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Psalms 6 (ESV)
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
3 My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O LORD—how long?
4 Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The LORD has heard my plea;
the LORD accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

Reflection
1. David described his feeling of weakness as he had no strength left to face life’s challenges. His bones were in agony, his soul in anguish, he was worn out from groaning. His bed was flooded with weeping and his couch drenched with tears. His eyes grew weak with sorrow.

2. Praying along with David’s psalm helps us face our own challenges. He was realistic about his weaknesses, and honest about his fears. Dishonesty – an attempt to maintain a “perfect” image – keeps us from acknowledging our weaknesses. And keeps us from full dependence on the Lord.

3. Read through this psalm for a couple more times. Pay attention to the words David used to describe his emotions and attitudes. Use this psalm as your plea to God for your own situations.

Psalms 7 (ESV)
1 O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge;
save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
2 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,
rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this,
if there is wrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid my friend with evil
or plundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him trample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
over it return on high.
8 The LORD judges the peoples;
judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness
and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God!
10 My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
and a God who feels indignation every day.

Reflection

1. Have you felt falsely accused? How did you appeal your case? Like David?

2. Would you want God to judge your righteousness or the integrity of your heart? Why?

3. Speak candidly to God your thoughts, emotions and desires at this moment. Wait for God respond to you.