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 ¹Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

 ²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

 ³I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

 ⁴They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

 ⁵O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

 ⁶Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

 ⁷Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

 ⁸I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

 ⁹For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

 ¹⁰When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

 ¹¹I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

 ¹²They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

 ¹³But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

 ¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

 ¹⁵Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

 ¹⁶Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

 ¹⁷And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

 ¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

 ¹⁹Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

 ²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

 ²¹They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

 ²²Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

 ²³Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

 ²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

 ²⁵Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

 ²⁶For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

 ²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

 ²⁸Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

 ²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

 ³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

 ³¹This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

 ³²The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

 ³³For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

 ³⁴Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

 ³⁵For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

 ³⁶The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

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Dreams for me have always been significant. Reptilian dreams especially. Not in a nice way though. 

King David shows us how to deal with our fears, with the things that give us the shivers, the things that represent darkness and pain…harbingers. 

 ¹³But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

What then shall we be afraid of? What is too hard for the Lord?

The Isrealites, after they were delivered from Egypt (after 400 years of slavery) were led into the desert by the hand of the Lord. The Isrealites while in Egypt lived in the fertile region called Goshen in the Nile delta. The contrast presented by life in the desert must’ve been shocking, at the least. Of course they complained, but the Lord did not abandon them. He provided for their every need, meat, bread, water….life. The Lord sustained them through the journey in this very harsh wilderness.

As people of faith, we are plucked from the bondage of sin and the world and thrust into a desert without the instant gratifications that sorrounded us while we were in the world. Of course our bodies groan and complain. 

 ²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

As we travel the desert, there shall be things to scare us, enemies on every side, blowing horns and loosing arrows and spears at us, constantly. Harbingers everywhere.

 ²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

We serve a mighty Lord, who has never been defeated. Ever.

Let us place our reliance totally on Him, and watch His Glory for ourselves as he demolishes our enemies.

 ¹⁷And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Be not afraid.