[Psalm 39]
How short you have made my life!
In your sight my lifetime seems nothing.
Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,
no more than a shadow.
I am ever aware of this, Lord (Isaiah 40:6-7).
[Psalm 40]
You do not want sacrifices and offerings;
you do not ask for animals burned whole on the altar
or for sacrifices to take away sins.
Instead, you have given me ears to hear you,
and so I answered, “Here I am;
your instructions for me are in the book of the Law.[c]
How I love to do your will, my God!”
Thank you, Jesus (Hebrews 10:5-7).
[Psalm 41]
Even my best friend, the one I trusted most,
the one who shared my food,
has turned against me.
Judas (John 13:18).
[Psalm 42]
As a deer longs for a stream of cool water,
so I long for you, O God.
I thirst for you, the living God.
Thank you for the love I have for you that you’ve put in my heart, o God.
[Psalm 43]
Why am I so troubled?
I will put my hope in God,
and once again I will praise him,
my savior and my God.
May I sing a new song (Psalm 98:1).
[Psalm 44]
Wake up, Lord! Why are you asleep?
Rouse yourself…
It does seem like that often. Intervene, Lord.