Psalm 6
English Standard
Version (ESV)
O Lord,
Deliver My Life
6 O Lord, (B)rebuke me not in your anger,
nor (C)discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
(D)heal me, O Lord, (E)for my bones are troubled.
3 My (F)soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—(G)how long?
nor (C)discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
(D)heal me, O Lord, (E)for my bones are troubled.
3 My (F)soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—(G)how long?
4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in (H)death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in (H)death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am (I)weary with my (J)moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My (K)eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My (K)eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 (L)Depart from me, all you (M)workers of evil,
for the Lord (N)has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my (O)plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall (P)turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
for the Lord (N)has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my (O)plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall (P)turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
Depression,
feeling sorry for yourself, bummed out there are many words and phrases that we
could use to describe how David must have been feeling. Sometimes I feel this way, I want to have a
pity party for poor Sheila who seems to be struggling with being accepted by
others. Then I think of David and how he
must have felt, after all he has been rejected by his own son and he was rejected
by his best friend’s dad, King Saul. He
has to wait on the Lord and waiting isn’t any fun at all.
David
is asking the Lord not be angry with him, not to discipline him anymore but
deliver him from his enemies.
Then,
David recognizes who that enemy is, anyone who does evil. He recognizes that the Lord has heard him cry
all of those tears and he realizes that God will deliver him.
Although
his worries seem just a bit more magnified than mine, (no one is trying to
physically kill me) I do feel that others are trying to diminish my dreams and
ruin my life. Then I realize that they
don’t have any control of my life but that the Lord does. He is watching out for me just like He was watching
out for David. There is nothing others
can do to me that God does not allow to happen.
Then why does He allow things like this to happen you may ask? I have no answer except that God is the One
that can see the entire picture I can only see a glimpse of it. I realize that
even though I want to live a perfect life and on the outside I may be doing a
pretty good job, my thoughts are not always evidence of that. And then there are times that my words are
not evidence of that. At that point I
have to wonder if God is just disciplining me, I ask for forgiveness, yet hang
on to the past, and then I ask, “How long am I going to be put in time
out?” How long will it take me to learn
to trust Him? I seem to think I am ready
but again God sees the big picture He puts a challenge before me and I fail. I fail because I let my disappointment turn
into anger towards others rather than praise to my Father for watching out for
me and back to time out I have to go. The only way to get through times of trouble,
disappointment, discouragement, etc. is to put your trust in Him and know that
He hears your cries, He feels your pain, and He will bring you through it, just
trust Him and keep seeking Him with all your heart.
Seeking
Him with all my heart,
Sheila
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