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Confession and Complaints. A song of degrees. 1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD , and he heard me. 2 Deliver my soul, O LORD , from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Here is, I. Deliverance from a false tongue obtained by prayer. David records his own experience of this. 1. He was brought into distress, into great distress, by lying lips and a deceitful tongue. There were those that sought his ruin, and had almost effected it, by lying. (1.) By telling lies to him. They flattered him with professions and protestations of friendships, and promises of kindness and service to him, that they might the more securely and without suspicion carry on their designs against him, and might have an opportunity, by betraying his counsels, to do him a mischief. They smiled in his face and kissed him, even when they were aiming to smite him under the fifth rib. The most dangerous enemies, and those which it is most hard to guard against, are such as carry on their malicious designs under the colour of friendship. The Lord deliver every good man from such lying lips. (2.) By telling lies of him. They forged false accusations against him and laid to his charge things that he knew not. This has often been the lot not only of the innocent, but of the excellent ones, of the earth, who have been greatly distressed by lying lips, and have not only had their names blackened and made odious by calumnies in conversation, but their lives, and all that is dear to them in this world, endangered by false-witness-bearing in judgment. David was herein a type of Christ, who was distressed by lying lips and deceitful tongues. 2. In this distress he had recourse to God by faithful and fervent prayer: I cried unto the Lord. Having no fence against false tongues, he appealed to him who has all men's hearts in his hand, who has power over the consciences of bad men, and can, when he pleases, bridle their tongues. His prayer was, " Deliver my soul, O Lord! from lying lips, that my enemies may not by these cursed methods work my ruin." He that had prayed so earnestly to be kept from lying ( Psalms 119:29 ) and hated it so heartily in himself ( Psalms 119:163 ; Psalms 119:163 ) might with the more confidence pray to be kept from being belied by others, and from the ill consequences of it. 3. He obtained a gracious answer to this prayer. God heard him; so that his enemies, though they carried their designs very far, were baffled at last, and could not prevail to do him the mischief they intended. The God of truth is, and will be, the protector of his people from lying lips, Psalms 37:6 . II. The doom of a false tongue foretold by faith, Psalms 120:3 ; Psalms 120:4 . As God will preserve his people from this mischievous generation, so he will reckon with their enemies, Psalms 12:3 ; Psalms 12:7 . The threatening is addressed to the sinner himself, for the awakening of his conscience, if he have any left: "Consider what shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done unto thee, by the righteous Judge of heaven and earth, thou false tongue. " Surely sinners durst not do as they do if they knew, and would be persuaded to think, what will be in the end thereof. Let liars consider what shall be given to them: Sharp arrows of the Almighty, with coals of juniper, that is, they will fall and lie for ever under the wrath of God, and will be made miserable by the tokens of his displeasure, which will fly swiftly like arrows, and will strike the sinner ere he is aware and when he sees not who hurts him. This is threatened against liars, Psalms 64:7 . God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. They set God at a distance from them, but from afar his arrows can reach them. They are sharp arrows, and arrows of the mighty, the Almighty; for they will pierce through the strongest armour and strike deep into the hardest heart. The terrors of the Lord are his arrows ( Job 6:4 ), and his wrath is compared to burning coals of juniper, which do not flame or crackle, like thorns under a pot, but have a vehement heat, and keep fire very long (some say, a year round) even when they seem to be gone out. This is the portion of the false tongue; for all that love and make a lie shall have their portion in the lake that burns eternally, Revelation 22:15 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-5-7" class="com-number"
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**거짓된 혀에서의 구원 — 기도로 얻은 건짐**
다윗은 자신의 경험을 기록한다.
1. 그는 거짓된 입술과 속이는 혀로 인해 큰 고난에 빠졌다. 그를 멸망시키려 한 자들이 거짓말로 거의 목적을 이루었다.
(1) 그들은 그에게 거짓말을 했다. 그들은 우정의 고백과 친절의 약속으로 그를 아첨하면서, 더욱 은밀히 그의 계략을 꿰뚫어 그를 해치려 했다. 그들은 얼굴로는 웃으며 입을 맞추었지만, 실제로는 그의 옆구리를 치려 했다. 악의적인 계획을 우정의 가면 뒤에 숨기는 원수들이야말로 가장 위험하고 막기 어려운 적이다. 주께서 모든 선한 사람을 이런 거짓된 입술에서 건져 주시기를 바란다.
(2) 그들은 그에 대해 거짓말을 했다. 그들은 그를 향한 거짓 고발을 꾸며 내어, 그가 알지도 못하는 죄를 뒤집어씌웠다. 이것은 비단 무고한 자들만의 운명이 아니라 땅의 뛰어난 이들의 운명이기도 했다. 그들은 대화 속에서 비방으로 이름이 더럽혀지고, 심판의 자리에서 거짓 증언으로 생명과 소중한 모든 것이 위협을 받았다. 다윗은 이 점에서 그리스도의 예표였으니, 그리스도 역시 거짓된 입술과 속이는 혀로 고통을 받으셨다.
2. 이 고난 속에서 그는 진실하고 열렬한 기도로 하나님께 나아갔다. "내가 여호와께 부르짖었다." 거짓된 혀에 맞설 방어막이 없었기에, 그는 모든 사람의 마음을 손에 쥐고 계시며 악인의 양심을 다스리고 그 혀를 재갈 먹이실 수 있는 분께 호소했다. 그의 기도는 이것이었다. "여호와여, 내 영혼을 거짓된 입술에서, 속이는 혀에서 건져 주소서. 원수들이 이 저주받은 방법으로 나를 망하게 하지 않도록 하소서." 거짓말을 피하려고 간절히 기도했고(시 119:29), 자신 안에서 그것을 진심으로 미워했던 자(시 119:163)는, 남에게 비방을 당하지 않도록 더 담대히 기도할 수 있었다.
3. 그는 이 기도에 대한 은혜로운 응답을 얻었다. 하나님이 그의 기도를 들으셨다. 원수들이 계획을 상당히 진척시켰지만 결국 좌절되어, 그를 해치려던 뜻을 이루지 못했다. 진리의 하나님은 그분의 백성을 거짓된 입술로부터 보호하실 것이다(시 37:6).
**거짓된 혀에 대한 심판 — 믿음으로 선포함**
하나님이 당신의 백성을 이 악한 무리에서 보전하신다면, 그분은 또한 그 원수들과 따지실 것이다(시 12:3, 7). 이 경고는 죄인 자신에게 직접 향한 것으로, 그에게 양심이 남아 있다면 깨어나게 하려는 것이다. "거짓된 혀여, 공의로우신 천지의 심판주가 네게 무엇을 주며 네게 무엇을 행하실지 생각하라." 죄인들이 결말이 무엇인지 알고 진지하게 생각하려 한다면, 감히 지금처럼 행동하지 못할 것이다. 거짓말쟁이들이 받을 것을 생각해 보라.
용사의 날카로운 화살과 로뎀나무 숯불이 그들에게 주어질 것이다. 다시 말해, 그들은 영원히 하나님의 진노 아래 엎드러지고, 그분의 불쾌히 여기심의 표징에 의해 비참하게 될 것이다. 그 화살은 빠르게 날아 죄인이 알아채기도 전에, 누가 해치는지 보기도 전에 그를 꿰뚫는다. 이것이 거짓말하는 자들에게 임할 심판이다(시 64:7). "하나님이 화살로 그들을 쏘실 것이요, 갑작스럽게 그들이 상하리로다." 그들은 하나님을 멀리하지만, 멀리서도 그분의 화살은 그들에게 닿는다. 그것은 날카로운 화살이요, 용사의—전능자의—화살이므로 어떤 강한 갑옷도 뚫고 가장 굳은 마음에도 깊이 박힌다.
