三至五节是耶和华赐福给祂的百姓。在三节诗人说,儿女是耶和华的产业,腹中的果子乃是赏赐。
“少年时所生的儿女,好像勇士手中的箭。箭袋充满的人,便为有福。他们在城门口,和仇敌说话的时侯,必不至于羞愧。”这指明我们不该没有信靠主而奋斗,只该作生育儿女的好父亲。我们凭着劳苦得不着甚么,但我们能生育儿女。有些人很聪明,也非常殷勤劳苦,却没有儿女。他们的箭袋里没有箭,这是羞耻。我们需要思想我们要拣选甚么-劳苦,还是安息并生育儿女。
一百二十七篇是释放的诗篇,释放我们脱离劳苦。这篇诗教导我们,神眷顾我们,并赐福给我们。我们劳苦与否,情形都是一样的。这一切是祂在我们睡觉时,就赐给了我们。除了顾念我们以外,祂还以扩增、以儿女赐福给我们。我们都需要相信这点。即使我是劳苦的人,我也相信结果不在于我的劳苦,乃在于神的顾念和赐福。
这首上行歌所描述的,需要成为我们的经历。今天我们在谈论扩增;然而,我们越谈论,就越失望。我们越期望得着扩增,扩增就越少。结果,我们没有平安和安息,我们也没有上行歌。所以,我们的观念需要改变:扩增不在于我们所作的,乃在于神赐给多少。顾念和祝福都从祂而来。让我们学习作今日的所罗门,知道我们无论作甚么,不信靠主就是枉然的;但只要我们信靠祂,就会有美好的结果。我们若学会作这样的所罗门,那么我们就会祷告说,“主,我不信靠自己。我信靠你的怜悯、你的赐福、你的同在、和你的灵。”这就是对一百二十七篇的经历。
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Jehovah Blessing to His People — Psa. 127:3-5
Verses 3 through 5 are Jehovah’s blessing to His people. In verse 3 the psalmist says that children are the heritage of Jehovah and that the fruit of the womb is a reward.
“Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, / So are the children of one’s youth. / Blessed is the man / Who fills his quiver with them. / He will not be put to shame / When he speaks with enemies in the gate” (vv. 4-5). This indicates that instead of striving without trusting in the Lord, we should simply be a good father producing children. We cannot gain much by our toil, but we can produce children. Certain people are intelligent and very diligent in their labor, but they do not have any children. They do not have any “arrows” in their “quiver.” This is a shame. We need to consider what we will choose – to toil or to rest and produce children.
Psalm 127 is a psalm of release, a psalm that releases us from labor. This psalm teaches us that God takes care of us and blesses us. Whether we labor or do not labor, the situation is the same. “All the same,” He gives to us while we sleep. In addition to caring for us, He blesses us with increase, with children. We all need to believe this. Even though I am a laboring person, I believe that the result depends not on my labor but on God’s care and blessing.
What is described in this Song of Ascents needs to become our experience. Today we are talking about the increase. However, the more we talk, the more we are disappointed. The more we expect to have increase, the less increase we have. As a result, we do not have peace and rest, and we do not have this Song of Ascents. Our concept, therefore, needs to be changed. Increase does not depend on what we do—it depends on how much God gives. Both the care and the blessing come from Him. Let us learn to be today’s Solomon, knowing that whatever we do without trusting in the Lord is in vain, but that as long as we trust in Him, there will be a good result. If we have learned to be such a Solomon, then we will pray, saying, “Lord, I don’t have any trust in myself. I trust in Your mercy, in Your blessing, in Your presence, and in Your Spirit.” This is the experience of Psalm 127.