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Salmo 13
Verso 1
"Quanto tempo?" Esta questão é repetida pelo menos quatro vezes.
This denotes a very intense desire for liberation and great anguish of heart. And if there is some impatience mixed with that? Is this not the the truest portrait of our own experience? It's not easy to prevent that the desire degenerates into impatience. Oh, by the grace that, while we wait In God, we can be prevented from surrendering to a murmuring spirit!
How much more?
URI? And if sadness finds no other means of expression? Even so, God is not far from the voice of our roar; for he does not consider the music. of our prayers, but the work of his own Spirit in them is exciting and inflames the affections. "How much more?" Ah! How long our days appear when our soul is launched within us!
How tired the moments seem to glide Over sadness! How the time Delicia to stay in your flight!
Time flies with rightful wings in our summer days, but in our winters he floats painfully. One week inside the walls of prison has more than a month of freedom. The long sadness seems to argue that there is much corruption; for the gold that is long in the fire must have a lot slag to be consumed, hence the question 'for how long?' may suggest a deep search of the heart. "How long are you going to forget me?" Ah, David!
How foolish you are! Can God forget? Can omniscience fail in memory? Above all, Jehovah's heart can forget its own son.
Beloved? Ah! Brothers, let's set aside our thoughts, and listen to the voice of our covenant God through the mouth of the prophet, "But Zion said: The Lord has forsaken me, and My Lord has forgotten me. Can a woman forget her child? sucking, that she should not have compassion for the son of her womb? they they can forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have you engraved in the the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Forever? "Oh, gloomy thought! Surely it was enough. serious suspicion of a temporary forgetfulness, but we must take action indelicate question, and to imagine that the Lord will always cast away His people?
No, your anger may last for a night, but your love will remain. eternally: "Until when will you hide your face from me?" This is a question much more rational, for God can hide his face, and yet he A hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart It is in love that your face is turned, but for a true child of God, this hiding from your Father's face is terrible and he will never be at ease until, once again he has his father's smile. Here I have you recorded in the the palms of my hands; your walls are constantly before me.
Forever? "Oh, dark thought! Surely it was sufficient serious suspicion of a temporary forgetfulness, but we must make the undelicate question, and to imagine that the Lord will always cast away His people?
No, your anger may last for a night, but your love will remain. eternally: "Until when will you hide your face from me?" This is a question much more rational, because God can hide his face, and yet he a hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart, it is in love that your face is turned, but for a true child of God, this hiding from your father's face is terrible and he will never feel comfortable until, Once again he has the smile of his father. Here I have you recorded in the the palms of my hands; your walls are continuously before me.
Forever? "Oh, dark thought! Surely it was enough serious suspicion of a temporary forgetfulness, but we must do the indelicate question, and to imagine that the Lord will always cast away His people?
No, your anger may last for a night, but your love will remain. eternally: "Until when will you hide your face from me?" This is a question much more rational, for God may hide his face, yet he a hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart, it is in love that your face is turned, but for a true child of God, this hiding from your father's face is terrible and he will never feel comfortable until, once again he has his father's smile. your walls are continuously in front of me. "Forever?" Oh, gloomy thought! Surely it was sufficiently serious to suspect a temporary forgetfulness, but we must ask the blunt question, and imagine that the Lord will always play for your people? No, your anger may last for a night, but your love will remain forever: 'How long will you hide your face from me?' This is a much more rational question, for God can hide His face, and still he may remember A hidden face is not a sign of a heart forgotten, it is in love that your face is turned, but for a true child From God, this hiding of his father's face is terrible and he will never stay in the will until, once again he has his father's smile. your walls are constantly in front of me. "Forever?" Oh, gloomy thought!
It was certainly serious enough to suspect a forgetfulness. temporary, but we must ask the rude question, and imagine that the Will the Lord always cast away His people? No, His anger may last for a night, but your love will last forever: "Until when will you hide your face from mim?" This is a much more rational question, as God can hide your face, and yet he may remember A hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart, it is in love that your face is turned, but for a true son of God, this hiding of his father's face is terrible and he he will never feel at ease until, once again, he has his father's smile. But we must ask the rude question and imagine that the Lord will always play for your people? No, your anger may last for a night, but your love will remain forever. "Until when will you hide your face from me?" This is a much more rational question, for God can hide his face, and still So he can still remember. A hidden face is not a sign of a heart. forgotten. It is in love that your face is turned; yet, for a true son of God, this concealment of his Father's face is terrible and he will never stay at ease until, once again, he has the smile of his Father. but we must ask the rude question and imagine that the Lord will always throw away yours People? No, your anger may last for a night, but your love will remain. eternally. "Until when will you hide your face from me?" This is a question much more rational, for God may hide his face, and still he You can still remember. A hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart. It is no love that your face is turned; yet, for a true child of God, this concealment of your Father's face is terrible and he will never feel at ease until that, once again, may you have your Father's smile. And yet he may still remember. still. A hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart. It is in love that your face is turned; however, for a true child of God, this the concealment of your Father's face is terrible and he will never feel at ease until, once again, have your Father's smile. And still he can remember still. A hidden face is not a sign of a forgotten heart. It is in love that your face is turned; however, for a true child of God, this the concealment of your Father's face is terrible and he will never feel at ease until, once again, have your Father's smile.
Verse 2
"How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? in your heart, as if your devices had become countless, more useless. Here we have often been like David, for we have considered and reconsidered day after day, but we did not discover the device happy for which to escape our problem. This store is a sad pain.
