青少年教程 (诗篇*第4课) | 诗篇第35篇

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Sep 3
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这是一套在美国很受欢迎的教材，按年龄共分三部分：0-6岁学龄前儿童教程，6-12岁学龄儿童教程，和12岁以上青少年教程。我们将陆续翻译成中文，分享给大家。
这套教材里的每一篇，无论是教程还是各种活动，都独立成篇，没有先后顺序，大家可以按需要和负担选择使用。
*更多内容：thedoorofsheep.com/青少年

课程目的

1. 帮助学生明白，神会永远保护我们。

2. 帮助学生看到，神那不可思议的大能。

3. 教导学生，对那些犯错的人，神会惩罚他们，但神仍会爱他们。

主题

信仰，保护

背诵经文

诗篇 43:1

开头的祷告(5-10分钟)

团队建造(10分钟)

让我们玩“你愿意吗”游戏。在这个游戏中，我会问你们一些问题，比较两种不同的情况。我们可以在房间里来回走动，以此来表明我们更愿意去哪种情况。

你愿意只过万圣节，还是只过圣诞节？

你更喜欢你有一百个并不真正了解的朋友，还是有一个你比任何人都更了解的最好的朋友。

你更愿意中彩票，还是让你的狗跑掉？

你愿意和耶稣一起生活，清除所有的罪和不完美，还是生活在罪恶和仇恨中，永远不认识神。

一般讨论：

• 有些问题很难吗？哪些是容易的？（让学生说出他们的理由。）

• 假设最后一个问题是最容易回答的，为什么？（大家都这么认为，反差太强烈等）

课堂起头(5分钟)

在不同的便利贴上写下不同的圣经人物或重要地点的名字，并贴在每个学生的额头上。每个学生都应该有一个伙伴。然后，学生必须通过只问是或否的问题来猜测他们额头上的是谁/什么。

第一对正确猜出的伙伴是赢家。

用糖果或小奖品等作奖励可以增加竞争和游戏的热烈程度。

深入学习(30分钟)

诗篇 35 篇的前半部分是大卫祈求神永远保护他和所有神的孩子。大卫惊叹神的光辉，祈求神永远保护我们免受那些想害我们的人的伤害。

诗篇 35 篇的后半部分是大卫求神惩罚那些得罪他的人。给出了许多关于如何惩罚的例子。

让学生两人一组。在每一对中，让一名学生读诗篇 35:1-14，另一名学生读诗篇 35:15-28。

现在我们将再次通读这些经文，将它们分成小块，作进一步研究。

读诗篇 35:1-5

在写本篇时，大卫以第一人称说话，但他所说的内容也适用于我们。

问题讨论：

1. 根据上下文，你认为第 1 节中的“相争”一词是什么意思？（先收集意见，然后阅读以下内容……“相争是为克服障碍或困难而奋斗。这里是说大卫求神惩罚那些使我们处于危险之中的人。当他们想践踏我们时，神会战胜他们。”）

2. 为什么神是我们的拯救？（祂保护我们免受恶人的伤害，使我们远离伤害等）

3.根据上下文，"糠秕"这个词是什么意思？（糠秕是玉米壳，干草或稻草。这段经文是说，在神将我们的仇敌赶走后，他们无助地漂在风中。）

读诗篇 35:6-9

问题讨论：

1. 为什么希望我们的仇敌受到惩罚？为什么我们觉得需要报复？（我们被害了，我们倾向于寻求报复，等等。）

2. 现在读第 10 节。这节经文有没有改变你对前一个问题的回答，怎么改变的？（神会秉持公义，我们只需相信他。）

读诗篇 35:11-14

问题讨论：

1. 孤苦这个词（第 12 节）的意思是因所爱的人的死而失去了他们。这与经文的其余部分有什么关系？（当我们做好事，却被当恶人对待时，我们也会感到同样的悲伤。）

2. 大卫在第 13 节说，当他的仇敌生病时，他穿上麻布。这是一种谦卑自己，为仇敌的健康祷告的行为。如果你的仇敌处于危险之中，你会为他们祷告吗？（诚实地说，这对我们很困难。）

3. 在第 14 节中，大卫的祷告没有得到答应，他为他的仇敌悲痛。他哭得好像是为他的家人，为他的母亲或父亲。在他的仇敌给他带来所有痛苦之后，他为什么还会这样做？（让学生回答。）

