Post by John on Mar 24, 2019 19:55:49 GMT -5
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
It never says exactly what was going on in the life of David that inspired this Psalm, but I would imagine it was after his sin with Bathsheba and setting up her husband Uriah to be killed. After the prophet came to David, and especially after the loss of his child, I would imagine David was feeling very alone. I can't imagine how bad he felt knowing how displeased God was with him, and hearing about all the things that were to come upon him. Then there was the loneliness he surely felt when he continued to fast and pray for his child, conceived in the act of adultery, but God did not grant him his request. Perhaps David wrote this Psalm while running from his son Absolom, who tried to steal the Kingdom out from under him and kill him? I can't imagine how David felt while that was going on.
David had been told that God put away his sin, and he wouldn't die for his actions, but the punishment he would endure was great. Still, through it all, David continued to trust in God. Have you ever felt like the Lord had hidden his face from you? You pray and pray and you feel nothing. Everything is going wrong, and your enemies are mocking. David is feeling like he is in jeopardy of losing his life, and with good reason. The Lord raised up many adversaries to David because of his sins. Still, David continues to trust in God and seek his mercy. He knows that in the end, he will be saved. In spite of all the trouble that came David's way for his transgression, David says, "I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
It never says exactly what was going on in the life of David that inspired this Psalm, but I would imagine it was after his sin with Bathsheba and setting up her husband Uriah to be killed. After the prophet came to David, and especially after the loss of his child, I would imagine David was feeling very alone. I can't imagine how bad he felt knowing how displeased God was with him, and hearing about all the things that were to come upon him. Then there was the loneliness he surely felt when he continued to fast and pray for his child, conceived in the act of adultery, but God did not grant him his request. Perhaps David wrote this Psalm while running from his son Absolom, who tried to steal the Kingdom out from under him and kill him? I can't imagine how David felt while that was going on.
David had been told that God put away his sin, and he wouldn't die for his actions, but the punishment he would endure was great. Still, through it all, David continued to trust in God. Have you ever felt like the Lord had hidden his face from you? You pray and pray and you feel nothing. Everything is going wrong, and your enemies are mocking. David is feeling like he is in jeopardy of losing his life, and with good reason. The Lord raised up many adversaries to David because of his sins. Still, David continues to trust in God and seek his mercy. He knows that in the end, he will be saved. In spite of all the trouble that came David's way for his transgression, David says, "I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me."