Psalms 27:9

Psalms 27:9. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

This is grand praying on the part of David; he pleads the past as a reason for mercy in the present: "Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation." It is a very bad thing to hire on past experiences alone; we want fresh visitations from God. Old manna and old experiences soon become corrupt; but you can make some use of your past experience, as you may have seen the bargeman down on the canal, you may push backward to send your boat forward. Sometimes, when you have but little hope within you, you may recollect what God did for you in the past, and then you can plead with him to do the same again: "Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation?