義人蒙福(詩128)及惡人遭報(詩129)是人生旅程的終結，雖然一路行來長夜漫漫(詩130)，但是平靜的心靈可以在主裡尋見希望(詩131)，而且在聖殿裡(詩132,134)和上帝的百姓中(133)，才有力量面對新的每一天！

        在你一生中經歷過下列情況中的那一種？一、險遭滅頂，二、所愛的人因病去世，三、徹夜不眠。
        如果你曾經歷過上述情況中的一種(或多種)，必能認同詩篇一三○篇的作者，因為這三種假設都包含在他那首僅有八節的哀痛之歌當中。
        1.詩人正在失望的苦海中沉浮(1節)。痛苦的激流使他深陷海中，不斷掙扎幾乎滅頂。
        2.詩人自覺是個罪惡昭彰，排隊準備受審的人(3節)，除非上帝赦免他的不義，否則他知道自己的案子就此結束。然而，儘管他十分痛苦。
        3.詩人仍耐心的等候天亮(5－6節)，黑夜般的環境似乎永無止盡，詩人卻深信上帝必要拯救他，就像黑夜之後就是黎明一樣肯定。
        在深水中或在暗夜裡都有盼望的理由──這個盼望必須是在主裡的！詩人的憂苦霍然而癒的理由十分簡單！不是藥物，而是上帝，一位不論是在主後二十世紀，或是主前十世紀始終信實的上帝。

與上行之詩一起上昇
        詩篇一三O篇是上行之詩中的一首，讀者隨著詩人從愁苦的深淵(1節)攀爬到希望與信心的高峰(8節)。

只有讚美能夠解除憂苦。

English

        Blessing for the righteous (128) and judgment for the wicked (129) are waiting at the journey's end. And though there may be dark nights along the way (130), the quiet soul will find hope in the Lord (131). In the sanctuary of God (132, 134) and among the people of God (133) there is strength to face each new day.

        Which of the following have you experienced during your lifetime? (1) You nearly drowned.(2) You lost a loved one through terminal illness.(3) You spent an entire night without sleep.
        If you can identify with one or more of the above situations, you'll have no trouble identifying with the writer of Psalm 130, for all three images are contained in his eight-verse lament.
        (1) The psalmist is drowning in a sea of despair (v.1). The riptide of affliction has left him floundering in waters that are over his head!
        (2) The psalntist feels like a marked man, in line for judgment (v.3). Unless the Lord forgives his iniquity, he knows his case is "terminal." Yet, in spite of his distress,
        (3) the psalmist waits patiently for the morning (v.5-6). The night of dark circumstances seems endless, but the psalmist knows the Lord will rescue him as surely as dawn follows night.
        In the midst of deep water and dark nights, there is reason to be hopeful—as long as the hope is in the Lord! The psalmist's cure for depression is simple, It's not a pill but a Person, One who is as faithful in the 21st century A.D. as He was in the tenth century B.C.

Ascending Through a Psalm of Ascents —
        Here in Psalm 130, one of the psalms of degrees (ascents), the reader is transported with the psalmist from the depths of depression (v. 1) to the heights of hope and confidence (v. 8).

Relief from depression is only a praise away.