The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer.Today is the first day of a family vacation with my youngest daughter and her husband, Ben and Bethany and our four grandchildren.
Today I am reading Psalm 6. I often have felt like the David in Psalm 6.
I don’t know when David wrote this Psalm. Maybe you could try to remember some of the difficult moments in David’s life. Maybe you could think about how you would feel in a moment like that.
Opa William is reading a Psalm everyday for 150 days. He started August 1 and He will end this challenge December 29.
I am looking for how God is revealing Jesus to us through the book of Psalms. Everyday I am looking for a lesson to teach my own heart how to see Jesus. Today as I read Psalm 6 I discovered the main point for my heart today.
Main Point: It is okay to feel really bad if we tell God and ask Him to help us.
David and Jesus show us how to talk to God when we are really sad. (Psalm 6 and Mark 14:32-42)
Read: Psalm 6
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.
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?
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.
7 My vision is blurred by grief;
my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.
8 Go away, all you who do evil,
for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord will answer my prayer.
10 May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified.
May they suddenly turn back in shame.
Have you ever thought things couldn't get much worse? It sounds like David felt that way when he wrote this Psalm. How do we know that David is very sad? What things does David tell us that let us know he is very very sad?
v.1
He thinks God might be angry.
He thinks God might discipline him.
He thinks God might have rage. (What is rage?)
v. 4
He thinks God might have left him.
v. 5
He thinks God might let him die.
v. 6 -7
He has been crying a lot. (How do we know David was crying a lot?)
v. 7-8, 10
He is worried about his enemies. (How do we know David was worried about his enemies?)
David is sad and crying a lot because he thinks God is mad at him for being disobedient and he is afraid God will let Him die or that God will let his enemies hurt him or make fun of him.
David might have done something disobedient. v. 1
David had enemies. v. 10
But David is still talking to God. David is not running away or hiding from God.
David knows God is good. David isn’t afraid to ask God for help. What kind of help does David ask for?
Don’t rebuke me when you are angry. v.1
Don’t discipline me in rage.
Have compassion on me. v.2
Restore me. v.3
Return, O Lord v.4
Save me
The Lord has heard (x2) v.8&9
The Lord will answer v.9
This is just like Jesus praying in the garden with His friends before Judas betrayed him.
(Mark 14:32-42)
Even when you are very very sad you can be sure God hears you and answers your prayer.
The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.
Psalm 6:9 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/psa.6.9.ESV
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