여호와의 두려움은 그분의 화살이요(욥 6:4), 그분의 진노는 타오르는 로뎀나무 숯불에 비유된다. 로뎀나무 숯불은 가시나무처럼 불꽃을 피우거나 타닥거리지 않지만, 맹렬한 열기를 내며 꺼진 것처럼 보일 때도 아주 오랫동안(어떤 이들은 일 년 내내라고 한다) 불기운을 간직한다. 이것이 거짓된 혀가 받을 몫이다. 거짓말을 사랑하고 즐겨 행하는 자들은 모두 영원히 타는 못에서 그 몫을 받을 것이다(계 22:15).
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P S A L M S PSALM CXX. This psalm is the first of those fifteen which are here put together under the title of "songs of degrees." It is well that it is not material what the meaning of that title should be, for nothing is offered towards the explication of it, no, not by the Jewish writers themselves, but what is conjectural. These psalms do not seem to be composed all by the same hand, much less all at the same time. Four of them are expressly ascribed to David, and one is said to be designed for Solomon, and perhaps penned by him; yet Psalms 126:1-6 ; Psalms 129:1-8 seem to be of a much later date. Some of them are calculated for the closet (as Psalms 120:1-7 ; Psalms 130:1-8 ), some for the family (as Psalms 127:1-5 ; Psalms 128:1-6 ), some for the public assembly (as Psalms 122:1-9 ; Psalms 134:1-3 ), and some occasional, as Psalms 124:1-8 ; Psalms 132:118 So that it should seem, they had not this title from the author, but from the publisher. Some conjecture that they are so called from their singular excellency (as the song of songs, so the song of degrees, is a most excellent song, in the highest degree), others from the tune they were set to, or the musical instruments they were sung to, or the raising of the voice in singing them. Some think they were sung on the fifteen steps or stairs, by which they went up from the outward court of the temple to the inner, others at so many stages of the people's journey, when they returned out of captivity. I shall only observe, 1. That they are all short psalms, all but one very short (three of them have but three verses apiece), and that they are placed next to Psalms 119:1-176 , which is by much the longest of all. Now as that was one psalm divided into many parts, so these were many psalms, which, being short, were sometimes sung all together, and made, as it were, one psalm, observing only a pause between each; as many steps make one pair of stairs. 2. That, in the composition of them, we frequently meet with the figure they call climax, or an ascent, the preceding word repeated, and then rising to something further, as 120, "With him that hated peace. I peace." 121, "Whence cometh my help; my help cometh." "He that keepeth thee shall not slumber; he that keepeth Israel." 122, "Within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded." 123, "Until that he have mercy upon us. Have mercy upon us." And the like in most of them, if not all. Perhaps for one of these reasons they are called songs of degrees. This psalm is supposed to have been penned by David upon occasion of Doeg's accusing him and the priests to Saul, because it is like 52, which was penned upon that occasion, and because the psalmist complains of his being driven out of the congregation of the Lord and his being forced among barbarous people. I. He prays to God to deliver him from the mischief designed him by false and malicious tongues, Psalms 120:1 ; Psalms 120:2 . II. He threatens the judgments of God against such, Psalms 120:3 ; Psalms 120:4 . III. He complains of his wicked neighbours that were quarrelsome and vexatious, Psalms 120:5-7 . In singing this psalm we may comfort ourselves in reference to the scourge of the tongue, when at any time we fall unjustly under the lash of it, that better than we have smarted from it. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-4" class="com-number"
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시편 120편은 "올라가는 노래"라는 표제 아래 묶인 열다섯 편 가운데 첫 번째 시편이다. 이 표제가 정확히 무엇을 뜻하는지는 중요하지 않다 해도 무방한데, 유대 학자들조차 추측 이상의 설명을 제시하지 못하기 때문이다. 이 시편들은 같은 저자가 썼다거나, 같은 시기에 지어졌다고 보기 어렵다. 네 편은 명시적으로 다윗의 작품으로 기록되어 있고, 한 편은 솔로몬을 위해 지어졌다고 전해지며 아마도 그가 직접 썼을 것이다. 반면 시편 126편과 129편은 훨씬 후대의 작품으로 보인다. 어떤 시편은 개인 골방에서 부르기에 적합하고(120편·130편), 어떤 시편은 가정용(127편·128편), 어떤 시편은 공중 예배용(122편·134편)이며, 어떤 시편은 특정 사건을 배경으로 한다(124편·132편). 이로 미루어 볼 때 이 표제는 저자가 붙인 것이 아니라 편집자가 붙였을 가능성이 높다.
