I am beginning to really understand one of the reasons why God called David a man after his own heart. David is so honest with God (for example, Psalm 6). Sometimes when I pray, especially publicly, I am half talking to God and half concerned over what I am saying in front of others. These Psalms are not private conversations between David and God.....I am assuming they were written as public hymns....and yet they are so personal and honest.
Psalm 10 is so much about the frustration of unGodly people prospering. I'm sure that at the time this was written, it was even more of a struggle because believers didn't really have a strong belief in the afterlife. Here and now was everything, and when evil people were better off than they were, it probably made no sense at all.
As Psalm 14 talks about those who say there is no God, I have to think about how God feels about this. Although it is a weak comparison, I think about how I would feel if 2 out of 3 of my kids totally denied my existence. If they said that I was just some made up idea that doesn't really exist. Ouch.
I like how Psalm 19 flows from praise for creation to appreciation for the law to our own sinfulness. If we are truly seeing God in his creation and his law, then the natural next thought is how far short we are of hitting the mark.
I think 19:14 would be a great prayer every morning. "May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer."
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As I was reading this group of Psalms, I wondered if these are in chronological order and how much we know about when most of David's psalms were written. This group really struck me as being extreme from praising God and His creation, to again feeling at times like God is far away or David feels forgotten. I just wonder how much time passed between these different emotions and responses,because I can go from one extreme to other quicker than I want to based upon circumstances rather than relying on faith and trust in God. So it is encouraging to me to hear David have the same emotional responses from highs to lows and back to highs in the midst of the day to day struggles.
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