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若不是神幫助我們

詩篇 第124章

許多時候，我們都聽到基督徒說：「要不是主與我同在，我真不知如何了。」這正是詩人在這篇詩中的心聲：「若不是耶和華幫助我們，我們已經完全被吞滅了！」可幸的是，神不單與他同在，還在他身邊看顧著他、拯救了他；而這一位神，今天仍與每一個向祂呼求的人同在。

詩人用了兩幅維妙維肖的圖畫，來幫助我們明白他與他百姓所處的險境。你曾否試過跌進湍急的河流之中？你曾否試過在?湧的波濤中拼命掙扎？若然試過的話，你就必能明白以色列人當時的心情了。他們的仇敵仿如滔天巨浪般湧至，要把他們吞滅。可是，到了最危急的關頭，神伸手救拔他們，把他們從噬人的巨浪中救出。除了神之外，再無人能施行這拯救的大能了！

另一幅圖畫是一隻雀鳥被網羅捉住。試想像牠如何努力地拍著翅膀，試圖去掙脫網羅──可是，即使用盡了一切方法，結果也是徒勞無功！牠只能等候捕鳥的人回來把牠宰殺。然而，在正感絕望之際，網羅竟突然打開，雀鳥終可一飛衝天，重獲自由。究竟是何原因？原來一個比捕鳥的人更有能力的大能者，前來把網羅解開，將牠放走。那種死裡逃生的感覺，真是非筆墨所能形容！小鳥輕鬆自在地在空中飛舞，享受那種重享自由的歡愉。

詩人說：我們得幫助，也正是如此。讓我們也回應說：是的，真是如此！當我們回顧過往，必發現自己曾多次跌入敵人的陷阱。正當我們苦無出路之際，神突然解救了我們。我們得以重享自由，再次充滿喜樂地跟從基督。除了神之外，再無人能夠這樣拯救我們了。在那一刻，我們只想高聲頌讚祂的拯救大能。請再讀第8節。當記住，只有神能夠隨時幫助我們，而且，祂既然是神，便必有能力去幫助我們。



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IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR GOD
BIBLE READING: Psalm 124

So many times Christians say ‘I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t had the Lord with me’. That’s exactly what the Psalmist is saying here – ‘if it hadn’t been for God we would have been swallowed up completely’. But the wonderful thing was that God was there. God was on his side caring for him and delivering him and God is still the same.

The writer uses two very vivid pictures to help us understand the position of himself and his people. Have you ever been caught in floodwaters? Have you ever had to struggle against a very strong river? If so you can imagine how the people of Israel felt. Their enemies were like a great flood which was sweeping them away. Then suddenly God’s hand reached down and pulled them right out of the terrifying water. No-one else could have done that – only God himself.

The other picture is that of a bird caught in a trap. Picture it flapping its wings trying to escape – trying to do something itself which it simply cannot do. It waits for the trapper to come knowing that when he does it will be killed. Then suddenly the trap is broken and the bird is free! What has happened? Someone greater than the trapper has come and released it. What a wonderful feeling. The bird circles in the air hardly realising the wonderful joy of being able to fly again.

The Psalmist says ‘That’s how we were’. And we say, ‘Yes that is so’. We look back over our lives and see traps in which we were caught by our enemy. We couldn’t see any way out and then suddenly God intervened. We were free again and able to follow Christ joyfully once more. No-one else could have done it – only God and we feel like shouting his praise for his wonderful deliverance. Read verse 8 again and remember the only place where we can always look for help is in God himself. He will not fail us because he is God.

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