在今天所讀的詩篇當中，只有一篇不以悲痛哀告的：「耶和華我的上帝阿」、「耶和華我們的主阿」、「耶和華阿」開始。從這些簡短有力的詩歌中，明顯的看出詩人渴望正義伸張(詩7)，惡人衰敗(詩9-10)，上帝的聖名被高舉稱揚(詩8，11-12)。

        好好的想－想下列每ㄧ種情況，然後在你同意的那個項打個勾(V) 。
        1.上帝是地上萬物的審判者。
        2.上帝的公義是完全而無私的。
        3.惡人的道路引向滅亡。
        4.與惡人同流合污就是罪。
        當你思考以上四個狀況的時候，做了什麼決定？對這些事實你是否認為上帝會按著祂最適合的時候，公正的處理一切的事務(詩7：8－9)？到時候惡人要遭到懲罰：義人則有善報──但絕不是你期望的那麼快！
        現在以上述四種敘述來詮釋現實生活的情況。以大衛來說，意義是：「上帝是地上萬物的審判者，當然也包括這個古實，他向我扔石頭，咒詛我，但上帝的公義是完全而無私的，祂會為我向示每對我的誹謗指控討回公道，我無須為自己辯白：與示每同流合污是有罪的，所以我要服事上帝。」現在對你生命中的示每也採同樣的態度吧！當你等候上帝審判你生命中遭遇的不公義時，就以詩篇七篇一節作為你耐心的禱告吧！

默默無聞的便雅憫人古實
        詩篇第七篇標題裡所提到的古實究竟是誰，始終是個謎，因聖經中並沒有提到與大衛同一時代中，有一個叫古實的人。有些聖經註釋學者認為，古實的別名可能就叫示每(撒下16：5：19：16)，這個便雅憫人在押沙龍叛變、大衛倉促的撤離耶路撒冷時，向大衛丟石塊，口出狂言咒詛他。現在以此心境再將詩篇第七篇讀一次。

一切都會臨到一個靜候的人──甚至公義！

English

        All hut one of the psalms in today's reading begin with a cry of lament: "O LORD my God," "O LORD," " LORD." These short but potent songs express the psalmist's desire that justice prevail (7), the wicked be brought low (9-10). and God's holy name be exalted (8：11-12).

        Ponder each of the following statements for a few moments before placing a check (/) next to the one? you agree with:
        ___ 1. God is Judge of all the earth.
        ___ 2. God'.s justice is perfect and impartial.
        ___ 3. The path of the wicked leads to destruction.
        ___ 4. A wicked response to a wicked man is sin.
What you have done if you checked all four statements is to give mental assent to the fact that God will settle all accounts justly and in His own perfect timing (Psalm 7:8-9). The wicked will be punished; the righteous will be rewarded—but not always as quickly as you might like!
        Now take those same four statements and translate them into a real-life situation. For David, that meant saying: "God ts Judge of ail trie earth ... including this man Cush, who is hurling rocks and curses at me. Cod's justice is perfect and impartial... and He will vindicate me from Gush's slanderous accusations without my attempting to do .so. A wicked response to Cush would be sinful... therefore. I will wait upon the Lord." Now do the same with a "Cush" in your own life! As you wait for the Judge to settle the injustices in your life, make Psalm 7:1 your patient prayer.

Gush, the Unknown Benjamite —
        The Cush referred to in the title of Psalm 7 remains a mystery, since no such contemporary of David's is mentioned in the Bible. Some commentators have.suggested Cush might he another name for Shimei (2 Samuel 16:5; 19:16}, the Benjamite who cursed David and threw rocks at him during David's hasty retreat from Jerusalem following Absalom's revolt. Now read Psalm 7 again ... with feeling!

All things come to him who waits-even justice.