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在2019新冠状病毒大流行开始时，某个星期五的黄昏，我学校有一位老师把一条她烘的面包送到我家。因为当时正在实施居家令，我们不能面对面见到很多我们所熟识的人，她所作的美事，成为那段未知的期间最令人怀念的一个时刻。那条面包很美味，然而，更加滋润我们心灵的乃是她对我们的友情。

诗篇一百零四篇表达了对我们的神和慷慨的造物主的欢乐礼赞。广大和难以想象的事物，以及一般的事物，都包括在这首奇妙颂歌之中：一切美物都是出于神的美善，这些都指向神的荣耀。

诗篇的中段，描绘世人在充满活力和色彩缤纷的创造中兴旺发展和容光焕发。世人能兴旺发展，因为神使他们如此。他们容光焕发，因为神赐油给他们。他们的心得到能力，因为神赐他们粮食。

“得粮能养人心”这句话，主要不是指粮食增进体力，它乃是指我们因获得妥善的照顾而得到的内在力量。我们的肉体虽然无力和脆弱，然而我们里面的心灵仍然是经得起考验和强壮的。我们相信神是可靠的，因为祂所赐的粮食，乃是生命的粮。

Near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the teachers at my school made a loaf of bread and brought it to our home on a Friday evening. Because of the lockdown, we hadn't seen many familiar people face-to-face, and her gesture remains one of the most memorable moments of that uncertain time. The loaf of bread was delicious, but it was the act of friendship that sustained us.

Psalm 104 describes a joyful celebration of God, our generous Creator. Things that are vast and incomprehensible and even things that are ordinary are included in this song of wonder: everything good comes from God's goodness, and all of it points to God's glory.

Near the center of the psalm is a picture of humans flourishing and radiant in the midst of a lively, colorful creation. People flourish because God causes them to flourish. Their faces shine because God provides oil for them, and their hearts are strengthened because God provides them with bread.

The phrase "bread that sustains their hearts" points not mainly to physical strength but to the inner strength we experience when we are well cared for. Our bodies may be weak and vulnerable, but our spirits within us can be resilient and strong. The confidence here is that God's character is dependable because God gives bread—the bread of life.