Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
David confesses he was seized with extreme bitterness that forced him to break forth in complaint and vehemence he never intended. He wrestled with great effort to resist despair, and his prayers show the depth of his trouble of mind.
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Commenting on Psalm 39:1-13
Prayer for relief is not rebellion against God's will; it flows from submission to it. When we stop complaining and become resigned to His hand, we find ourselves able to plead for mercy. Show your Father the bruises His scourge has made, His fatherly pity will move Him to comfort you.
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When the world yields no solid satisfaction, we must look heaven-ward to God. David abandons all expectation from earthly things, nothing to wish for, nothing to hope for from this earth, and takes hold of happiness in God alone, for creature-confidences fail but He remains.
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Commenting on Psalm 39:7-13