PSALM 12
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.
May 31, 2010
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I always think of David, son of Jesse, prostrate with grief in the dirt, when I read these psalms. Heavy rests the head that wears a crown -- whether it be the crown of Israel or any other land, I should think. And the time? Doesn't matter. It seems the problem, the woe, the prayer repeats again and again.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Candace