“Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.” (Psalms 6:8–10 ESV)
The sixth psalm is one of seven penitential psalms (6; 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143) of the early church. In a strict sense, however, it is not a penitence psalm, for there is no confession of sin or prayer for forgiveness. The psalm is really one of lamenting or what maybe even whining or crying. I like that, and that it is in the Bible, especially of a great king!
Now, I don’t know about you, but there are times that I am really whinny! I don’t like the way things are going, I don’t like how I feel, etc ~ you get the picture, and I just boohoo to God. Oh it is not prayer, it is whining, pure and simple. But something happens in the middle of my personal pity party, just as it did to King David here in this psalm. He starts out in this lament of life and ends empowered by God’s spirit! He goes from thinking God doesn’t care to know He does and that he, David is victorious.
The point is this – don’t miss it. David did not whine to people. David did not share his frustration with others, no, he took them to God! And that is really prayer. And when you and I pray, God just changes things. So, go to God, even if you are doing nothing but whining, He can handle it and change you!
Much Love,
PR
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