December 7, 2011 – Psalm 38

It is hard to read this and not think about Jesus and the cross. You have to imagine the prayers He was praying as He was going through this ordeal. A psalm about enemies gaining strength, friends staying away, being beaten down and pleading the God not leave you.

The early Christians would have also known this psalm and likely had it memorized. It may have been one that they sung as they waited in the arena waiting for the lions. It is a dark psalm about the overwhelming strength of the enemy as it appears in this world. But it ends with the hope that we must have in calling out to God for His help and grace. I don’t think I spend enough time with the psalms.