The #Psalm: Psalm 31:9-16
 
#David #lamented over his #pain and #distress

He begged for God's mercy in his distress; he wasted away in grief. His life was spent in sorrow because of sin. 

He was a reproach because of not only his adversaries but even to his neighbors and friends. 

He was forgotten like a dead man and a broken vessel.  He had heard derision and encountered terrors; his enemies took counsel against him to kill him. 

Yet David trusted in YHWH and asked for deliverance from his enemies. 

He wanted God's face to shine upon him and to be saved in God's covenant loyalty.

When might we feel the need to speak such things before God?