Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
David does not waver and gaze about like the heathen, seeking help from the world while forsaking God; he directs all his desires and prayers to God alone. Nothing is more opposed to true prayer than to waver between the creature and the Creator.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:1-22
Unbelief constantly whispers that God has turned His face from us in anger. But if we turn to God, we need not fear He will turn from us; the quarrel lies always in ourselves. Christ trod the winepress alone and thus can succor those who walk the solitary path.
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David's feet are caught in the net, entangled so he cannot free himself; his troubles multiply until his heart swells with melancholy and pain. Sense of sin afflicts him more than anything else, wounding his spirit and making all outward troubles weigh heavily upon him.
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Commenting on Psalm 25:15-22