Summer In the Psalms
Psalm 13:1-6
· Be honest with how you feel.
Psalm 13:1a How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?…
Psalm 13:1b …How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalm 13:2a How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?…
Psalm 13:2b …How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
· Admit what you need.
Psalm 13:3a Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes…
Psalm 13:3b …lest I sleep the sleep of death,
Psalm 13:4a …lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”…
Psalm 13:4b …lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.
Psalm 6:2-3 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD—how long?
Psalm 6:6-7 I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. 7 My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
1 Peter 5:6-7 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
· Rest in what is true.
Psalm 13:5a But…
Psalm 13:5b …I have trusted in your steadfast love…
Lamentations 3:22-24 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
Ephesians 3:16-19 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Psalm 13:5c …my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Isaiah 49:14-16 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.” 15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.”
Psalms 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalm 13:6 I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.
Psalm 116:1-7 I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. 4 Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!” 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful. 6 The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. 7 Return, O my soul, to your rest; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
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