读诗篇 35:15-20

问题讨论：

1. 根据上下文，你认为毁谤者这个词是什么意思？（对他人进行人身攻击的人。）

2. 为什么大卫将他的仇敌比作狮子？（收集意见。）

3. 众民是一大群人。为什么你认为公开感谢/赞美神如此重要？（感受到能力，我们是彼此的鼓励等等）

读诗篇 35:21-27

问题讨论：

1. 诗篇 35:23 中，大卫使用了“判清/申明”这个词，这和第 1 节中“相争/相战”在原文中是同一个词。它们在两组上下文中的含义是否相同？（提醒：这个词的意思是为了克服困难或危险而奋斗。）

2. 第24节中，“伸冤“(译者注:和合本没有翻译出这个意思)，这个词是什么意思？（要除去某人的疑问，清洗某人的名声。）

3. 在第 26 和 27 节中，大卫希望那些得罪他的人永远不认识神，而那些忠于他的人要住在神里。回想最后一个团队建造问题。决定想成为什么样的人很容易，但为什么要坚持下去却很难呢？（想要什么和活出什么是非常不同的......一个只需要简单的愿望，第二个却需要长久的承诺。）

4. 为什么感谢神为我们所做的一切是如此重要？（收集意见。）

第 15 和 16 节是关于我们的仇敌如何嘲弄我们，如何让我们觉得我们没有神。第 17 和 18 节描述了大卫祈求神的保护，承诺会赞美祂。第 19-25 节描述了大卫对神保护他安全的具体恳求。最后三节比较了仇敌、朋友和神的追随者的不同。

应用(15分钟)

我们将再次进行开头那场比赛，但这次的规则会有所不同。

• 原来的两人一组改成三人一组。

• 小组将决定哪个人应该贴便利贴，然后那个学生就会贴一个，但他不知道上面写着什么。

• 没贴的两人将决定谁对是非题说真话，谁说假话。

• 询问是非题，并给出答复，贴的人要确定出哪个人说的是真话。

一般讨论：

• 这个版本比前一个更难吗？如果是这样，为什么？（让学生分享。）

•这段经文的哪一部分更正常 - 大卫希望他的仇敌受苦，还是他为他们的苦难哭泣？（他希望他们受苦更正常，但这不是我们应该作的。）

读歌罗西书 3:13

问题讨论：

1. 这节经文与诗篇 35 的前半部分还是后半部分更相关？（让学生发表他们的意见。）

2. 保罗（歌罗西书的作者）对宽恕和悔改的看法与大卫不同吗？解释你的答案？（他们看起来不同，学生可能很难解释他们的观点。给他们时间思考。）

3. 为什么大卫比保罗更难原谅他的仇敌？（他们的经历，他们所看到的，等等）

4. 对你而言，原谅你的仇敌很难吗？为什么是/否？（让学生分享。）

结束祷告(2分钟)

问大家是否有任何需要祷告的事项，请其中一个学生为大家作祷告。

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Psalms

Lesson 4: Psalm 35

LESSON OBJECTIVES

Goals

1. Help the students understand that God will always protect us.

2. To help the students hear of the Lord’s incredible power.

3. To teach that God will punish those who make mistakes but continues to love them.

Topics

Faith, Protection

Scripture Memorization

Psalm 43:1

OPENING PRAYER (5 to 10 minutes)

GROUP BUILDING (10 minutes)

We are going to play variation of the game “Would You Rather”. In this game, I am going to ask you some questions comparing two different situations, and we will go around the room picking the circumstance we would rather be in.

Would you prefer to only have Halloween as a holiday, OR only have Christmas?

Would you prefer one hundred friends that you don’t really know OR have one best friend that you know better than anyone else.

Would you prefer to win the lottery, OR have your dog run away?

Would you prefer to live your live with Jesus, cleansed of all sin and imperfections, OR live with sin and hate, and never know God.

General Discussion:

• Were some of the questions hard? Which ones were easy? (Allow students to make their case.)

• Assuming the last question was the simplest to answer, what do you think made it that way? (Common opinions, the drastic contrast in situation, etc.)

GETTING STARTED (5 minutes)

Write the names of different Bible characters or important places on separate sticky notes and stick one on the forehead of each student. Each student should have a partner. The students then must guess who/what is on their forehead by asking only yes or no questions to their partner.

The first partnership to correctly guess the person/place on the sticky note are the winners.

Using rewards such as candy or small prizes can increase the competition as well as the game’s excitement.

DIGGING IN (30 minutes)

The first half of Psalms 35 is David asking God to always protect him, along with all the Lord’s children. David marvels in God’s brilliance and asks that the Lord always protect us from those who put us in danger.

