A Journal Entry in Psalms

"I will wait on your name, for it is good." ~Psalm 52:9

"How long, oh Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long will you take counsel in your soul?"

"As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my heart pants for you, o God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night [...] Why are you cast down, o my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance and my God." ~Psalm 42:1-3, 11

"O Lord, do not rebuke me in your wrath, nor chasten me in your hot displeasure! For your arrows pierce me deeply, and your hand presses me down. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger, nor any health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. [...] I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because the turmoil of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before you; and my sighing is not hidden from you. My heart pants, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it has gone from me. [...] Do not forsake me, o Lord; o my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, o Lord my salvation!" ~Psalm 38:1-6,8-10,21,22

"I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord, who maketh heaven and earth. He will not allow thy foot to slip, he who keeps thee will not slumber. Behold! He who keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. The Lord is thy keeper. The Lord is the shade on thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall keep thy soul. The Lord will guard thy going out and coming in from this time forth and even forevermore." Amen. ~Psalm 121

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? [...] Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!" ~Psalm 27:1,14