October 27

"All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. " Psalm¹ 42:7

THEY are HIS billows, whether they go o'er us,

Hiding His face in smothering² spray and foam³;

Or smooth and sparkling, spread at path before us,

And to our haven⁴ bear us safely home.

They are HIS billows, whether for our succor⁵

He walks across them, stilling all our fear;

Or to our cry there comes no aid nor answer,

And in the lonely silence none is near.

They are HIS billows, whether we are toiling⁶

Through tempest-driven waves that never cease,

While deep to deep with clamor loud is calling;

Or at His word they hush⁷ themselves in peace.

They are HIS billows, whether He divides them,

Making us walk dryshod where seas had flowed;

Or lets tumultuous breakers surge about us,

Rushing unchecked across our only road.

They are HIS billows, and He brings us through them;

So He has promised, so His love will do.

Keeping and leading, guiding and upholding,

To His sure harbor, He will bring us through.

━Annie Johnson Flint

Stand up in the place where the dear Lord has put you, and there do your best. God gives us trial tests. He puts life before us as an antagonist⁸ face to face. Out of the buffeting⁹ of a serious conflict we are expected to grow strong. The tree that grows where tempests toss its boughs¹⁰ and bend its trunk often almost to breaking, is often more firmly rooted than the tree which grows in the sequestered¹¹ valley where no storm ever brings stress or strain. The same is true of life. The grandest character is grown in hardship. ━Selected

十月二十七日

「你的波浪洪涛漫过我身。」 （诗四十二:7）

这是祂的洪涛，漫过了我身，

有时以窒息的浪花，掩着圣容；

有时以柔细的泡沬，为我们开路，

带我们安全进港，安回家中。

这是祂的洪涛，有时为救我们，

祂从海口走过，使忧愁逐出我们的心胸；

也有时候我们呼求，却没有回应，

孤寂之中竟没有援助到临。

这是祂的洪涛，有时冲着我们，

它们狂啸怒的喧嚷航行，

在永不停息的风浪中历尽艰辛,

也有时候祂一声命令,万籁肃静。

这是祂的洪涛，有时将海水分开，

让我们走过海底、如踏干地；

也有时候祂任凭巨浪澎湃，

在我们的路上横行无忌。

这是祂的洪涛，祂带我们通过；

既曾如此应许，祂必实现诺言。

祂用保护和指挥，引导扶持；

带我们通过，抵达安全港湾。

━富林德

信徒阿，让我们在主所安放我们的地位上好好站住，尽我们所能的去做。神常喜欢给我们一些试炼，因为神希望我们经过剧烈的争斗以后，能发育得更加强壮。生长在风雨之下，曾受风雨击打的树木，往往比生长在退隐的山谷下，从未受过风雨摧残的树木，扎根更深。人生也是这样。伟大的人物都是生长在艰苦中的。━选

1 psalm   

n.赞美诗，圣诗

参考例句：

• The clergyman began droning the psalm.牧师开始以单调而低沈的语调吟诵赞美诗。
• The minister droned out the psalm.牧师喃喃地念赞美诗。

2 smothering   

（使）窒息， （使）透不过气( smother的现在分词 )； 覆盖； 忍住； 抑制

参考例句：

• He laughed triumphantly, and silenced her by manly smothering. 他胜利地微笑着，以男人咄咄逼人的气势使她哑口无言。
• He wrapped the coat around her head, smothering the flames. 他用上衣包住她的头，熄灭了火。

3 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

4 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

5 succor   

n.援助，帮助；v.给予帮助

参考例句：

• In two short hours we may look for succor from Webb.在短短的两小时内，韦布将军的救兵就可望到达。
• He was so much in need of succor,so totally alone.他当时孑然一身，形影相吊，特别需要援助。

6 toiling   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 这位激昂的演说家把无所事事的富人同终日辛劳的工人阶级进行了对比。
• She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她觉得自己像只甲虫在地里挣扎，心中涌满愤恨。

7 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

8 antagonist   

n.敌人，对抗者，对手

参考例句：

• His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.在辩论中他的对手比他反应快。
• The thing is to know the nature of your antagonist.要紧的是要了解你的对手的特性。

9 buffeting   

振动

参考例句：

• The flowers took quite a buffeting in the storm. 花朵在暴风雨中备受摧残。
• He's been buffeting with misfortunes for 15 years. 15年来，他与各种不幸相博斗。

10 boughs   

大树枝( bough的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The green boughs glittered with all their pearls of dew. 绿枝上闪烁着露珠的光彩。
• A breeze sighed in the higher boughs. 微风在高高的树枝上叹息着。

11 sequestered   

adj.扣押的；隐退的；幽静的；偏僻的v.使隔绝，使隔离( sequester的过去式和过去分词 )；扣押

参考例句：

• The jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. 陪审团渴望被隔离至少两个月。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Everything he owned was sequestered. 他的一切都被扣押了。 来自《简明英汉词典》