Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Lord, how long wilt thou look on?

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Psalm 35:17–28, “Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.”

Everyone has difficult times in life, that is just part of living. When babies are born they start to grow teeth and suffer and that is just the beginning. On other hand, during times of suffering we wonder when the suffering is going to end. David asked the Lord, “How long?” He longed to be free of the attacks and falsehoods of his enemies. He preferred to be saved from them so that he could devote his time to praising the Lord rather than suffering attacks. These people pretended to be good and peaceful people but they were looking to tell lies and destroy David. He longed to see them suffer the consequences of their own actions and for the world to know the truth about these people. David would be able to praise the Lord when these people received the consequences of their own actions.

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