詩篇18:3-15

18:3 我要求告當讚美的耶和華；這樣我必從仇敵手中被救出來。
18:4 曾有死亡的繩索纏繞我，匪類的急流使我驚懼，
18:5 陰間的繩索纏繞我，死亡的網羅臨到我。
18:6 我在急難中求告耶和華，向我的上帝呼求。他從殿中聽了我的聲音；我在他面前的呼求入了他的耳中。
18:7 那時，因他發怒，地就搖撼戰抖；山的根基也震動搖撼。
18:8 從他鼻孔冒煙上騰；從他口中發火焚燒，連炭也著了。
18:9 他又使天下垂，親自降臨，有黑雲在他腳下。
18:10 他坐著基路伯飛行；他藉著風的翅膀快飛。
18:11 他以黑暗為藏身之處，以水的黑暗、天空的厚雲為他四圍的行宮。
18:12 因他面前的光輝，他的厚雲行過便有冰雹火炭。
18:13 耶和華也在天上打雷；至高者發出聲音便有冰雹火炭。
18:14 他射出箭來，使仇敵四散；多多發出閃電，使他們擾亂。
18:15 耶和華啊，你的斥責一發，你鼻孔的氣一出，海底就出現，大地的根基也顯露。

³ I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
    and I have been saved from my enemies.
⁴ The cords of death entangled me;
    the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
⁵ The cords of the grave coiled around me;
    the snares of death confronted me.

⁶ In my distress I called to the Lord;
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
    my cry came before him, into his ears.
⁷ The earth trembled and quaked,
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;
    they trembled because he was angry.
⁸ Smoke rose from his nostrils;
    consuming fire came from his mouth,
    burning coals blazed out of it.
⁹ He parted the heavens and came down;
    dark clouds were under his feet.
¹⁰ He mounted the cherubim and flew;
    he soared on the wings of the wind.
¹¹ He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
¹² Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
    with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
¹³ The Lord thundered from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.^[d]
14 He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
¹⁵ The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke, Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.

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    大衛說到自己雖然面對死亡的攻擊，就是被匪類包圍，讓他十分懼怕！可是他呼求上帝，上帝就以祂的威嚴來保護他，使他沒有受到傷害。所以他勇敢的見證：「他從殿中聽了我的聲音；我在他面前的呼求入了他的耳中。」

    大衛這樣的經歷也激勵我們，讓我們知道上帝不是靜靜不聽禱告，容許惡人和匪類際需傷害人！當我們呼求上帝時，上帝一定會適時伸出大能的手來扶持與幫助！

    也因為如此，我們要將我們的生命交託在上帝的手中，祂必保守我們到底，拯救我們脫離一切患難。只要我們堅心倚賴祂，必定會感受到祂的慈愛永遠長存，心中充滿感謝與讚美！