• 诗篇146:1-5

哈利路亚！
我的心哪，你要赞美耶和华！
　我一生要赞美耶和华！
我还活着的时候要歌颂我的上帝！
　你们不要倚靠君王，不要倚靠世人，
他一点也不能帮助。
　他的气一断，就归回尘土，
他所打算的，当日就消灭了。
　以雅各的上帝为帮助、
仰望耶和华－他上帝的，这人有福了！

• 希伯来书13:8

耶稣基督昨日、今日，一直到永远，是一样的。

诗篇146篇是个非常好的范例，告诉我们赞美的对象应该是谁——除了上帝，没人值得我们信靠。反思上帝的伟大与人类的邪恶及短暂生命，会使我们重新信靠上帝；祂才是能真正给予我们希望的唯一真神。我们已到了这样一个地步，就是认识到人类的糟糕处境，但也认识到上帝的爱是何等长阔高深——正是这一点令我们与世界分别开来。上帝的信实，在一个充满自私自利与伤害的黑暗世界里熠熠生辉。

• Psalm 146:1-5

Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, O my soul!
I will praise the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Put not your trust in princes,
in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;
on that very day his plans perish.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,

• Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

This Psalm is a great example of where our praise ought to take us – that no one else is worthy of our trust but God. Reflecting on God’s greatness and the wickedness and mortality of man causes us to put our trust back in God, the only one who can truly offer us hope. This is what separates us from the world: we've reached a point where we realize what terrible condition mankind is in, but we also realize how vast and great God's love is. His faithfulness shines in a dark world filled with selfishness and hurt.

将诗篇146篇作为你今早的祷告辞，并且提醒你的灵魂，唯有上帝才能给予我们真正的希望。

Make this Psalm your prayer this morning and remind your souls that God is the only one who can give us true hope.