2这七篇诗的顺序很有意义。一百二十八篇说到耶和华从锡安赐福给以色列,以及耶路撒冷的亨通作了以色列的享受。一百二十九篇说到神公义的对付那些逼迫以色列的人,和恨恶锡安的人。这地上有神所拣选的人,就是祂的选民,他们总是受到逼迫。今天信徒也是如此;他们可能因著传扬福音和教导圣经受到逼迫。不仅如此,锡安(那些山脉的最高峰)表征召会中的得胜者,就是信徒当中较高的人。锡安怎样被恨恶,得胜者也照样被恨恶。但神进来公义的对付那些逼迫以色列并恨恶锡安的人。以色列是神的选民,神对付那些逼迫祂子民的人,但这不是说,以色列是完全、无罪的。反之,以色列有许多罪和罪孽。因此在一百三十篇里,有赦免和救赎的诗。一百三十一篇指明,我们经历神的赦免以后,就成了谦卑的。从前我们是骄傲的,甚至狂傲的,以为只有自己是对的,别人都是错的。但我们在自己真实的情况上蒙了光照,彻底认罪,并得著神的赦免以后,我们就谦卑下来。我们谦卑自己的心,放低自己的眼,我们的心也平稳安静了,『好像断过奶的孩子在他母亲的怀中』。(2。)我多次有过这样的经历,领悟我一无所是,一无所有,也一无所能。我们的心谦卑,魂安静时,我们就是在适合神进来安息的光景中。在这样的情况里,神就能有安息之所,能有居所。然而,当我们狂傲,我们的眼轻蔑时,神在我们里面就没有安息,没有居所。惟有我们谦卑、平稳、安静时,神才能兴起,进入我们里面,以我们为祂安息之所。这就是成为神居所、祂安息之所的锡安,如一百三十二篇里所启示的。
2The sequence of these seven psalms is significant. Psalm 128 speaks of Jehovah’s blessing to Israel from Zion and the prosperity of Jerusalem in Israel’s enjoyment. Psalm 129 concerns God’s righteous dealing with the persecutors of Israel and the haters of Zion. On this earth there is a people chosen by God as His elect, and this people is always persecuted. This is true of the believers today, who may be persecuted for preaching the gospel and teaching the Bible. Furthermore, Zion, the highest peak of that range of mountains, signifies the overcomers in the church, the higher ones among the believers. Just as Zion was hated, so the overcomers also are hated. But God comes in to deal righteously with those who persecute Israel and hate Zion. Israel is God’select, and God deals with those who persecute His people, but this does not mean that Israel is perfect and sinless. On the contrary, Israel has many sins and iniquities. Thus, in Psalm 130 we have a psalm of forgiveness and redemption. Psalm 131 indicates that after we experience God’s forgiveness, we become humble. Formerly, we were proud and even haughty, thinking that we alone were right and that others were wrong. But after we are enlightened concerning our real situation, make a thorough confession, and receive God’s forgiveness, we become humble. We humble our heart, lower our eyes, and our soul becomes quiet “like a weaned child with its mother” (v. 2). I have had this experience many times, realizing that I am nothing, that I have nothing, and that I can do nothing. When our heart is humbled and our soul is quiet, we are in a condition that is suitable for God to come in to rest. In such a situation God can have a resting place, a dwelling. However, when we are proud and our eyes are haughty, God has no rest, no dwelling place, in us. Only when we are humble, calm, and quiet is the situation right for God to rise up, enter into us, and take us as His resting place. This is Zion becoming God’s habitation, His resting place, as revealed in Psalm 132