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旧约圣经中的大卫王曾遭受过不少痛苦，我们可以从诗篇三十八篇——这篇被称为“大卫的纪念诗”的诗篇中清楚看到。他谈到自己受伤和满身疼痛，朋友和亲人离弃了他，仇敌憎恨和控告他，有些甚至想杀害他。他说：这是“因我的罪过。”他说得不错。

并非每一项罪过都会带来某种特别的痛苦，并非所有痛苦都是因为某些罪过引起的。然而，背叛神的法度必然会令我们身受痛苦。因此，身为罪人的大卫受苦，而当他受苦时，他便开始向神呼求。你或许也能够明白他的感受。

耶稣肯定明白这一切，我们在诗篇三十八篇也看到了。是的，这篇诗篇是关于罪的，耶稣从没有犯罪，然而祂仍然受痛苦。祂受痛苦，是因为世人的罪，包括我和你的罪，都压在祂身上，祂在十字架上背负了极沉重的担子。那无声的痛苦、剧烈的心跳、衰微的力量、被撇弃的呼喊——全都记载在诗篇三十八篇中，也全部显明在十字架上。

然而，这并非事情的终结。在祂自己的痛苦中，耶稣向神呼喊，神听了祂的呼求；在第三天，神叫祂从死里复活，耶稣最终战胜了罪恶。不错，尽管我们仍然会犯罪，我们仍然也会因此受苦，但罪再没有能力使我们与神分开，耶稣向我们保证这绝不会发生。

King David in the Old Testament had his share of suffering. That's clear from Psalm 38, described as "a psalm of David." He speaks of being wounded and filled with pain. Friends and neighbors abandon him. Enemies hate him and accuse him. Some want to kill him. It's "because of my sin," he says. And he's right.

Not every sin leads to a particular suffering. And not all suffering is from particular sins. But rebellion against God's ways does unleash suffering into our human experience. So David the sinner suffers, and from his suffering he cries out to God. Maybe you know what that's like.

Jesus certainly knows. It's there in Psalm 38. Yes, this psalm is about sin. And no, Jesus himself never sinned. But he did suffer. He suffered because the sins of the world, including my sins and yours, were laid on him. He carried that immense burden to the cross. The silent anguish, the pounding heart, the failing strength, the cry of forsakenness—it's all there in Psalm 38, and it was all there on the cross.

But that was not the end. From his own suffering, Jesus cried out to God. And his cry was heard. On the third day, God raised him from the dead. Jesus had won the ultimate victory over sin. Yes, we still sin. And we still suffer. But sin no longer has the power to separate us from God. Jesus saw to that.