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I bid.— Loquar in tribulatione spiritus mei. 37. Peccatorum confessionem comitari debet poeni- tentiae luctus. Tribulatio quippe spiritus litiguam commovet, ut reatum pravi operis vox confessionis impugnet. Sciendum quoque est quia saepe et reprobi peccata confitentur, sed deflere contemnunt. Electi autem culpas suas, quas vocibus confessionis ape- riunt, districtae animadversionis fletibus insequuntur. Unde bene beatus Job postquam se ori suo non par- cere spopondit, tribulationem mox spiritus subdidit. Ac si aperte fateretur, dicens: Sic reatum lingua loquitur, ut nequaquam expers a moeroris stimulo per alia spiritus vagetur: sed culpas loquens, vulnus aperio;
同處：「我要在心靈的愁苦中訴說」（約伯記七章11節）。三十七、悔改的哀慟理當伴隨認罪。——因為心靈的愁苦攪動舌頭，使認罪之聲攻擊敗壞行為的罪咎。也當知道，被棄絕者往往也承認自己的罪，卻不屑哀哭它們。但蒙揀選者，卻以嚴厲自責的哭泣追究那些藉認罪之言所揭露的過犯。因此蒙福的約伯，在他應許不禁止自己的口之後，便立即補上他心靈的愁苦。彷彿他明明承認，說：我如此用舌頭吐露自己的罪咎，好叫我的心靈絕不脫離憂傷的刺激而遊蕩於別事；反而在訴說我的過犯時，我揭開傷口；
Same place: 'I will speak in the tribulation of my spirit' (Job 7:11). 37. The lamentation of penitence ought to accompany the confession of sins. — For the tribulation of the spirit stirs the tongue, so that the voice of confession may assail the guilt of the depraved deed. It is also to be known that often even the reprobate confess their sins, but scorn to bewail them. But the elect pursue with the weepings of strict self-reproach the faults which they lay open by the words of confession. Whence blessed Job well, after he had promised not to spare his mouth, at once subjoined the tribulation of his spirit. As if he plainly confessed, saying: I so utter my guilt with my tongue that my spirit may in no way wander off, free from the goad of grief, to other things; but speaking my faults, I open the wound;
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culpas vero ad correctionem cogitans, salu- tem vulneris ex medicamine moeroris quaero. Qui enim mala quidem quae perpetravit insinuat, sed flere quae insinuaverit recusat, quasi subducta veste vul- nus detegit, sed torpenti mente medicamentum vul- neri non apponit. Confessionis igitur vocem solus necesse est ut moeror excutiat, ne vulnus proditum, sed neglectum, quo licentius jam per humanam no- titiam tangitur, deterius putrescat. Quo contra Psal- mista plagam cordis non solum detexerat, sed de- tectae etiam medicamentum moeroris adhibebat, di- cens: Iniquitatem meam ego a pronuntio, et cogitabo pro peccato meo ( Psal. xxxvii, 19).
但我既思念自己的過犯以致得糾正，便從憂傷的良藥中尋求傷口的醫治。因為那確實顯明自己所犯之惡、卻拒絕為所顯明之事哀哭的人，彷彿藉拉開衣裳而揭露傷口，卻以麻木的心不將良藥敷於傷口。因此，必須唯有憂傷才能搖出認罪之聲，免得傷口既被揭露卻遭忽略，因如今更任意地被人知曉所觸碰，便腐爛得更嚴重。相反地，詩人不僅揭露了他內心的傷口，更將憂傷的良藥敷於所揭露的傷口，說：「我要承認我的罪孽，我要因我的罪憂愁」（詩篇三十八篇18節，按拉丁文編號三十七篇19節）。
but thinking upon my faults unto correction, I seek the healing of the wound from the medicine of grief. For he who indeed makes known the evils he has committed, but refuses to weep for the things he has made known, as it were uncovers the wound by drawing back the garment, but with a torpid mind does not apply the medicine to the wound. It is necessary, therefore, that grief alone shake out the voice of confession, lest the wound, laid bare but neglected, rot the worse for being now more freely handled through human notice. On the contrary, the Psalmist had not only uncovered the wound of his heart, but was also applying the medicine of grief to the uncovered wound, saying: 'I will declare my iniquity, and I will think about my sin' (Ps. 37:19).
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Pronuntiando enim occultum vulnus detegit, cogitando autem quid aliud quam medicamentum vulneri apponit? [ Vet.XVI. ]Sed afflictae menti, et sua sollicite damna cogitanti, rixa pro semetipsa oritur contra semetip- sam. Nam cum se ad lamenta poenitentiae instigat, occulta se increpatione dilaniat. 259 Unde et apte mox subditur:,
因為藉宣告，他揭露那隱藏的傷口；而藉思念它，他所作的除了將良藥敷於傷口，還能是甚麼呢？但對一個受苦的、焦慮思念自身損失的心靈而言，一場為自己之故、與自己相爭的爭戰便興起了。因為當它激動自己歸向悔改的哀慟時，便以隱密的責備撕裂自己。因此恰當地立即補上：
For by declaring, he uncovers the hidden wound; but by thinking upon it, what else does he do but apply the medicine to the wound? But to a mind afflicted, and anxiously thinking upon its own losses, a strife arises on its own behalf against itself. For while it incites itself to the laments of penitence, it tears itself with hidden reproach. Whence it is fittingly subjoined at once: