a soul that is sanctified, is weaned from those things. Providence puts wormwood upon the breast, and that helps to wean us. The child is perhaps cross and fretful while it is in the weaning and thinks itself undone when it has lost the breast. But in a day or two it is forgotten; the fret is over, and it accommodates itself well enough to a new way of feeding, cares no longer for milk, but can bear strong meat. Thus does a gracious soul quiet itself under the loss of that which it loved and disappointment in that which it hoped for, and is easy whatever happens, lives, and lives comfortably, upon God and the covenant-grace, when creatures prove dry breasts. When our condition is not to our mind we must bring our mind to our condition; and then we are easy to ourselves and all about us; then our souls are as a weaned child.
II. Confidence in God; and this David recommends to all Israel of God, no doubt from his own experience of the benefit of it (Ps 131:3): Let Israel hope in the Lord, and let them continue to do so henceforth and for ever. Though David could himself wait patiently and quietly for the crown designed him, yet perhaps Israel, the people whose darling he was, would be ready to attempt something in favour of him before the time; and therefore endeavours to quiet them too, and bids them hope in the Lord that they should see a happy change of the face of affairs in due time. Thus it is good to hope and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord.
本篇詩篇是大衛謙卑的宣告——他存謙卑的心如此宣告，為神的恩典向祂感恩，而非出於虛榮。極有可能（正如多數解經家所言），大衛作出這番自白，是為了回應掃羅及其朝臣的毀謗；他們將大衛描繪成一個野心勃勃、覬覦高位之人，假借神聖任命之名、心中驕傲地圖謀王位。但他向神申訴，表明事實恰恰相反：一、他並不企圖任何高升或偉大的事（詩 131:1）。二、他在神所分配給他的每一境況中都十分安穩知足（詩 131:2）；因此，三、他鼓勵所有敬虔之人像他一樣信靠神（詩 131:3）。有人反對歌唱大衛的詩篇，理由是有許多人無法說「我的心不狂傲」云云。誠然如此；但我們可以為著與誦讀它相同的目的而歌唱它——為要教導並警戒自己和彼此，說明我們本當成為何種人，並因我們有所未及而悔改，謙卑地向神祈求恩典使我們成為如此。