David starts this psalm with a plea to the LORD for mercy. David knows he is a sinner and thus deserves rebuke and discipline. Part of God’s wrath is disciplining his congregation. David asks the LORD for relief and mercy.
David is very ill. He is faint and his bones are in agony. Though he knows he doesn’t deserve it, David asks the LORD to be healed. This morning I am not feeling well. I am not as sick as David who believed he was about to die. Yet, I am weak and a headache is growing in strength. Like David, my soul is in anguish. The reoccurring mysterious illness is drawing my strength.
“How long O LORD, how long? How many times will I be drained?” I have to accept that my youthful strength to press my body through till I am exhausted is not what it once was. Lord, have mercy and revise me and strengthen me for today.
