詩篇18:30-50

18:30 至於上帝，他的道是完全的；耶和華的話是煉淨的。凡投靠他的，他便作他們的盾牌。
18:31 除了耶和華，誰是上帝呢？除了我們的上帝，誰是磐石呢？
18:32 惟有那以力量束我的腰、使我行為完全的，他是上帝。
18:33 他使我的腳快如母鹿的蹄，又使我在高處安穩。
18:34 他教導我的手能以爭戰，甚至我的膀臂能開銅弓。
18:35 你把你的救恩給我作盾牌；你的右手扶持我；你的溫和使我為大。
18:36 你使我腳下的地步寬闊；我的腳未曾滑跌。
18:37 我要追趕我的仇敵，並要追上他們；不將他們滅絕，我總不歸回。
18:38 我要打傷他們，使他們不能起來；他們必倒在我的腳下。
18:39 因為你曾以力量束我的腰，使我能爭戰；你也使那起來攻擊我的都服在我以下。
18:40 你又使我的仇敵在我面前轉背逃跑，叫我能以剪除那恨我的人。
18:41 他們呼求，卻無人拯救；就是呼求耶和華，他也不應允。
18:42 我搗碎他們，如同風前的灰塵，倒出他們，如同街上的泥土。
18:43 你救我脫離百姓的爭競，立我作列國的元首；我素不認識的民必事奉我。
18:44 他們一聽見我的名聲就必順從我；外邦人要投降我。
18:45 外邦人要衰殘，戰戰兢兢地出他們的營寨。
18:46 耶和華是活上帝。願我的磐石被人稱頌；願救我的上帝被人尊崇。
18:47 這位上帝，就是那為我伸冤、使眾民服在我以下的。
18:48 你救我脫離仇敵，又把我舉起，高過那些起來攻擊我的；你救我脫離強暴的人。
18:49 耶和華啊，因此我要在外邦中稱謝你，歌頌你的名。
18:50 耶和華賜極大的救恩給他所立的王，施慈愛給他的受膏者，就是給大衛和他的後裔，直到永遠。

³⁰ As for God, his way is perfect:
    The Lord’s word is flawless;
    he shields all who take refuge in him.
³¹ For who is God besides the Lord?
    And who is the Rock except our God?
³² It is God who arms me with strength
    and keeps my way secure.
³³ He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
    he causes me to stand on the heights.
³⁴ He trains my hands for battle;
    my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵ You make your saving help my shield,
    and your right hand sustains me;
    your help has made me great.
³⁶ You provide a broad path for my feet,
    so that my ankles do not give way.

³⁷ I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
³⁸ I crushed them so that they could not rise;
    they fell beneath my feet.
³⁹ You armed me with strength for battle;
    you humbled my adversaries before me.
⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
    and I destroyed my foes.
⁴¹ They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
    to the Lord, but he did not answer.
⁴² I beat them as fine as windblown dust;
    I trampled them^[f] like mud in the streets.
⁴³ You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
    you have made me the head of nations.
People I did not know now serve me,
⁴⁴     foreigners cower before me;
    as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.
⁴⁵ They all lose heart;
    they come trembling from their strongholds.

⁴⁶ The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
    Exalted be God my Savior!
⁴⁷ He is the God who avenges me,
    who subdues nations under me,
⁴⁸     who saves me from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
    from a violent man you rescued me.
⁴⁹ Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing the praises of your name.

⁵⁰ He gives his king great victories;
    he shows unfailing love to his anointed,
    to David and to his descendants forever.

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    上帝透過這首詩來宣告祂的救贖計畫：「耶和華賜極大的救恩給他所立的王，施慈愛給他的受膏者，就是給大衛和他的後裔，直到永遠。」

    這裡說到的「受膏者」就是彌賽亞，也就是基督！也因此，我們要存感謝的心來歸榮耀給上帝，因為祂從以色列人中設立基督，不光是拯救以色列人，而是要拯救萬國萬民！正如詩人在這裡所說：「耶和華啊，因此我要在外邦中稱謝你，歌頌你的名。」

    也因為基督的福音是衛萬國萬民所預備的，所以保羅可以對羅馬教會的信徒宣告：「我不以福音為恥；這福音本是上帝的大能，要救一切相信的，先是猶太人，後是希臘人。」（羅馬書1:16）

    今日，這福音更是延伸到我們這些在地極的人，我們透過聖經也認主耶穌為基督，救蒙上帝揀選成為祂的兒女，有分與福音！我們更是應當感謝與歸榮耀給上帝！