“We Could Not Really Love What Is Right and True without Hating All Wrongs and Lies 没有恨惡一切邪惡和謊言，我們就不可以真的愛慕甚麽是正確和真的“（Psalm 詩篇 119:121-128）
I have done what is righteous and just; … Ensure your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. … Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees. I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes. It is time for you to act, Lord; your law is being broken. Because I love your commands … and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
我曾秉公行義；… 求你作你僕人的保證人，確保我的好處；不要容傲慢人欺壓我。… 求你按著你的慈愛待你的僕人，把你的律例教導我。我是你的僕人，求你賜我悟性，使我可以明白你的法度。現在是耶和華行動的時候；因為人都違犯了你的律法。因此我愛你的命令，… 在一切事上，你所有的訓詞我都視為正直；我恨惡一切虛謊的道。
We like the psalmist who expressed confidence in the general righteousness of his life dedicated to God should know that our lives are different from lives of those who do not follow God. It was only through God defending His servant, the psalmist, that he could avoid the oppression of the proud. The psalmist’s waiting expectation of salvation shows us that faith comes before experience. Out of the merciful impulse of His heart, God teaches His people especially His servant who has obligations to Him and asks for discernment so that he would know God’s statutes better. It is proper for God’s people to plead for Him to act because of many disregarding God’s word and His law. The Bible tells us what we need to know is right and true and we could not really love the truth without also hating lies.
好像那對在自己委身於神的生命裡綜合的義表達有把握的詩人一樣，我們理應曉得自己的生命，與那些不跟從神之人的生命有別。唯有透過神捍衛祂的僕人（那詩人），他才可以避免驕傲人的壓逼。詩人等待救恩的期盼表明給我們，信心是在經歷體驗之前來臨的。出自神心裡慈悲憐憫的推動力，神教導祂的子民，特別是對祂負責任，求祂賜悟性，好使他會明白祂的法度更好的僕人。對神的子民來說，因著許多人漠視祂的話語和律法，而請求祂去作出行動是正確的。聖經告訴我們所需要曉得甚麽是正確和真的，而沒有恨惡謊言，我們就不可以真的愛慕真理。
Prayer: Sovereign Lord, the question ‘Are you willing to hate what God hates?’ continues to challenge many of us in our lives. Thank you for the psalmist’s reflection. It reminds us that with the help of you yourself, understanding your word is feasible and also of great importance because it will lead us into the wisdom and understanding of life. May we commit ourselves to love you truly by studying and obeying your word so that with Christ’s love and grace we can walk in the way that brings true blessing. Amen.
禱告: 至高無上的主啊，「你願意恨惡神所恨惡的嗎？」這問題在我們生命裡，繼續對許多人提出挑戰。感謝你詩人的反省，它提醒我們有著你自己的幫助，明白你的話語是可行的，也是莫大重要的，因為它引領我們進入生命的智慧和理解明白。願我們藉著研讀和聽從你的話語，委身自己真的愛慕你，好使我們帶著基督的愛和恩典，能夠行在那帶來真正的祝福之途上。阿們。
