God has both an all-seeing eye and all-forgiving heart.

上帝的眼能洞察一切，祂的心能完全饶恕。

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12

求祢使我仍得救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。-诗篇51篇12节

The story is told of a group of salmon fishermen who gathered in a Scottish inn after a long day of fishing. As one was describing a catch to his friends, his arm swept across the table and knocked a glass against the wall, shattering it and leaving a stain on the white plaster surface. The man apologized to the innkeeper and offered to pay for the damage, but there was nothing he could do; the wall was ruined. A man seated nearby said, “Don’t worry.” Rising, he took a painting implement from his pocket and began to sketch around the ugly stain. Slowly there emerged the head of a magnificent stag. The man was Sir E. H. Landseer, Scotland’s foremost animal artist.

有一群渔夫在辛苦忙碌了一天之后，聚在苏格兰的一家酒馆聊天。其中一人兴奋地描述捕鱼的情景，他手臂一挥，结果将餐桌上的玻璃杯扫到墙上，杯子应声破碎，在白色的墙面留下污渍。那人向酒馆老板致歉，表示愿意赔偿损失，但这已无济于事，白色的墙面已经毁损。这时，有位坐在邻桌的先生说：“别担心！”他起身从口袋里拿出画图的器具，并以丑陋的污渍构图作画，接着一帧雄伟的鹿头壁画逐渐成形。这位化腐朽为神奇的人，就是苏格兰的动物艺术家埃德温．兰希尔爵士。

David, Israel’s illustrious king who penned Psalm 51, brought shame on himself and his nation by his sins. He committed adultery with the wife of one of his friends and engineered the death of that friend—both deeds worthy of death. It would seem his life was ruined. But he pled with God: “Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me” (v. 12).

诗篇51篇的作者是以色列的国王大卫，他也曾犯下使自己与国家蒙羞的罪行。他与一位朋友的妻子有了婚外情，并设局谋杀这个朋友，这两件事都足以构成他的死罪。他的人生几乎毁于一旦，但他乞求上帝：“求祢使我仍得救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。”（12节）

Like David we have shameful acts in our past and the memories that accompany them, recollections that taunt us in the middle of the night. There’s so much we wish we could undo or redo.

像大卫一样，我们以前所做的羞愧之事，常在午夜梦回时毫不留情地嘲弄我们。我们多么希望从未做过这些错事，或希望能重新来过。

There is a grace that not only forgives sin but also uses it to make us better than before. God wastes nothing.

上帝的恩典不但能使我们的罪得赦免，甚至还能藉此让我们变得比先前更好。上帝会使万事互相效力。

Thank You, Lord, for Your grace and mercy. When we fail, You are so faithful to forgive and restore us. Please help us learn to follow Your ways, so the whole world can see You through us.

主啊，我们为着祢的恩典和怜悯感谢祢。当我们失败的时候，祢是如此信实地赦免我们，复兴我们。求主帮助我们学习跟随祢的道路，使全世界能够透过我们看到祢。

Psalm 51:9-13    NIV

51 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.

诗篇 51:9-13 

51求你掩面不看我的罪，涂抹我一切的罪孽。10 神啊，求你为我造清洁的心，使我里面重新有正直的灵。11 不要丢弃我，使我离开你的面，不要从我收回你的圣灵。12 求你使我仍得救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。13 我就把你的道指教有过犯的人，罪人必归顺你。

INSIGHT

灵粮透视

David wrote Psalm 51 in repentance for his sin of adultery with Bathsheba; his deliberate actions that led to the death of her husband, Uriah; and ultimately his sin against God (v. 4). Psalm 32, also penned by David, is similar in that here too he writes from his own experience on the pain of unconfessed sin and of the blessing of repentance. Even as Christians we will sin—and sometimes again and again. At such times, if we stubbornly refuse to confess our sins, we feel the effects of the sin eating away at us spiritually, mentally, and physically (vv. 3–4). Why? Not because we’ve lost our salvation, but because we’ve driven a wedge between us and our holy God. When we come to God in sorrow for our sins and receive His forgiveness, the “joy of [our] salvation”—the joy of being in an intimate relationship with God—is restored (51:12; see 32:1–2). In both psalms, David illustrates that confession and repentance lead to God’s forgiveness, which leads to a restored relationship, which leads to great joy—and enables us to sing! (32:11).

诗篇51篇是大卫的忏悔诗。他与拔示巴犯了奸淫的罪，又蓄意谋杀拔示巴的丈夫乌利亚，其实是得罪了上帝（4节）。大卫写的诗篇32篇也与此相仿，他根据自己的经历，描述闭口不认罪所带来的痛苦，以及悔改所带来的祝福。即使身为基督徒，我们也会犯罪，有时甚至一犯再犯。在这种情况下，如果我们顽固地拒绝承认自己的罪，任凭罪吞噬我们的灵性、思想和肉体，我们就会感受到罪所带来的影响（3-4节）。为什么呢？不是因为我们失去救恩，而是因为破坏了我们与这位圣洁的上帝之间的关系。当我们为自己的罪忧伤，愿意来到上帝面前，接受祂的宽恕时，就会重新得享“救恩之乐”，就是与上帝保持亲密关系的喜乐（51篇12节，参阅32篇1-2节）。大卫在这两篇诗篇中都表明认罪悔改便能得到上帝的饶恕，恢复与上帝的关系，心中才能充满大喜乐，并使我们能够高声欢呼！（32篇11节）

When have you experienced restored joy after confession?

你何时体验过认罪后重获的喜乐？

整理：于姊妹