"올라가는 노래"라는 이름이 붙은 이유에 대해서는 여러 추측이 있다. 탁월한 우수성을 나타낸다는 설(아가처럼 노래 중의 노래, 곧 최고의 노래), 특정 곡조나 악기에 맞추었다는 설, 노래할 때 목소리를 높여야 했다는 설도 있다. 성전 바깥 뜰에서 안뜰로 올라가는 열다섯 계단에서 불렸다거나, 포로에서 귀환하는 여정의 각 단계에서 불렸다는 주장도 있다.
두 가지 사항만 언급해 두겠다. 첫째, 이 시편들은 모두 짧다. 한 편을 제외하면 매우 짧아 세 절짜리도 세 편이나 된다. 그리고 이 편들은 시편 중 가장 긴 119편 바로 다음에 배치되어 있다. 119편이 많은 단락으로 나뉜 하나의 시편이라면, 이 열다섯 편은 짧은 시편들이 하나로 묶여 불린 것으로, 마치 여러 계단이 하나의 층계를 이루는 것과 같다. 둘째, 이 시편들의 구성에서 우리는 흔히 점층법(climax)이라 불리는 수사법을 만난다. 앞에 나온 단어를 반복하면서 더 높은 내용으로 올라가는 방식이다. 시편 120편에는 "평화를 미워하는 자와 함께. 나는 평화를"이라는 표현이, 121편에는 "내 도움이 어디서 오리요. 내 도움이 오리니", "너를 지키시는 이가 졸지 아니하시리니. 이스라엘을 지키시는 이"라는 표현이 있다. 122편·123편에서도 마찬가지다. 이것이 "올라가는 노래"라는 이름이 붙은 이유 중 하나일 것이다.
이 시편은 다윗이 도엑이 그와 제사장들을 사울에게 고발했을 때 지은 것으로 추정된다. 같은 사건을 배경으로 한 시편 52편과 그 내용이 유사하기 때문이다. 또한 시편 기자가 여호와의 회중에서 쫓겨나 야만족 가운데 살게 된 것을 한탄하고 있기 때문이다.
이 시편의 내용은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 시편 기자는 거짓되고 악의적인 혀로 인한 해악에서 건져 달라고 하나님께 기도한다(1~2절). 둘째, 그런 자들에게 임할 하나님의 심판을 선포한다(3~4절). 셋째, 다투기를 좋아하고 성가신 악한 이웃들을 한탄한다(5~7절). 이 시편을 노래할 때 우리는 혀의 채찍을 부당하게 맞을 때마다, 우리보다 뛰어난 사람도 그것으로 고통을 받았다는 사실에서 위로를 얻을 수 있다.
