30 Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; yea, my soul will rejoice in thee, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 31 O Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul? Wilt thou deliver me out of the hands of mine enemies? Wilt thou make me that I may shake at the appearance of sin? 32 May the gates of hell be shut continually before me, because that my heart is broken and my spirit is contrite! O Lord, wilt thou not shut the gates of thy righteousness before me, that I may walk in the path of the low valley, that I may be strict in the plain road! 33 O Lord, wilt thou encircle me around in the robe of thy righteousness! O Lord, wilt thou make a way for mine escape before mine enemies! Wilt thou make my path straight before me! Wilt thou not place a stumbling block in my way—but that thou wouldst clear my way before me, and hedge not up my way, but the ways of mine enemy. 34 O Lord, I have trusted in thee, and I will trust in thee forever. I will not put my trust in the arm of flesh; for I know that cursed is he that putteth his trust in the arm of flesh. Yea, cursed is he that putteth his trust in man or maketh flesh his arm. 35 Yea, I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. Yea, my God will give me, if I ask not amiss; therefore I will lift up my voice unto thee; yea, I will cry unto thee, my God, the rock of my righteousness. Behold, my voice shall forever ascend up unto thee, my rock and mine everlasting God. Amen.
This is Nephi putting his whole trust in God. It also is a prayer unto god. He gives a pattern that we could follow. First he rejoices in God, then in vers 31 he asks for forgivesness and asks for help against sin. He asks for help with his enemies in 33. Then in 35 he says I know that God will give liberally to him that asketh. He delcares that God is the rock of righteousness and that he will pray unto God forever.
We can always rely on the Lord no matter what. I like that this scripture says ask and god will give liberally. Let God be your rock he will always be there to listen.
Love,
Sister Madsen
1 comment:
I love the part in verse 31 that says "Wilt thou make me that I may shake at the appearance of sin?"
Imagine if you literally shook whenever you were confronted with sin. We would never do wrong! There would be no reason to justify our actions, we would know that it was not of God and it would probably be a lot easier to make the right choices.
-Karely M
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