Psalms 40:13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
Thus did David cry unto the Lord "out of the depths." Imitate his example if you are in similar circumstances. Say, with good John Ryland,- "Out of the depths of doubt and fear,
Depths of despair and grief,
I cry; my voice, O Jesus, hear,
And come to my relief!"
14-16. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, Aha, Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
Here is comfort for all poor trembling seekers; they are only seekers, but let us thank God that they are seekers, and let us say with the psalmist, "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee." All true Christians, those who have found Christ, are still seekers; for, after finding Christ, they do their souls inflame to seek him more and more. So that our prayer also is, "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee."
Psalms 40:13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
Thus did David cry unto the Lord "out of the depths." Imitate his example if you are in similar circumstances. Say, with good John Ryland,- "Out of the depths of doubt and fear,
Depths of despair and grief,
I cry; my voice, O Jesus, hear,
And come to my relief!"
14-16. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, Aha, Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
Here is comfort for all poor trembling seekers; they are only seekers, but let us thank God that they are seekers, and let us say with the psalmist, "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee." All true Christians, those who have found Christ, are still seekers; for, after finding Christ, they do their souls inflame to seek him more and more. So that our prayer also is, "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee."