Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD! (Psalm 27.14) 要等候耶和華！當壯膽，堅固你的心！我再說，要等候耶和華！
Calvin's Commentaries: "as if he had said, If fearfulness steal upon thee; if temptation (試探) shake thy faith; if the feelings of the flesh (肉體)rise in tumult(波動、激動), do not faint(怯懦的); but rather endeavor (努力) to rise above them by an invincible(不可戰勝的) resolution(堅定、決心) of mind. From this we may learn, that the children of God overcome, not by sullenness(鬱鬱寡歡), but by patience, when they commit(把....交託給) their souls quietly to God;...Wait thou alone on Jehovah"
加爾文讀到這節經文時，他這樣說：「如果恐懼侵襲你，如果試探動搖你的信心，如果肉體的感受湧上心頭，不要氣餒，反而努力以堅定不移的心志超越它們。從這一點我們可以學到，神的兒女不是通過憂鬱而是通過忍耐而得勝，當他們
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