Friday Focus: A Thankful Heart

 

 

 

 PSALM 138

 " A THANKFUL HEART"
A Song of David 

 

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I will praise Thee with my whole heart;

before the gods will I sing praise unto Thee.

I will worship  toward Thy holy temple,

and praise Thy name for Thy loving-kindness

and for Thy truth; for Thou hast magnified

Thy word above all Thy name.

In the day when I cried Thou answered me,

and strengthened me with strength in my soul.

All the kings of the earth shall praise Thee, O LORD,

when they hear the words of Thy mouth.

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD;

for great is the glory of the LORD.

 

Though the LORD be high, yet hath He

respect unto the lowly: but the proud

He knoweth afar off.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble,

Thou wilt revive me: Thou shall stretch forth

 Thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,

and Thy right hand shall save me.

 

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me:

Thy mercy, O LORD, endures forever;

forsake not the works of Thine own hand.

 

"Wretched walking in the midst of trouble. Nay, blessed walking,
since there is a special promise for it.  Give me a promise, and what 
is the trouble? What doth my Lord teach me here to say? Why this-

 "Thou wilt revive me".

I shall have more life, more energy, more faith.  Is it not often so,
that trouble revives us, like a breath of cold air when one is ready to faint?

How angry are my enemies and especially the archenemy! 
Shall I stretch forth my hand and fight my foes? 

No, my hand is better employed in doing service for my Lord. 
Besides, there is no need, for my God will use His far-reaching arm,
 and He will deal with them far better than I could if I were to try.

"Vengeance is mine, I will repay," saith the LORD.

He will with His own right hand of power and wisdom save me,
and what more can I desire?

Come, my heart, talk this promise over to thyself till thou canst use it as
 the song of thy confidence, the solace of thy holiness. Pray to be revived
 thyself, and leave the rest with the LORD, who performs all things for thee."
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon