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在今天，轮船可算是人手建造的最大的移动装置。在二零二零年十一月三十日，ONE Apus号——一艘大如一个城市街区的巨形货柜船——在日本海岸航行时遭遇狂风大浪，结果有一千八百个货柜从船上掉到水里，船上还有很多货柜也被压毁了。尽管这艘船是如此巨大，但和海上的巨浪相比，却仍然是微不足道和脆弱不堪的。

我们应该惧怕大海的威力，然而我们更应当畏惧那位风和浪的创造主。

今天经文中的船员看到了神的能力。诗篇一百零七篇描述了若干关于人遭遇患难时看到神大能的例子，例如在旷野荒地漂流的人、被流放和服劳役的囚犯、因悖逆而患上致命疾病的人和在海上贸易的商旅。他们对自己的生命已经绝望了，然而他们却看见神的大能，因为神拯救了他们。那位吩咐波浪扬起的神，也是“从他们的祸患中”领他们出来的神。神是宇宙至高无上的主宰；祂创造了我们的世界、并且护理保守着它。

这篇诗篇颂扬神的大能，它引领我们以惊叹和崇敬的心来尊荣祂，因为我们知道祂爱护和看顾我们。我们是应该为此受到激励、并为神的奇妙大工来敬拜祂的。

Ships today are the largest moving objects that people have built. On November 30, 2020, the ONE Apus—a mega container ship the size of a city block—was sailing in stormy seas off the coast of Japan and lost 1,800 containers overboard. Many more lay crushed on the deck of the ship. It was a massive ship, and yet it was tiny and vulnerable compared to the mighty waves of a storm at sea.

We are right to fear the awesome power of the ocean. But we should fear even more the Lord, who created the wind and the waves.

The seafarers in our text saw the mighty power of God. Psalm 107 gives several examples of people who were in difficult situations and saw the power of God. People in desert wastelands, prisoners in exile and slavery, rebels with deadly diseases, and merchants at sea. All despaired for their lives, but they saw God’s power and he rescued them. The same God who stirred up the waves also brought these people “out of their distress.” God is the sovereign Lord of the universe; he created our world and sustains it.

This psalm celebrates the power of God. It should lead us to fear God in awe and wonder, knowing that he loves and cares for us. It should especially leads us to worship God for his wonderful deeds.