The Cry of Every Heart (That Loves God)

Pondering Psalm 143.7, this morning, which strikes the reader as so contemporary, so parallel to one's own thoughts and experience. When I am in difficulty, I want to know that the Lord knows. I want him to hear when I cry out to him, and I want to know that he hears. Just like David. This is what I believe he is crying for here. It's not that David does not believe that the Lord hears him. He does believe that. It's that he wants to be certain that the Lord knows. He wants a response (Answer me quickly, O Lord!...Hide not your face from me).

This is a great example why so many believers across so many cultures love the Psalms. They speak so universally to our own experience and desires.