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You shall become a byword12/22/2023 ![]() ![]() May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually. May their table before them become a snare And when they are in peace, may it become a trap. They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor All my adversaries are before You. Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it Ransom me because of my enemies! May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.Īnswer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,Īnd do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress answer me quickly. Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.īut as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth.ĭeliver me from the mire and do not let me sink May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons.įor zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel,īecause for Your sake I have borne reproach Dishonor has covered my face. O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You. Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies What I did not steal, I then have to restore. I am weary with my crying my throat is parched My eyes fail while I wait for my God. ![]() I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. In fact, gratitude is the reason for the other gifts we present to our heavenly Father. The true value of the tangible things we offer to Him-whether material goods, time, or talent-have value only as outward expressions of what’s in our heart. But David’s words remind us that God’s economy is not like ours. It can be hard to imagine that God could be more pleased with the offerings of our heart than with the gifts that flow from our finances. In fact, verses 30-31 say that thanksgiving is even better than material sacrifice in the Lord’s sight. Before the psalm ended, his words were expressing gratitude.ĭavid was certain God saw and heard him, and he recognized that gratefulness for such things is of great worth to the Lord. But as David continued to pour out his heart to God, the tone of his prayer began to shift. His unfiltered song before the Lord included both a lament about his harsh situation and a call for divine justice against his enemies. He was in great distress as relentless adversaries pursued him. Those who walk by sight, and not by faith, are in danger of losing reason itself, when every thing about them looks frightful.When David wrote Psalm 69, his life wasn’t going well. To complete their misery, it is threatened that by these troubles they should be bereaved of all comfort and hope, and left to utter despair. We may observe the fulfilling of these threatenings in their present state. Many judgments are here stated, which would be the fruits of the curse, and with which God would punish the people of the Jews, for their apostacy and disobedience. All his enjoyments are made bitter he cannot take any true comfort in them, for the wrath of God mixes itself with them. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows wherever he is, it rests upon him. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. ![]() If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:37 Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44 ![]()
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