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。
107:8 但願人因耶和華的慈愛和他向人所行的奇事都稱讚他;
107:9 因他使心裡渴慕的人得以知足,使心裡飢餓的人得飽美物。
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.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
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上帝是聽人禱告的上帝,尤其是人在苦難中更是要禱告上帝,正如詩人在這裡所說:「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,又領他們行走直路,使他們往可居住的城邑。」
雖然人在苦難中尋找不到方向,如同在曠野中的人,找不到可以安歇和吃飽的地方,「又飢又渴,心裡發昏。」
然而上帝都知道,當人開口尋求協助時,上帝就快快答應,使人快快得著安息!若是沒有上帝的幫助,人就無法找到方向,就會在曠野中漂泊,不知哪裡可以讀著安息與滿足。
上帝既然幫助,就必救我們離開困境,繼續走平安的道路!
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