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Psalm 13
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The psalmist complains that God had long withdrawn. He earnestly prays for
comfort. He assures himself of an answer of peace.
God sometimes hides his face, and leaves his own children in the dark
concerning their interest in him: and this they lay to heart more than any
outward trouble whatever. But anxious cares are heavy burdens with which
believers often load themselves more than they need. The bread of sorrows is
sometimes the saint's daily bread; our Master himself was a man of sorrows. It
is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think that it will last
always. Those who have long been without joy, begin to be without hope. We
should never allow ourselves to make any complaints but what drive us to our
knees. Nothing is more killing to a soul than the want of God's favour; nothing
more reviving than the return of it. The sudden, delightful changes in the book
of Psalms, are often very remarkable. We pass from depth of despondency to the
height of religious confidence and joy. It is thus, ver. 5. All is gloomy
dejection in ver. 4; but here the mind of the despondent worshipper rises above
all its distressing fears, and throws itself, without reserve, on the mercy and
care of its Divine Redeemer. See the power of faith, and how good it is to draw
near to God. If we bring our cares and griefs to the throne of grace, and leave
them there, we may go away like Hannah, and our countenances will be no more
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have that to trust to, I am comforted, though I have no merit of my own. His
faith in God's mercy filled his heart with joy in his salvation; for joy and
peace come by believing. He has dealt bountifully with me. By faith he was as
confident of salvation, as if it had been completed already. In this way
believers pour out their prayers, renouncing all hopes but in the mercy of God
through the Saviour's blood: and sometimes suddenly, at others gradually, they
will find their burdens removed, and their comforts restored; they then allow
that their fears and complaints were unnecessary, and acknowledge that the Lord
hath dealt bountifully with them.
Psalm 13:
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