Thursday, June 18, 2015

Have mercy upon me

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(The views expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Psalm 31:9–18, “Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”

Even though David trusted in the Lord there were times when he longed for relief from the torments of his circumstances. He had many times of grief and hardship, so much so that he felt as though he was being destroyed from within, at times. Sometimes he couldn’t trust his friends or even his family for everyone wanted to take advantage of him. However, he always knew that the Lord is Sovereign and everything was in His hands and worked according to His perfect timing. He knew that, as long as he trusted the Lord, the Lord would not fail him in the end.

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