【诗37:8】当止住怒气，离弃忿怒；不要心怀不平，以致作恶。【Psa 37:8】Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

大卫在旷野躲避扫罗的追杀、在逃亡中忍受示每的咒骂，他深知那足以焚毁灵魂的“心怀不平”是何等炽热。As David evaded Saul’s lethal pursuit in the wilderness and endured Shimei’s curses during his flight, he knew all too well how scorching the "fretting" that consumes the soul can be.这行诗句不是道德劝诫，而是他经过血与火的洗礼后，对人性最深沉的警觉。This verse is not a mere moral exhortation, but a profound warning about human nature forged through his own baptism of fire and blood.

我们必须看清，我们里面原罪的核心表现就是“分辨善恶”。每逢遭遇委屈、践踏、藐视或拒绝，当我们感觉环境“不公”时，天性便会发作。We must recognize that the core manifestation of original sin within us is the "knowledge of good and evil." Whenever we encounter grievances, being trampled upon, despised, or rejected—when we perceive our circumstances as "unjust"—our fallen nature erupts.我们极易窃夺神的主权，坐在审判官的位置上，忙于衡量对错、自保自辩。此时，怒火便会打着“公义”的旗号升起，让我们觉得发怒、审判甚至动手报复都是理所当然。We are prone to usurping God’s sovereignty, seating ourselves on the judge’s bench, busy weighing wrongs and defending ourselves. At this moment, anger rises under the banner of "justice," making us feel that our rage, judgment, and even retaliation are entirely justified.

然而，大卫揭示了一个致命陷阱：“心怀不平，以致作恶”。当我们盯着别人的恶不放，撒旦便借着“判断对错”进入我们的灵魂。However, David reveals a fatal trap: "fretting leads only to evil." When we fixate on the evil of others, Satan enters our souls through the mechanism of "judging right and wrong."只要陷入忿怒与不饶恕，我们就会动用肉体，成了另一个“作恶”的人——还没打败仇敌，就已经先输给了罪性。The moment we fall into wrath and unforgiveness, we operate in the flesh and become another "evildoer"—losing to our sinful nature before we have even defeated the enemy.

止住怒气的唯一方法，不是靠意志力压抑，而是退下审判台，回到受造的本分。The only way to cease from anger is not through willpower and suppression, but by stepping down from the judgment seat and returning to our proper place as created beings.正如大卫两次放过可以轻易除掉的扫罗，他不亲手报复伸冤，是因为他知道：审判与伸冤都在神，而他的本位就是敬畏神、悔改、交托并等候。Just as David twice spared Saul when he could have easily killed him, he refused to take vengeance into his own hands because he knew that judgment and vengeance belong to God; his role was to fear God, repent, entrust, and wait.

这节经文在耶稣基督身上得到了最完美的诠释。祂是全地唯一公义、唯一有资格审判的一位，但在极大的不公面前，祂却辱骂不还口、受害不恐吓。This verse finds its perfect fulfillment in Jesus Christ. He is the only righteous One in all the earth, the only One qualified to judge, yet in the face of supreme injustice, He did not retaliate when He was insulted, nor did He threaten when He suffered.祂没有站在神位上审判罪人，而是站在罪人的位分上承担了被审判。基督在十字架上的沉默，平息了人类历史上所有的忿怒，打开了饶恕的大门，让人回到本位，彻底解开了原罪的死结。He did not stand in the place of God to judge sinners, but stood in the place of sinners to bear the judgment. Christ’s silence on the cross stilled all the wrath of human history, opened the door to forgiveness, restored humanity to its rightful place, and completely untied the knot of original sin.

主耶稣，感谢你为我们钉十字架，已经把分辨善恶的树钉死。Lord Jesus, thank You for being crucified for us, nailing the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to the cross.我愿意跟随你走十字架的道路。我愿在环境中支取你已经成就的恩典，跟我里面的原罪争战。I am willing to follow You on the way of the cross. I desire to draw upon Your accomplished grace within my circumstances to wage war against the original sin within me.向我肉体里“分辨善恶”死，每当怒气火苗要燃起，求圣灵带我回到十字架前，思想、效法你在不公不义面前的生命反应。May I die to the "judging of good and evil" in my flesh; whenever the sparks of anger ignite, I ask the Holy Spirit to lead me back to the cross to meditate on and emulate Your life’s response to injustice.让我甘心回到本位，将审判权交还给你。愿你属天的平安在我里面掌权，愿我在一切不公的环境都能明白你心意，伏在你主权下，让这些环境都成为塑造、祝福我的工具，使我越来越像你。Let me willingly return to my proper place and surrender the right of judgment back to You. May Your heavenly peace rule in me, and may I understand Your will in every unjust situation, submitting to Your sovereignty, so that these circumstances become tools for my molding and blessing, making me more and more like You.

（陈弟兄Raymond Chan）