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Mournful Complaints. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. The psalmist here complains of the bad neighbourhood into which he was driven; and some apply the Psalms 120:3 ; Psalms 120:4 to this: "What shall the deceitful tongue give, what shall it do to those that lie open to it? What shall a man get by living among such malicious deceitful men? Nothing but sharp arrows and coals of juniper, " all the mischiefs of a false and spiteful tongue, Psalms 57:4 . Woe is me, says David, that I am forced to dwell among such, that I sojourn in Mesech and Kedar. Not that David dwelt in the country of Mesech or Kedar; we never find him so far off from his own native country; but he dwelt among rude and barbarous people, like the inhabitants of Mesech and Kedar: as, when we would describe an ill neighbourhood, we say, We dwell among Turks and heathens. This made him cry out, Woe is me! 1. He was forced to live at a distance from the ordinances of God. While he was in banishment, he looked upon himself as a sojourner, never at home but when he was near God's altars; and he cries out, " Woe is me that my sojourning is prolonged, that I cannot get home to my resting-place, but am still kept at a distance!" So some read it. Note, A good man cannot think himself at home while he is banished from God's ordinances and has not them within reach. And it is a great grief to all that love God to be without the means of grace and of communion with God: when they are under a force of that kind they cannot but cry out, as David here, Woe to me! 2. He was forced to live among wicked people, who were, upon many accounts, troublesome to him. He dwell in the tents of Kedar, where the shepherds were probably in an ill name for being litigious, like the herdsmen of Abraham and Lot. It is a very grievous burden to a good man to be cast into, and kept in, the company of those whom he hopes to be for ever separated from (like Lot in Sodom; 2 Peter 2:8 ); to dwell long with such is grievous indeed, for they are thorns, vexing, and scratching, and tearing, and they will show the old enmity that is in the seed of the serpent against the seed of the woman. Those that David dwelt with were such as not only hated him, but hated peace, and proclaimed war with it, who might write on their weapons of war not Sic sequimur pacem--Thus we aim at peace, but Sic persequimur--Thus we persecute. Perhaps Saul's court was the Mesech and Kedar in which David dwelt, and Saul was the man he meant that hated peace, whom David studied to oblige and could not, but the more service he did him the more exasperated he was against him. See here, (1.) The character of a very good man in David, who could truly say, though he was a man of war, I am for peace; for living peaceably with all men and unpeaceably with none. I peace (so it is in the original); "I love peace and pursue peace; my disposition is to peace and my delight is in it. I pray for peace and strive for peace, will do any thing, submit to any thing, part with any thing, in reason, for peace. I am for peace, and have made it to appear that I am so." The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable. (2.) The character of the worst of bad men in David's enemies, who would pick quarrels with those that were most peaceably disposed: " When I speak they are for war; and the more forward for war the more they find me inclined to peace." He spoke with all the respect and kindness that could be, proposed methods of accommodation, spoke reason, spoke love; but they would not so much as hear him patiently, but cried out, "To arms! to arms!" so fierce and implacable were they, and so bent to mischief. Such were Christ's enemies: for his love they were his adversaries, and for his good words, and good works, they stoned him. If we meet with such enemies, we must not think it strange, nor love peace the less for our seeking it in vain. Be not overcome of evil, no, not of such evil as this, but, even when thus tried, still try to overcome evil with good. return to ' Top of Page ' Psalms Psa 119 Psalms Psa Psalms Psa 121 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on Psalms 120". 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pericope/per-psa-120-001
절 (explains)
bible-text/psa-120-5, bible-text/psa-120-6, bible-text/psa-120-7
Source
source-manifest/mhm— Matthew Henry Complete Commentary (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological
**슬픈 하소연**
시편 기자는 자신이 내몰린 나쁜 이웃들을 한탄한다. 어떤 이들은 3~4절을 이렇게 적용한다. "속이는 혀가 그 앞에 노출된 자에게 무엇을 주겠는가, 무엇을 하겠는가? 이처럼 악의적이고 속이는 사람들 가운데 사는 것으로 사람이 얻을 것이 무엇이겠는가? 날카로운 화살과 로뎀나무 숯불, 곧 거짓되고 악의적인 혀의 온갖 재앙뿐이다"(시 57:4).
다윗은 탄식한다. "메섹에 나그네로 살며 게달의 장막에 거하는 내가 참으로 화롭도다." 다윗이 실제로 메섹이나 게달 땅에 살았다는 말이 아니다. 우리가 나쁜 이웃을 묘사할 때 "우리는 투르크족과 이방인들 사이에 살고 있다"고 표현하듯이, 그는 메섹과 게달 주민들처럼 거칠고 야만적인 사람들 사이에 살고 있었다. 이것이 그로 하여금 "내가 화롭다!"고 외치게 만들었다.
