和合本
121 我行过公平和公义，求你不要撇下我给欺压我的人！
122 求你为仆人作保，使我得好处，不容骄傲人欺压我！
123 我因盼望你的救恩和你公义的话眼睛失明。
124 求你照你的慈爱待仆人，将你的律例教训我。
125 我是你的仆人，求你赐我悟性，使我得知你的法度。
126 这是耶和华降罚的时候，因人废了你的律法。
127 所以，我爱你的命令胜于金子，更胜于精金。
128 你一切的训词，在万事上我都以为正直；我却恨恶一切假道。
ESV
Ayin
121 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me.
123 My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
124 Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
126 It is time for the Lord to act, for your law has been broken.
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
Meditation 默想
注 #16.1：
I wanted to get your interpretation of “fail for” in verse 123 “Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.” (KJV) or “My eyes strain to see your rescue” (NLT).
ESV translated it as my eyes “long for” your salvation. The Chinese version puts it this way: I long for your salvation and your righteous word to the extent that my eyes turn to the blind.
What was the meaning of “fail for” in the KJV time?
What is the real meaning of this verse?
verse 116 says this: “Lord, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.” (NLT)
I am wondering verse 123 falls in line with verse 116. The context of author’s crying out for God’s help (salvation) flows through this psalm. “My eyes fail for your salvation” could be portraited as if the man was weeping in desperate, he was patiently holding his hope to God to the extent that his eyes ran dry and turned to blind.
注 #16.2:
诗篇 6:6 我因唉哼而困乏；我每夜流泪，把床榻漂起，把褥子湿透。
诗篇 6:7 我因忧愁眼睛干瘪，又因我一切的敌人眼睛昏花。
诗篇 13:1-3 耶和华啊，你忘记我要到几时呢？要到永远吗？你掩面不顾我要到几时呢？我心里筹算，终日愁苦，要到几时呢？我的仇敌升高压制我，要到几时呢？耶和华我的神啊，求你看顾我，应允我！使我眼目光明，免得我沉睡至死；
诗篇 88:9 我的眼睛因困苦而干瘪。耶和华啊，我天天求告你，向你举手。
诗篇 69:3 我因呼求困乏，喉咙发干；我因等候神，眼睛失明。
诗篇 119:82 我因盼望你的应许眼睛失明，说：“你何时安慰我？”
以赛亚书 38:14 我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又像鸽子哀鸣；我因仰观，眼睛困倦。耶和华啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。
申命记 28:32你的儿女必归与别国的民；你的眼目终日切望，甚至失明，你手中无力拯救。
约伯记 11:20 但恶人的眼目必要失明。他们无路可逃；他们的指望就是气绝。”
约伯记 16:16 我的脸因哭泣发紫，在我的眼皮上有死荫。
耶利米哀歌 2:11 我眼中流泪，以致失明；我的心肠扰乱，肝胆涂地，都因我众民遭毁灭，又因孩童和吃奶的在城内街上发昏。
注 #16.3:
如何表达内心的渴慕呢？
第123节提到眼睛-望眼欲穿
123 我因盼望你的救恩和你公义的话眼睛失明。
第131节提到口 - 想象一下动物口渴是张大嘴的画面
131 我张口而气喘，因我切慕你的命令。
关联经文有：
诗42:1 神啊，我的心切慕你，如鹿切慕溪水。
申31:8 (摩西对约书亚说：)耶和华必在你前面行；他必与你同在，必不撇下你，也不丢弃你。不要惧怕，也不要惊惶。
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
希伯来书13:5又引用了申31:8这段经文。诗篇作者在这里将这段经文演绎成他的祷告词。仿佛作者看不到上帝的应许临到他身上。你会怎么办？