Praising Scripture - Dec 21

Introduction...

PSALM 18:1-6, 16-19,46 Praise God Before The Enemy
（Memorization Scripture: vv.1-3）
1 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.

4 The pangs of death surrounded me,
And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
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16 He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me,
For they were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
19 He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.
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46 The Lord lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let the God of my salvation be exalted.




[Sharing]
The knowledge of God and spiritual maturity require years and years of experiencing, as well as the end from the Lord. (See ''Special Grace and Reserve Grace'' by Brother Watchman Nee) The reason why David's poem is deeply rooted in people's hearts and used by the Holy Spirit is that his seventy years of rich experience has the traces of God’s work. When the Lord saved David from all his enemies and from Saul’s hand, he read this fifty-verse psalm to the Lord.

Have you had a hard time? Have you ever felt the hopelessness when walk through the valley of the shadow of death? Have you experienced the overwhelmed panic when strong enemy is present? Then you must have the similar experience as David:

“He sent from above, He took me;
He drew me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me,
For they were too strong for me.
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.”

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, in whom in take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. The Lord lives! I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies!

I will love You, O Lord, my strength! (NY)

【簡介】...

12/21
诗篇18：1-6，16-19,46 在仇敵面前讚美神
耶和華的僕人大衛的詩，交於伶長。當耶和華救他脫離一切仇敵和掃羅之手的日子，他向耶和華念這詩的話，說：
(背誦1-3節)
1 耶和華我的力量啊，我愛你！
2 耶和華是我的巖石，我的山寨，
我的救主，我的神，
我的磐石，我所投靠的。
祂是我的盾牌，是拯救我的角，是我的高臺。
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。

4 曾有死亡的繩索纏繞我，
匪類的急流使我驚懼，
5 陰間的繩索纏繞我，
死亡的網羅臨到我。
6 我在急難中求告耶和華，向我的神呼求。
祂從殿中聽了我的聲音，
我在祂面前的呼求入了祂的耳中。
……
16 祂從高天伸手抓住我，
把我從大水中拉上來。
17 祂救我脫離我的勁敵和那些恨我的人，
因為他們比我強盛。
18 我遭遇災難的日子，他們來攻擊我，
但耶和華是我的倚靠。
19 祂又領我到寬闊之處；
祂救拔我，因祂喜悅我。
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46 耶和華是活 神。
願我的磐石被人稱頌；
願救我的 神被人尊崇。






【心得分享】
對神的認識和屬靈的成熟度是需要年日和經歷的，並且還要有主的結局。（參考倪柝聲弟兄“臨時的恩典與積蓄的恩典”。）大衛的詩之所以深刻人心，並且被聖靈使用，是因為他七十年的人生有著豐富的經歷神工作的痕跡。當耶和華救大衛脫離一切仇敵和掃羅之手的日子，他向耶和華念這首長達五十節的讚美詩。
有過急難的日子嗎？有過行經死蔭幽谷的無望之感嗎？有過強敵當前不知所措的恐慌嗎？那你一定也有大衛類似的經歷：
“祂從高天伸手抓住我，
把我從大水中拉上來。
祂救我脫離我的勁敵和那些恨我的人，
因為他們比我強盛。
我遭遇災難的日子，他們來攻擊我，
但耶和華是我的倚靠。
祂又領我到寬闊之處；
祂救拔我，因祂喜悅我。
耶和華 神是我的巖石，我的山寨，我的救主、我的神、我的磐石、我的盾牌，是拯救我的角，是我的高臺。祂是活神，是當讚美的耶和華；當我求告祂，我必從仇敵手中被救出來！
耶和華我的力量啊，我愛你！(NY)