Daily Devotions
Psalms
Psalm 38:15a "For in You, O LORD, I hope..."
Day 309 – Psalm 38
“For in You, O LORD, I hope…” Psalm 38:15a
TOTALLY NUMBED
David felt totally numbed by what he was experiencing. This was how he sought to convey in the following text.
“But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.”
Psalm 38:13-14
1. Two pitiful imageries employed
a) A deaf man who does not hear.
b) A mute who cannot respond.
2. Images that evoke compassion
David believed that God would not be unresponsive as he poured out the anguish he felt in his heart!
BELIEVING THAT GOD WOULD HEAR HIS PLEA
David pleaded to be heard! He believed that God would hear and respond to his prayers!
“For in You, O LORD, I hope;
You will hear, O LORD, my God.
For I said, ‘Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.’ ”
Psalm 38:15-16