Psalm 13, A song that marked my first life dark ages

Psalm 13
For the director of music. A psalm of David.

How long, O LORD ? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.

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The media player is playing this song now. I still remember this album was bought during my part time job at Amara hotel. I was a waiter in a Jap restaurant, which is closed for sometime.

That was a Christian bookfair organized by a church, they were playing this album – Days of Elijah. The praise and worship style is very jubilant and triumphant. I just bought it.

Never did I know that this album got a song exactly compose from Psalm 13. this song was later became a song that I dwelt with for a period of time – the darkest period of ysneoh’s life, a time of joblessness for coming to a year. My heart cried out, “how long, o Lord! Am I forgotten? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart?”… There was no better song for me that time.

But praise be unto the Lord, David didn’t just looked at the seemingly doomed circumstances, David had learned to reflect upon the goodness of the Lord, he learned to look at the unfailing love of the Lord. The psalm (song) ends with a grateful and trusting heart, and so shall my heart be.

May my heart trust in the goodness of the Lord, and my eyes set upon Him who body was pierced for me because of His great love and mercy for me.