NEW LIFE: 讀經筆記

2019年12月10日星期二

詩篇18:16-29

18:16 他從高天伸手抓住我，把我從大水中拉上來。
18:17 他救我脫離我的勁敵和那些恨我的人，因為他們比我強盛。
18:18 我遭遇災難的日子，他們來攻擊我；但耶和華是我的倚靠。
18:19 他又領我到寬闊之處；他救拔我，因他喜悅我。
18:20 耶和華按著我的公義報答我，按著我手中的清潔賞賜我。
18:21 因為我遵守了耶和華的道，未曾作惡離開我的上帝。
18:22 他的一切典章常在我面前；他的律例我也未曾丟棄。
18:23 我在他面前作了完全人；我也保守自己遠離我的罪孽。
18:24 所以，耶和華按我的公義，按我在他眼前手中的清潔償還我。
18:25 慈愛的人，你以慈愛待他；完全的人，你以完全待他。
18:26 清潔的人，你以清潔待他；乖僻的人，你以彎曲待他。
18:27 困苦的百姓，你必拯救；高傲的眼目，你必使他降卑。
18:28 你必點著我的燈；耶和華─我的上帝必照明我的黑暗。
18:29 我藉著你衝入敵軍，藉著我的上帝跳過牆垣。

¹⁶He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.
¹⁷He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.
¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
    but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹He brought me out into a spacious place;
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.

²⁰The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
    according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
²¹For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
    I am not guilty of turning from my God.
²²All his laws are before me;
    I have not turned away from his decrees.
²³I have been blameless before him
    and have kept myself from sin.
²⁴The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
    according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
²⁶to the pure you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.
²⁷You save the humble
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
²⁸You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.
²⁹With your help I can advance against a troop^[e];
    with my God I can scale a wall.

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大衛繼續述說上帝的拯救，而這樣的感受來自於他與上帝有美好的關係！這也告訴我們，遵守上帝的誡命之重要性，讓我們心裡可以篤定的感受到上帝是與我們同在的！

當然，我們之所以有力量來遵行，使因為相信上帝必在基督耶穌裡保守我們，是出於對上帝拯就的感恩，不是想藉此換取上帝的賜福。上帝在我們尚未認識祂以前，他就在基督裡揀選我們，讓基督為我們的罪而死在十字架上！也因為如此，這份關係是上帝主動建立的，不是因為我們開始的。

我們越認識上帝，就會越感受到上帝慈愛，更感受到上帝的慈愛是何等的浩大，一切都是出於上帝的恩典，不是我們努力所得的，我們本是不配，也是不能的！因此，我們要為我們所蒙的拯救來讚美與感謝上帝！

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。

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

⁶In 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.
⁷The earth trembled and quaked,
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;
    they trembled because he was angry.
⁸Smoke rose from his nostrils;
    consuming fire came from his mouth,
    burning coals blazed out of it.
⁹He parted the heavens and came down;
    dark clouds were under his feet.
¹⁰He mounted the cherubim and flew;
    he soared on the wings of the wind.
¹¹He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
¹²Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
    with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
¹³The Lord thundered from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.^[d]
¹⁴He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
¹⁵The 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！