107:33 他使江河變為曠野,叫水泉變為乾渴之地,
107:34 使肥地變為鹼地;這都因其間居民的罪惡。
107:35 他使曠野變為水潭,叫旱地變為水泉。
107:36 他使飢餓的人住在那裡,好建造可住的城邑,
107:37 又種田地,栽葡萄園,得享所出的土產。
107:38 他又賜福給他們,叫他們生養眾多,也不叫他們的牲畜減少。
107:39 他們又因暴虐、患難、愁苦,就減少且卑下。
107:40 他使君王蒙羞被辱,使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流。
107:41 他卻將窮乏人安置在高處,脫離苦難,使他的家屬多如羊群。
107:42 正直人看見就歡喜;罪孽之輩必塞口無言。
107:43 凡有智慧的,必在這些事上留心,也必思想耶和華的慈愛。
33 He turned rivers into a desert,
flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water
and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards
that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
and he did not let their herds diminish.
39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles
made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
and increased their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice,
but all the wicked shut their mouths.
43 Let the one who is wise heed these things
and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.
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《詩篇》107篇不只是關於苦難,更是關於上帝在苦難中的臨在與拯救。它是一首為「走過低谷、經歷恩典」的人所寫的詩,也是一首呼召所有蒙恩者回到上帝面前敬拜與感謝的詩。
而最後這一段經文更告訴我們:「他使君王蒙羞被辱,使他們在荒廢無路之地漂流。他卻將窮乏人安置在高處,脫離苦難,使他的家屬多如羊群。正直人看見就歡喜;罪孽之輩必塞口無言。凡有智慧的,必在這些事上留心,也必思想耶和華的慈愛。」
因此,我們希望我們的人生是有福且豐盛的,就必須是敬畏上帝的人!並且要常常向上帝祈求,並為上帝所施的拯救來讚美上帝,誠心誠意來敬拜祂,祂必定大大賜福給我們,享受永生的福樂!
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