September 15, 1991
When life is difficult, it sometimes feels like an end to the pain and suffering is nowhere in sight. Israel’s King David could certainly identify with this feeling; in Psalm 13, a song of lamentation, we see him seeking God’s help and deliverance from his circumstances. Alistair Begg encourages us to follow David’s example by similarly bringing our cares and needs to God and trusting in His perfect provision and purposes.
1How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2How long must I take counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
4lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
5But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
6I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.
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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.