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V ers. 15. — Et idcirco a facie ejus turbatus sum, et considerans eum, timore sollicitor. 50. Malis securitatem prae se ferentibus, justi semper timent. — Bene a facie Domini turbatur, qui terrorem majestatis illius cordis sui obtutibus proponit, et ejus rectitudinis pavore concutitur, dum 520 se reddendis rationibus conspicit idoneum non esse, si dictricte judicetur. Recte autem dicitur: Et considerans eum, timore sollicitor, quia divinae animadversionis vim cum minime quisque considerat, minime formidat; et tanto magis in hac vita quasi securus est, quanto a consideratione internae districtionis alienus.
Verse 15. — And therefore am I troubled at His face, and considering Him, I am disquieted with fear. 50. While the wicked bear themselves with an air of security, the righteous ever fear. — Well is he troubled at the face of the Lord who sets the terror of His Majesty before the gaze of his own heart, and is shaken with dread of His rectitude, while he perceives himself not to be fit for rendering account, if he should be strictly judged. And rightly is it said: And considering Him, I am disquieted with fear, because when anyone least considers the force of the divine reproof, he least fears it; and the more he is a stranger to the consideration of the inward strictness, the more he is, as it were, secure in this life.
第十五節。——「所以我在祂面前驚惶，思想祂就被懼怕所擾。」五十、當惡人擺出安逸自若的樣子時，義人卻常懼怕。——凡把祂威嚴的恐怖擺在自己心目之前，並因祂公義的可畏而戰兢——因他察覺自己若被嚴格審判，就不配交賬——這人在主面前驚惶，是理所當然的。「思想祂就被懼怕所擾」這話也說得對，因為當人最少思想那神聖責備的力量時，就最不懼怕；他越與思想那內在的嚴厲相隔絕，就越在今生彷彿安逸自若。
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Sem- per etenim justi viri ad cordis secretarium redeunt b vim occultae districtionis intuentur, majestatis intimae judicio assistunt, ut eo magis quandoque securi sint, quo hic quandiu viverent securi esse noluerunt. Nam malorum mentes cum renuunt considerare quod ti- meant, ad hoc quandoque gaudentes perveniunt quod timentes nullo modo evadant. Sed ecce de beato Job novimus quod crebris Dei sacrificiis deditus, quod hospitalitatibus, quod indigentiis pauperum impen- sus, quod suis etiam subditis humilis, quod sibi adver- santibus benignus fuit, et tamen tot flagella suscepit nec jam securus exstitit inter flagella, sed adhuc metuit, adhuc divinae districtionis vim considerans contremiscit.
For righteous men ever return to the secret chamber of the heart, they behold the force of the hidden strictness, they stand attendant upon the judgment of the inmost Majesty, so that they may at length be the more secure, in that here, as long as they lived, they were unwilling to be secure. For when the minds of the wicked refuse to consider what they should fear, they at length arrive, rejoicing, at that from which, fearing, they can by no means escape. But behold, of blessed Job we know that he was given to frequent sacrifices to God, that he was devoted to hospitality, spent upon the needs of the poor, humble even to those subject to him, kind to those who opposed him; and yet he received so many scourges, nor was he now secure amid the scourges, but still feared, still, considering the force of the divine strictness, trembled.
因為義人常回到內心的密室，觀看那隱密嚴厲的力量，侍立於那至內威嚴的審判之前，好叫他們終能越發安穩，因他們在此、在世的日子裡，不肯安逸自若。因為當惡人的心不肯思想他們當懼怕之事時，他們終於歡歡喜喜地到了那從中懼怕、卻斷無法逃脫之地。但看哪，論到蒙福的約伯，我們知道他常獻祭給神，殷勤款待客旅，為窮人的需用花費，甚至向屬他的人謙卑，向敵對他的人恩慈；然而他受了如此眾多的鞭打，卻仍不在鞭打中安然自若，乃是仍懼怕，仍在思量神聖嚴厲的力量時戰兢。
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Quid nos itaque miseri, quid peccato- res dicimus, si sic timet, qui sic egit? Sed tanti timoris pondus an a semetipso habeat, innotestat. Sequitur:
What then shall we wretched ones, what shall we sinners say, if he so fears who so acted? But whether he has the weight of so great a fear from himself, becomes known. There follows:
那麼，我們這些可憐人、我們這些罪人，若這樣行事之人尚且這樣懼怕，我們還能說甚麼呢？但他這如此深重的懼怕，是否出於他自己，下文便顯明。接著說：