【诗篇118:17】我必不至死，仍要存活，并要传扬耶和华的作为。【Psalm118:17】I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

【诗篇118:17】我必不至死，仍要存活，并要传扬耶和华的作为。【Psalm118:17】I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

诗篇118篇是一首充满拯救与感恩的诗歌。诗人曾经历极大的患难，甚至到了“要死”的境地，但神没有将他交在死亡中。Psalm 118 is a psalm filled with deliverance and thanksgiving. The psalmist had gone through great suffering, even reaching the point where he seemed about to die, but God did not hand him over to death.因此，他不是在宣告自己拥有掌控生命的能力，而是在患难中宣告对神拯救的信心：神的拯救不只是使他在患难中得扶持，也使他的生命成为见证。So he was not declaring that he had the power to control his own life, but declaring his faith in God’s deliverance in the midst of suffering: God’s deliverance not only sustained him through hardship, but also made his life a testimony.

诗人被仇敌围绕，仿佛被逼到尽头；我们也可能经历——压力、困难、人的攻击或无法掌控的环境从四面八方而来。The psalmist was surrounded by enemies and seemed to have been pushed to the very end; we may also go through times when pressure, difficulties, attacks from others, or circumstances beyond our control come at us from every direction.患难不仅暴露环境的压力，也暴露我们里面的信心。我们容易把自己当作受害者，让苦毒、自怜和绝望夺走对神的信靠。Suffering not only exposes the pressure of our circumstances, but also reveals the condition of our faith. We can easily see ourselves as victims and allow bitterness, self-pity, and despair to rob us of our trust in God.因此，我们当信靠神，转向神，不被自己的感觉，情绪掌控来代替神的命令，不要让患难替我们定义神，也不要让眼前的环境决定我们生命的结局。So we need to trust God and turn to Him, not allowing our feelings and emotions to take the place of God’s commands. We must not allow suffering to define God for us, nor allow our present circumstances to determine the outcome of our lives.信心的争战，不是看不见危难，而是在危难中仍然转向神， 信神大过一切环境，祂是一切的主。The battle of faith is not about ignoring the danger, but about continuing to turn to God in the midst of it, believing that God is greater than every circumstance and that He is Lord over all.

“我必不至死，仍要存活。”这不是一种盲目的乐观，而是建立在神拯救之上的盼望。我们的生命最终不在环境手中，也不在仇敌手中，而在神手中。“I will not die but live.” This is not blind optimism, but hope grounded in God’s deliverance. Ultimately, our lives are not in the hands of our circumstances or our enemies, but in the hands of God.

诗人说：“并要传扬耶和华的作为。”The psalmist says, “and will proclaim what the Lord has done.”神拯救我们，不只是让我们从患难中被安慰，而是有祂的旨意——经历患难与神的拯救之后，我们的生命可以成为见证，使我们所经历的眼泪、挣扎与恩典，都成为述说神信实的机会。God saves us not simply so that we may be comforted in our suffering, but because He has a purpose—after going through suffering and experiencing God’s deliverance, our lives can become a testimony, so that the tears, struggles, and grace we have experienced may all become opportunities to tell others of God’s faithfulness.

祷告 | Prayer

天父，感谢祢，因我的生命在祢手中。Heavenly Father, thank You, because my life is in Your hands.

当我经历患难、软弱和看不见出路的时候，求祢保守我的信心，不让我只看眼前的环境，也不让恐惧和绝望成为我生命的终点。When I go through suffering and weakness and cannot see a way forward, please guard my faith. Do not let me focus only on the circumstances in front of me, and do not allow fear and despair to become the final word over my life.

求祢使我相信，祢仍然掌权，祢仍然在工作。既然祢使我仍然存活，求祢不要让我只为自己活着，而是让我用我的生命传扬祢的作为。Help me to believe that You are still in control and that You are still at work. Since You have allowed me to remain alive, please do not let me live only for myself, but let me proclaim Your works through my life.

让我记得祢过去的拯救，在今天继续信靠祢，并期待将来再次见证祢的信实。即使我仍在患难中，也相信祢仍然在工作；无论今天遇见什么，祢仍然可信。Let me remember Your deliverance in the past, continue to trust You today, and look forward to once again witnessing Your faithfulness in the future. Even while I am still going through suffering, I believe that You are still at work; no matter what I face today, You are still trustworthy.求祢使我在等候中继续持守信心，活出祢所托付的使命，叫福音使人活的盼望使更多的人经历基督里复活的盼望！Please help me continue to hold on to faith as I wait and live out the calling You have entrusted to me, so that the life-giving hope of the gospel may lead more people to experience the hope of resurrection in Christ!

奉主耶稣基督的名祷告，阿们。In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

（Sister Carol and the Daily Devotional Team）