WAITING ON GOD ｜ 等候神

ENWAITING ON GOD. Heb., to be silent (quiet), to wait with hope, to expect, to look for. Waiting is conditioned upon, and implies, absolute trust and restful reliance upon God. It is earnestly counseled: Ps. 27:14. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Ps. 37:7, 34. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him . . . Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt thee to inherit the land. Ps. 62:5. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. Prov. 20:22. Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and He shall save thee. Ex. 14:13. Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord. Promised results: Lam. 3:25, 26. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Isa. 30:15, 18. In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength . . . blessed are all they that wait for Him. Isa. 49:23. They shall not be ashamed that wait for Me. Isa. 64:4. Neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. Isa. 40:31. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Rom. 8:25. But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 1 Cor. 1:7. Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. 5:5. For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

BSBIsaiah 40:31 But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

中等候神。希伯来文原意为：静默（安静）、存着指望等候、期待、仰望。等候以『绝对信靠、安然倚靠神』为条件，也含有这一层意思。圣经恳切地劝人等候：诗篇 27:14 —— 要等候耶和华！当壮胆，坚固你的心。我再说：要等候耶和华！37:7, 34 —— 你当默然倚靠耶和华，耐性等候他……你当等候耶和华，遵守他的道，他就抬举你，使你承受地土。62:5 —— 我的心哪，你当默默无声，专等候神，因为我的盼望是从他而来。箴言 20:22 —— 你不要说：我要以恶报恶；要等候耶和华，他必拯救你。出埃及记 14:13 —— 不要惧怕，只管站住，看耶和华……要施行的救恩。所应许的结果：耶利米哀歌 3:25-26 —— 凡等候耶和华、心里寻求他的，耶和华必施恩给他。人仰望耶和华，静默等候他的救恩，这原是好的。以赛亚书 30:15, 18 —— 你们得力在乎平静安稳……凡等候他的都是有福的。49:23 —— 等候我的必不至羞愧。64:4 —— 从古以来，人未曾听见、未曾耳闻、未曾眼见在你以外有什么神为等候他的人行事。40:31 —— 但那等候耶和华的必从新得力，他们必如鹰展翅上腾，他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。罗马书 8:25 —— 但我们若盼望那所不见的，就必忍耐等候。哥林多前书 1:7 —— 等候我们的主耶稣基督显现。加拉太书 5:5 —— 我们靠着圣灵，凭着信心，等候所盼望的义。

ENTrustful and triumphant testimonies: Ps. 25:5. On Thee do I wait all the day. Ps. 40:1. I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Ps. 130:5. I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope. Micah 7:7. Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Isa. 25:9. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Patient, trustful waiting upon God in hours and days of darkness, struggle and suffering is the divine order, with ample promises. According to these inexpressibly sweet utterances of saints and pledges of God, such waiting is a chief condition and means by which strength is renewed and courage re-enforced for persistent advance unto high and yet higher spiritual attainment—terminating at length in "quietness and assurance for ever": Isa. 26:3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee. Heb. 12:11. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Isa. 32:17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

BSBIsaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

中信靠而得胜的见证：诗篇 25:5 —— 我终日等候你。40:1 —— 我曾耐性等候耶和华；他垂听我的呼求。130:5 —— 我等候耶和华，我的心等候；我也仰望他的话。弥迦书 7:7 —— 至于我，我要仰望耶和华，要等候那救我的神；我的神必应允我。以赛亚书 25:9 —— 到那日，人必说：看哪，这是我们的神；我们素来等候他，他必拯救我们。这是耶和华，我们素来等候他，我们必因他的救恩欢喜快乐。在黑暗、挣扎与受苦的时日中忍耐、信靠地等候神，乃是神所定的次序，并附有丰盛的应许。按照上列圣徒那些难以言表的甘美话语与神的种种凭据，这样的等候正是一项主要的条件与途径：藉此力量得以更新，勇气得以再度加强，好在属灵上不断前进，达到更高、更高的地步——最终归于『永远安稳』：以赛亚书 26:3 —— 坚心倚赖你的，你必保守他十分平安，因为他倚靠你。希伯来书 12:11 —— 凡管教的事，当时不觉得快乐，反觉得愁苦；后来却为那经练过的人结出平安的果子，就是义。以赛亚书 32:17 —— 公义的果效必是平安；公义的效验必是平稳，直到永远。

EN[To all time David will be the poet of the soul in the realm where it "lives in God," or hungers because of His absence. David leads us in worship because he represents the personal element in human experience so broadly and so well: its height, but its depth as well; its sunshine and its storm; its light and its darkness; its hope and its fears; its peace and its unrest; its joy and its anguish; its possession of God, and its wild beating against the bars of eternal silence to be let into the Divine bosom. God's face was not always visible to David: it was often hid behind a cloud, and the Psalms disclose to us the workings of his soul in his darkness. That attitude of mind is more prominent than any other in the Psalms. Then, in the darkness, came an intensity of struggle that we know nothing of. Struggle is the very element of our greatness: it stretches us out and enlarges us in the direction of our strife. If God hid His face from David, by as much as David stretched forth his hands toward Him in the darkness, by so much was his soul enlarged. If we know nothing of God on the heights of His communication, it is because we know of no struggle after Him in the depths of His silence. God found by persistently pushing through the darkness toward Him is God found forever: nothing can then hide Him from our eyes. If we are in thick darkness, we know that it is "His pavilion round about Him"; and though our vision be cut off, we still trust, because we have found Him near. C. Caverno.]

BSBPsalm 130:5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

中〔在一切时代，大卫都将是那位灵魂的诗人——写灵魂『活在神里面』的境界，也写它因神不在而饥渴的境界。大卫之所以能带领我们敬拜，是因为他把人类经历中『切身』的那一面表现得如此宽广、如此到位：它的高处，也有它的深处；它的晴日与风暴；它的光与暗；它的盼望与惧怕；它的平安与不安；它的欢乐与剧痛；它对神的占有，以及它疯狂地拍打永恒沉默的栅栏、只求被放进神的怀里。神的脸并非总向大卫显现：那脸常常藏在云后；而诗篇把他在黑暗中灵魂的种种活动向我们揭示出来。在诗篇里，这一心态比任何别的心态都更为突出。那时，在黑暗之中，有一种我们全然不知的挣扎强度。挣扎正是我们伟大之所在：它把我们拉伸开来，在我们奋力的方向上把我们扩大。神若向大卫掩面，那么大卫在黑暗中向他伸出手去有多远，他的灵魂就被扩大了多少。我们若在神启示的高处对他一无所知，那是因为我们在他沉默的深处从未有过寻求他的挣扎。凭着在黑暗中执意向他推进而寻见的神，是永远寻见了的神：此后再没有什么能把他从我们眼前遮住。我们若身处幽暗，就知道那不过是『他四围的行宫』；纵然我们的视线被切断，我们仍旧信靠，因为我们已经发觉他就在近旁。卡维诺（C. Caverno）〕