God is a safe resting place.

上帝是我们的安歇之处。

Cast your cares on the  and he will sustain you. Psalm 55:22

你要把你的重担卸给耶和华，祂必扶持你。-诗篇55篇22节，-新译本

Sunlight glittered on the swimming pool in front of me. I overheard an instructor speaking to a student who had been in the water for quite a while. He said, “It looks like you’re getting tired. When you’re exhausted and in deep water, try the survival float.”

在阳光下，我坐在游泳池旁，听见一位教练对一名待在水中好一阵子的学员说：“你看起来有点累了。当你在水深处感到体力耗尽时，可以试试全身放松，躺卧在水中，让水的浮力承载着你。”

Certain situations in life require us to spend our mental, physical, or emotional energy in a way that we can’t sustain. David described a time when his enemies were threatening him and he felt the emotional weight of their anger. He needed to escape the distress he was experiencing.

有时，人生中某些景况会耗尽我们的心思、体力或心力，甚至到我们无法承受的地步。大卫也曾描述他被敌人逼迫时，曾被对方愤怒的情绪压得喘不过气来，必须逃离所面对的困境。

As he processed his feelings, he found a way to rest in his troubled thoughts. He said, “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you” (Ps. 55:22). He recognized that God supports us if we dare to release our problems to Him. We don’t have to take charge of every situation and try to craft the outcome—that’s exhausting! God is in control of every aspect of our life.

当大卫在处理纷乱的情绪时，他找到一个可以使心灵得平安的方法。他写道：“你要把你的重担卸给耶和华，祂必扶持你”（诗篇55篇22节，新译本）。他明白只要我们勇敢地把困难交付给上帝，祂便会帮助我们。我们不必承担每个状况并企图掌握所有的结果，因为这会使人精疲力竭！别忘了，上帝掌管我们生命中的每项事物、每个环节。

Instead of trying to do everything in our own effort, we can find rest in God. Sometimes it’s as simple as asking Him to handle our problems. Then we can pause, relax, and enjoy the knowledge that He is sustaining us.

与其试图单凭己力完成每件事，倒不如将一切重担交给上帝。有时，我们只需要简单地请求上帝帮助我们，处理我们的困难。然后，我们就可以暂停、放松，安然躺卧在祂怀中，因为祂必扶持我们。

God, today I give my problems to You. 

I know that You are in control of everything and 

I believe You are willing to help me. 

Please help me to find peace in You.

上帝啊！今天我将我的困难交给祢。
我知道祢掌管一切，且相信祢乐意帮助我。
求祢帮助我，在祢里面得安宁。

Read:Psalm 55:4-23 New International Version (NIV)

4 My heart is in anguish within me;
    the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 Fear and trembling have beset me;
    horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
    I would fly away and be at rest.
7 I would flee far away
    and stay in the desert;
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,
    far from the tempest and storm.”

9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,
    for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls;
    malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces are at work in the city;
    threats and lies never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me,
    I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
    I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
    my companion, my close friend,
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship
    at the house of God,
as we walked about
    among the worshipers.

15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,
    for evil finds lodging among them.

16 As for me, I call to God,
    and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening, morning and noon
    I cry out in distress,
    and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
    from the battle waged against me,
    even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,
    who does not change—
he will hear them and humble them,
    because they have no fear of God.

20 My companion attacks his friends;
    he violates his covenant.
21 His talk is smooth as butter,
    yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,
    yet they are drawn swords.

22 Cast your cares on the Lord
    and he will sustain you;
he will never let
    the righteous be shaken.
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
    into the pit of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful
    will not live out half their days.

But as for me, I trust in you.

诗篇 55:4-23

4 我心在我里面甚是疼痛，死的惊惶临到我身。
5 恐惧战兢归到我身，惊恐漫过了我。
6 我说：“但愿我有翅膀像鸽子，我就飞去，得享安息。
7 我必远游，宿在旷野。（细拉）
8 我必速速逃到避所，脱离狂风暴雨。”
9 主啊，求你吞灭他们，变乱他们的舌头，因为我在城中见了强暴争竞的事。
10 他们在城墙上昼夜绕行，在城内也有罪孽和奸恶。
11 邪恶在其中，欺压和诡诈不离街市。
12 原来不是仇敌辱骂我，若是仇敌，还可忍耐。也不是恨我的人向我狂大，若是恨我的人，就必躲避他。
13 不料是你，你原与我平等，是我的同伴，是我知己的朋友！
14 我们素常彼此谈论，以为甘甜，我们与群众在神的殿中同行。
15 愿死亡忽然临到他们，愿他们活活地下入阴间，因为他们的住处、他们的心中都是邪恶。

深信神必施拯救

16 至于我，我要求告神，耶和华必拯救我。

17 我要晚上、早晨、晌午哀声悲叹，他也必听我的声音。
18 他救赎我命脱离攻击我的人，使我得享平安，因为与我相争的人甚多。
19 那没有更变、不敬畏神的人，从太古常存的神必听见而苦待他。
20 他背了约，伸手攻击与他和好的人。
21 他的口如奶油光滑，他的心却怀着争战；他的话比油柔和，其实是拔出来的刀。
22 你要把你的重担卸给耶和华，他必抚养你，他永不叫义人动摇。
23 神啊，你必使恶人下入灭亡的坑，流人血行诡诈的人必活不到半世，但我要倚靠你。

整理：于姊妹