第三章
1 耶和華啊，我的敵人何其加增！有許多人起來攻擊我；
2 有許多人議論我說：“他得不著神的幫助。”
3 但你耶和華是我四圍的盾牌，是我的榮耀，又是叫我抬起頭來的。
4 我用我的聲音求告耶和華，他就從他的聖山上應允我。
5 我躺下睡覺，我醒著，耶和華都保佑我。
6 雖有成萬的百姓來周圍攻擊我，我也不怕。
7 耶和華啊，求你起來！我的神啊，求你救我！因為你打了我一
切仇敵的腮骨，敲碎了惡人的牙齒。
8 救恩屬乎耶和華，願你賜福給你的百姓。
默想：
1.詩人大衛當時面對眾叛親離，甚至他的敵人也認為神都離棄大
衛了。當事事都出錯時，我們很容易懷疑神的同在；這就會帶
來焦慮、失眠，甚至使我們無法有效地工作。
2.但是,此時大衛卻決意專注在神的身上，思想神的本性與祂的
作為。大衛認識神是他的盾牌（保護者），是他的榮耀（極有
價值），並使他抬起頭來（力量的源頭）。大衛回顧神過去在
他生命中的工作，因此他能夠即使在面對背叛與沮喪之時，仍
然憑信心向神禱告。
3.在遇到挫折、意外、苦難時，試著不去往灰心、喪志的路上
走，卻刻意回想神過去在你生命中所作的事，一一的數算出
來，會有怎樣不同的果效？
4.重覆讀幾次這首詩，或是唱下面這首詩歌，作為我對神的讚美及禱告：
“耶和華你是我的神” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJQl
OeKhwfA&feature=related
禱告與筆錄：
繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思
想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。
Chapter 3
1 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him. ”
3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.
7 Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your
people.
Meditation
1. David was faced with the fact that many who have rebelled against him
seemed to think that God had abandoned him. When everything seems to
be going wrong, it’s easy for us to wonder if God were still with us or not.
Such experiences cause stress, rob us of sleep, and frequently make us so
anxious that we become ineffective.
2. Yet, David chose to focus his thoughts on God, and to remember who God
is. David had known God as a shield (protector), and his glory (greatest value),
as one who lifted up his head (source of strength). David remembered
who God had proved himself to be in his life, and he was able to pray to God
with confidence, even in the face of opposition and stress.
3. When faced with frustration, accidents, troubles, try not to go on the path of
despair and gloom. Instead, recall the things God has done in your life, count
them out one by one. What different results these two ways bring out?
4. Read this psalm a couple of more times or sing along with this psalm as a
praise and prayer to God: “Thou art a shield for me” www.youtube.
com/watch?v=ZJQlOeKhwfA&feature=related
Prayer & Journaling:
Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse with God and listen
to what he wants to tell me. Then write down any thought and/or prayer
in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.