HOLY PSALM OF DAVID (ZABUR) SIX

This short Psalm reminds us that God will hear and answer even when we are ill and feeling very low.   David is both physically sick and filled with apprehension & gloom.  His joy in God has (temporally) seeped away, but he invites God to come and make him well...

1 O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. 2 Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. 3 I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

He reasons with God…

4 Return, O Lord, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love. 5 For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave? 6 I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.

David believes God will answer his prayers, despite his misery.

A poem inspired by Psalm 6: -

I trust in You! Have mercy, Lord

Heal my body and mind.

Healed I will your praises give

I trust you will be kind!

A prayer: - Help me to walk in your way, O God!

mjk 29/11/17 c. mikereflects