1. 그는 하나님의 예배 처소에서 멀리 떨어져 살 수밖에 없었다. 유랑 중에 그는 자신이 나그네라고 여겼으며, 하나님의 제단 곁에 있을 때만 비로소 집에 있다고 느꼈다. 그래서 그는 외쳤다. "내 나그네 삶이 길어지고, 내가 안식처로 돌아가지 못하며 여전히 멀리 있다니 내가 화롭다!" 선한 사람은 하나님의 예배에서 쫓겨나 은혜의 수단과 하나님과의 교제가 손이 닿지 않는 곳에 있는 한 집에 있다고 느낄 수 없다. 그런 강제 상황에 처한 모든 이가 여기서 다윗처럼 "내가 화롭다!"고 외칠 수밖에 없는 것은 당연하다.
2. 그는 여러 면에서 괴롭히는 악한 사람들 사이에서 살 수밖에 없었다. 그는 "게달의 장막"에 거했는데, 그 목자들은 아브라함과 롯의 목자들처럼 다투기를 좋아하는 것으로 악명이 높았을 것이다. 선한 사람이 영원히 떠나기를 바라는 자들의 무리에 던져져 계속 머물러야 한다는 것은 참으로 무거운 짐이다(소돔의 롯처럼, 벧후 2:8). 그런 곳에 오래 거하는 것은 실로 괴로운 일이다. 그들은 가시와 같아서 찌르고 할퀴고 찢으며, 뱀의 후손이 여자의 후손에게 품는 오래된 원수됨을 여지없이 드러낸다.
다윗이 함께 살던 자들은 그를 미워했을 뿐만 아니라 평화를 미워했으며, 자신들의 무기에 "이렇게 우리는 평화를 추구한다"가 아니라 "이렇게 우리는 박해한다"고 새겨 넣은 자들이었다. 사울의 궁정이 다윗이 거하던 메섹이요 게달이었으며, 사울이 바로 평화를 미워한 그 사람이었다. 다윗은 그를 달래려 애썼지만 할 수 없었고, 더 많은 섬김을 할수록 사울은 오히려 더 격렬하게 그를 대적했다.
여기서 우리는 두 가지를 본다.
(1) 다윗이라는 매우 선한 사람의 성품. 그는 비록 전사였지만 진심으로 말할 수 있었다. "나는 평화를 원하노라." 원문은 "나 평화"(I peace)이다. "나는 평화를 사랑하고 평화를 추구한다. 내 성정은 평화이며 내 기쁨은 평화이다. 나는 평화를 위해 기도하고 평화를 위해 힘쓴다. 이치에 맞는 범위 안에서 평화를 위해 무엇이든 하고, 무엇이든 감수하고, 무엇이든 내어놓겠다. 나는 평화를 원하며, 그것을 행동으로 보여 왔다." 위로부터 오는 지혜는 먼저 순결하고 그다음에 화평하다.
(2) 다윗의 원수들이라는 최악의 악인들의 성품. 그들은 가장 평화롭게 살려는 사람에게서도 싸움거리를 찾아냈다. "내가 말할 때 그들은 싸우려 한다. 내가 평화를 원할수록 그들은 더욱더 전쟁을 원했다." 그는 온갖 경의와 친절을 다해 말하며, 화해의 방법을 제시하고, 이치에 맞는 말, 사랑의 말을 했다. 그러나 그들은 차분히 듣지도 않고 "무기를 들어라! 무기를 들어라!"라고 외쳤다. 그토록 사납고 화해할 수 없는 자들이 악에 이처럼 열중했다. 그리스도의 원수들도 마찬가지였다. 그들은 그리스도의 사랑에 대해 원수가 되었고, 그분의 선한 말씀과 선한 행실에 대해 돌을 던졌다.
우리가 그런 원수를 만나더라도 이상히 여기지 말아야 하며, 그 때문에 평화를 덜 사랑해서도 안 된다. 악에 지지 말라. 이처럼 시험받을 때도 악을 선으로 이기려 힘써야 한다.
원주석
- 번역원본
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