Ruminating on problems is a bitter job. The children fill their mouths with bitterness when they chew the pill they should obediently to be taken all at once. "How long will my enemy be exalted over mim?" This is like absinthe in the gall, to see the wicked enemy exulting. while our soul is bent inside us. The laughter of an enemy grates horribly in the ears of sadness. For the devil to make joy of our misery is the last drop of our complaint, and it greatly breaks our patience; therefore, let us make this a main argument in our request for mercy.
Thus, the attentive reader will observe that the question 'for how long?' is placed in four forms. The writer's sorrow is seen, as it seems to be, how it is, how it affects yourself, and your enemies without it. We are all prone to play more on the worst string. We set up monumental stones on the graves of our joys, but who thinks of erecting monuments of praise for the mercies received? We wrote four books of Lamentations and only one from Canticles, and we are much more at home at to lament a Misere than to sing a Te Deum.
But now the prayer raises its voice, like the watchman who proclaims the dawn.
Now the tide will turn and the weeper will dry his eyes. The propitiatory is the life of hope is the death of despair. The dark thought of God to have him abandoned still is in the soul of the psalmist, and he then cries out: "Consider and listen to me." He immediately remembers the root of his misfortune and cries out in loud voice that can be removed. The final absence of God is the fire of Tophet, and your temporary absence takes your people to the very suburbs of hell.
God is here begging to see and hear, so that he may be doubly moved by pity. What should we do if we do not have a God to whom travel in the hour of misery? Observe the cry of faith: "Oh Lord, my God!"
It is not a very glorious fact that our interest in our God is not destroyed by all our trials and sorrows? We can lose our gourds, but not our God. The scripture of heaven is not written in the sand, but in eternal brass.
Illuminate my eyes: that is, let the eye of my faith be clear, so that I I can see my God in the dark; let my watchful eye be well. open, so as not to be imprisoned, and to let the eye of my understanding be enlightened to see the right path. Perhaps there is also a allusion to those applauses from the spirits so frequently called clarification of the eyes, because it makes the face brighten and the eyes shine.
Well, we can use the prayer: 'Illuminate our darkness, I beg you, oh' Lord!" because in many aspects we need the illuminating rays of Holy Spirit. "So that I do not sleep the sleep of death." Darkness produces sleep and discouragement do not take long to make the eyes heavy. From this weakness e obscuridade da visão, causada pelo desespero, há apenas um passo para o I am made of iron from death. David feared that his trials would end his life, and he correctly uses his fear as an argument with God in prayer; for deep affliction has in it a kind of claim over the compassion, not a claim of right, but a request that has power with grace. Under the pressure of heartache, the psalmist does not wait for sleep of the death with hope and joy, as the faithful assure, but he shrinks with fear, from which we cling to the captivity of the fear of death is not newness. .from which we gather that the slavery of the fear of death it's no news. from which we gather that the slavery of fear of death is not new.
Verse 4
Another appeal is made in the fourth verse, and it is the one that the believer experienced can handle well when on their knees. We make use of our arch-enemy at once, and we forced him, like Samson, to work in our mill, while we use your cruel arrogance as an argument in prayer. It is not the Lord's will that the great enemy of our souls overcome your children. This dishonors God and causes the evil one to boast. It is good for us that our salvation and the honor of God are so closely intertwined connected, may they stay or fall together.
Our pact God will complete the confusion of all our enemies, and if for some time we become a mockery and a joke, the day will come when that the shame will change sides, and contempt will be poured over those who who is due.
Verse 5
What a change is here! The rain is over and gone, and the time has come of the birds' singing. The seat of mercy has refreshed the poor Crier, that he clears his throat for a song. If we lament with let's dance with him. David's heart was more out of tune than his harp. He begins to sigh many psalms and ends them singing; and others it begins in joy and ends in sadness; "Thus, someone could to think, men of contrary humor." It is worth noting that joy is both greater because of the previous sadness, as the calm is even more pleasant in remembrance of the preceding storm.
The sorrows remembered to gift joy.
Here is your statement of trust: "But I relied on your kindness."
For many years, he used to make the Lord his castle and his tower of defense, and he still smiles behind the same bastion. He is sure of his faith and his faith make safe; If he doubted the reality of his trust in God, he would block one of the windows through which the sun from the sky delights in shining.
Faith is now in practice and, consequently, is readily discovered; there is never a doubt in our hearts about the existence of faith while it is In action: when the hare or the partridge is still, we do not see it, but we let it be. the same in motion and soon we perceive it. All the powers of its enemies did not expel the psalmist from his fortress. When the sailor a shipwrecked person clings to the mast, David also clings to his faith; he could not would not give up your confidence in the Lord your God. What can we gain by your example and hold on to our faith as if it were our own life!
Now listen to the music that faith makes in your soul. The bells of the mind are everyone playing, "My heart will rejoice in your salvation". There is joy and banquet inside the gates, for a glorious guest has arrived and the calf heifer is dead. Sweet is the music that sounds from the strings of the heart. But this does not it's all; the voice joins in the blessed work, and the tongue tunes with the soul, while the writer declares: "I will sing to the Lord".
I will praise you every day, Now your past of anger; Comfortable thoughts arise from bloody sacrifice.
The Psalm ends with a sentence that is a rebuttal to the accusation of forgetfulness that David had uttered in the first verse: "He has dealt generously with me." So it will be with us if we wait a little. the complaint that in our haste we uttered will be happily withdrawn, and we We will testify that the Lord has dealt abundantly with us.