‘Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation, Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For you are the God of my strength, Why have you cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?' He calls on God to judge him, with a view to vindicating him... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Oh send out your light and your truth, Let them lead me, Let them bring me to your holy hill, And to your tabernacles. Then will I go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy, And on the harp will I praise you, O God, my God.' ‘Send out Your light and Your truth.' Perhaps he has in mind... [ Continue Reading ]
‘These things I remember, And pour out my soul upon me, How I was wont to go regularly with the throng, And walked in procession with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, A festive crowd keeping holyday.' The idea here is not that he just remembers the joys of the past,... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope you in God, For I will yet praise him, Who is the help of my countenance, And my God.' This final truth has confirmed his faith and made him sure of his deliverance. Thus he can with even more confidence call on his... [ Continue Reading ]