107:1 你們要稱謝耶和華，因他本為善；他的慈愛永遠長存！
107:2 願耶和華的贖民說這話，就是他從敵人手中所救贖的，
107:3 從各地，從東從西，從南從北，所招聚來的。
107:4 他們在曠野荒地漂流，尋不見可住的城邑，
107:5 又飢又渴，心裡發昏。
107:6 於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華；他從他們的禍患中搭救他們，
107:7 又領他們行走直路，使他們往可居住的城邑。
107:2 願耶和華的贖民說這話，就是他從敵人手中所救贖的，
107:3 從各地，從東從西，從南從北，所招聚來的。
107:4 他們在曠野荒地漂流，尋不見可住的城邑，
107:5 又飢又渴，心裡發昏。
107:6 於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華；他從他們的禍患中搭救他們，
107:7 又領他們行走直路，使他們往可居住的城邑。
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
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上帝的拯救包括從仇敵的手中被釋放出來，還有從人生所預見的苦難中脫離。然而人常常只是注意後面的事，卻不去思考、也不去珍惜上帝從仇敵中將我們拯救出來。
對於人生的苦難，人是可以馬上感受得到的，而且是十分在意的，認為上帝是慈愛的上帝，就要馬上幫助我們脫離苦難，不然上帝是沒有慈愛的上帝！
其實上帝並沒有直接將我們從其中救拔出來，祂是透過就拔我們脫離仇敵的手，使我們心中有平安之後，透過這個平安使我們有勇氣來面對苦難！正如主耶穌所說：「我將這些事告訴你們，是要叫你們在我裡面有平安。在世上，你們有苦難；但你們可以放心，我已經勝了世界。」（約翰福音16:33）
因此，我們要勇敢的靠主面對苦難，篤定的相信主耶穌既已經救拔我們脫離仇敵的手，苦難只是短暫的，將來上帝國完全實現的時候，這一切苦難就要過去了！
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