Why my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God

Psalm 43:1-5

Vindicate me, my God,  and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.

You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning,  oppressed by the enemy? 

Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain,  to the place where you dwell. 

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre,  O God, my God. 

Why my soul, are you downcast?  Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God,  for I will yet praise him,  my Savior and my God.

Back as things are, at the very thought of God, faith and hope breakthrough.

Why?

When we are under trouble or facing the deceitful and wicked, we will downcast and feel sad to the environment.

But God is my hope, put my hope in God, praise to the Lord, Do not downcast for God is my way, my salvation.

Send me your light is the word of God to comfort me, guide me, encourage me.

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宣告祈求的詩歌。

42,43篇的主題軸：我的心哪，你為何憂悶？為何在我裡面煩躁？應當仰望神，因我還要稱讚他。他是我臉上的光榮（原文是幫助），是我的神。

憂慮中，不友善、讚美、仰望、交替出現。情緒低落、有信心，常常在我們身上交替出現。

禱告在於求脫離敵人的手，這是我們常常祈求的。漸漸的詩人的禱告不一樣了，信心愈來愈堅定。 42, 43的我為何，文字一樣，心情已經不一樣了。

1,2節仍然在祈求

3節開始求神帶領他，從救我，變成求神的旨意顯明，有神的引導比脫離苦難重要。蹴然道路難走，若有神的亮光指明我們路。或許我們喜歡過安平的生活，但是苦難中有神同在，引導更能經歷神。此時離開耶路撒冷很遠了，感受不到神同在，漸漸的往神的居所走，從聖山到聖殿。求能回到神的家是最重要的禱告。所有一切挑戰、不公平、攻擊、挑戰、冤屈都不重要了。

我們回到神的面前想要的是什麼?是為我自己嗎？是奉獻，獻上自己的讚美，而不是只是求自己冤屈得伸，我們一切所求的，得救的目的就是為了獻上自己、讚美神，榮耀神。以神為樂。

關鍵在神發出亮光，指引我道路。不是我們懂多少聖經、參加多少聚會...、而是奉獻自己在神祭壇上。

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How?

Put out hope in the Lord!