The Psalm of the Forgotten
Psalm 70 corresponds with Psalm 40 - a copy with variations. David appears to have written the full length Psalm, then made this excerpt from it, and altered it to suit the occasion. It is a fitting pendant to Psalm 69, and a appropriate preface to Psalm 71. It is often called the Psalm of the Forgotten.
David wrote this psalm in a state of affliction - remembering God's times of deliverance in the past bring hope and help in times of present trouble.
David is back on the throne after Absalom's rebellion and death - it is his Psalm of remembrance. David is remembering his trip to Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:24), his loneliness, his flight from Jerusalem, his hearing for the first time of the death of his son, his trip back to the palace to the city and to the throne. How utterly helpless and afflicted David must have felt. In times of difficulty, fear or suffering, I want God to HURRY UP! I want Him to make haste to help me. I find it hard to trust God's timing.
It is instinctively easier to mistrust the timing of God, and this lack of trust accounts for much of my anxiety. Yet if I pause and take a close look at my experience, it shows how flawless God's timing actually is. With the benefit of hindsight, I often recognize how remarkably advantageous His timing has been in the events of my life.
Yesterday I was told I had made an inerrant decision even though several month's before the person had previously approved the decision.
The director of the dept is someone who did not want to hire me - but I was given the job because a higher authority did want me in the position.
Though I did not show it, I was instantly angry and fearful about the 360 degree turn and blame placed on me. Based upon my wrong decision, I would need to make the situation right I was told. So I sought that path immediately. Because I did, the situation turned again 360 degrees back to vindicate me. In my seeking to correct the error, another city dept had to be looped in and they caught other dept's mistake, I had made the right decision.
It all took place in the course of an hour but it still felt like an eternity. I hope I learned in the future - to be calmer while waiting on God.
God's timing is just as important as God's will. Even when enemies are trying to trip me up for me - God is in control.
"My enemies have set a trap for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they themselves have fallen into it." Psalm 57:6
When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly. ~ Ps. 75:2
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