Psalm 6 - NKJV 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O LORD—how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! 5 For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks? 6 I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears. 7 My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD has heard my supplication; The LORD will receive my prayer. 10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly. A Meditation[a] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

Cry To The Lord You get the feeling sometimes that David was a troubled man. Indeed, he was. He was the apple of God's eye. He was one of God's favorite people. But he had trouble. Think about that. If David, God's favorite son, the aple of his eye, had troubles is it any wonder when we too have troubles. It was troubled Job said, "Man was born for trouble as the sparks fly upward." (Job 5:7) David was a crybaby, but in the good sense. He didn't whine and cry in front of people. No, he cried to the Lord in the privacy of his prayer closet. He said he drenched his bed with tears. Now there is a man's man who was able to shed tears before the Lord in prayer. Do you? Why not? Are you just trying to be tough or look tough? David was tough, but he was also tender. He knew that there were times in life that all you can do is cry. In Psalms 56:8 he says that he knows that God sees every tear and saves them in a bottle. In Revelation we see that God keeps the prayers of saints like insense in bowls before him. He sees. He knows. He marks it down. He will act on your behalf. I love the way David always ended his prayer journal with triumphant praise. His situation did not change but his attitude did as he remembered the Lord's care and faithfulness. What do you need to cry about today? Have you had a great loss? A friend, a spouse, a marriage, a job, a position, some amount of money, something broke and you have to replace it at a great cost? Whatever it is God is listening. Tell him all about it. He sees and cares. New King James Bible, Bible Gateway Index Our Devotional Index