The second half of Psalms 35 is David asking God to punish those who wrong him. Many examples are given on how these sinners should be punished.

Have students get in pairs. Within each pair, have one student read Psalm 35:1-14, then the other student should read Psalm 35:15-28.

Now we will go through the verses again, breaking them apart and looking further into their meaning.

Read Psalm 35:1-5

Discussion Questions:

1. Based on context, what do you think the word contend means in verse 1? (First gather opinions, then read the following…” To contend is to struggle to overcome an obstacle or a difficulty. It is saying that David asks the Lord to punish those who put us in danger. When they overcome us, God shall overcome them.”)

2. Why is God our salvation? (He shields us from sinners, keeps us out of harm’s way, etc.)

3. Based on context, what do you think the word chaff means? (A chaff is a corn husk or a piece of hay or straw. The passage states that our enemies will float helplessly in the wind after the Lord drives them away.)

Read Psalm 35:6-9

Discussion Questions:

1. Why do we wish for our enemies to be punished? Why do we feel the need to have revenge? (We’re hurt, we tend to seek revenge, etc.)

2. Read verse 10. How does that verse change your answer to the previous question, if at all? (God will see to it that justice occurs, we need to only trust Him.)

Read Psalm 35:11-14

Discussion Questions:

1. The word bereave (verse 12) means to lose a loved one through their death. How does that relate to the rest of the verse? (When we do good, but get treated with evil, we feel the same kind of sadness.)

2. David says in verse 13 that when his enemy was ill, he put on sackcloth. This was an act of humbling himself to pray for his enemy’s health. Would you pray for your enemy if they were in danger? (If most of us are honest, it would be difficult for us.)

3. In verse 14, David mourned for his foe when his prayers went unanswered. He cried as if it were for his family, for his mother or father. Why do you think he would do this, after all the pain his enemy had put him through? (Allow students to answer.)

Read Psalm 35:15-20

Discussion Questions:

1. Based on context, what do you think the word assailant means? (A person who physically attacks another.)

2. Why would David compare his enemies to lions? (Gather opinions.)

3. Throngs are large groups of people. Why do you think it is so important to thank/praise God publicly? (There is power in it, we are an encouragement to each other, etc.)

Read Psalm 35:21-27

Discussion Questions:

1. In Psalm 35:23, David uses the word contend, as he did in verse 1. Do you think their meanings are the same in both sets of contexts? (Reminder: Contend is to struggle to overcome a difficulty or danger.)

2. What do you think the word vindicate means? (To clear someone of doubt, clear one’s name.)

3. In verses 26 and 27, David wishes that those who wrong him would never know God, and that those who are faithful to him dwell in the place of the Lord. Think back to the last group building question. It is so easy to decide which person you want to be, so why is it so hard to live that out? (Wanting something and living something out are very different…one takes a simple desire, the second takes commitment.)

4. Why is it so important to thank God for everything He has done for us? (Gather opinions.)

Verses 15 and 16 are about the ways our enemies can taunt us, the ways they make us feel like we are without God. Verses 17 and 18 describe David begging God for protection, promising that he will praise Him. Verses 19-25 describe David’s specific instructions for God to keep him safe. The last three verses compare the actions of an enemy, a friend, and a follower of God.

MAKING IT REAL (15 minutes)

We are going to play the opening game again, but the rules will be a little different this time.

• Instead of having a partner, the students should be divided into groups of three.

• The group will decide which person should have a sticky note, then that student will receive one, not knowing what it is.

• The two group members without a biblical figure/place sticky note will decide among themselves which person will tell the truth to every yes/no question asked, and which will lie.

• The yes/no questions will be asked, responses will be given, and the person with the sticky note must determine which player is telling the truth.

General Discussion:

• Was this version of the game harder than the first? If so, why? (Allow students to share.)

• Which part of the passage do you think made more sense- where David wished for his enemies to suffer, or where he wept for their sufferings? (It makes sense that he wished for their suffering, but this isn’t the way we should behave.)

Read Colossians 3:13

Discussion Questions:

1. Do think this verse relates better to the first half of Psalm 35 or the second half? (Allow students to share their opinion.)

2. Do you think Paul (the author of Colossians) has a different view of forgiveness and repentance than David? Explain your answer? (They seem different, and students may have a hard time explaining their view. Allow them time to think about it.)

3. Why do you think it seems harder for David to forgive his enemies than it is for Paul? (Their experiences, what they’ve seen, etc.)

4. Is it hard for you to forgive your enemies? Why/why not? (Allow students to share.)

CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)

Ask for any prayer requests and have a student pray for the group.

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