12 Be not far from me, O God;
come quickly, O my God, to help me.
13 May my accusers perish in shame;
may those who want to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14 But as for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise you more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteousness,
of your salvation all day long,
though I know not its measure.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign LORD;
I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, O God, you have taught me,
and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
18 Even when I am old and gray,
do not forsake me, O God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your might to all who are to come.
19 Your righteousness reaches to the skies, O God,
you who have done great things.
Who, O God, is like you?
20 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter,
you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth
you will again bring me up.
21 You will increase my honor
and comfort me once again.
22 I will praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praise to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to you—
I, whom you have redeemed.
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts
all day long,
for those who wanted to harm me
have been put to shame and confusion.
When I was reading this passage, I tried to imagine what David was going through when he wrote all of these Psalms. There is a little bit of desperation and fear, but the hope and belief that God will sustain and eventually restore David never waivers. And these people were literally out to kill David, and yet he was 100% confident that they would not kill him and, moreover, that God would punish those that are after him and restore David to his rightful position.
So, in our darkest times when we think that no one is there and that there is no hope, we should be like David and remember God's salvation and the hope that he brings to us. When we think that there is nothing that can be done, we need to turn to God and pray for a way out and have faith and know that God will rescue us and not leave us in darkness.
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I think I know what purpose is and I've been dragging my feet because I've felt like I have an eternity to do what I need to. But reading the passages this week, particularly today's, has given me a renewed sense of urgency. I don't want to look back when I'm "old and gray," wishing for more time or regretting that I didn't make better use of my time now.
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