I was recently talking with people about this psalm, which we read with the Berean Standard Bible. In verses 3 and 6, it says “I mused,” meaning I meditated. One of the men in the group pointed out that the problem sometimes is that we to busy amusing ourselves rather than musing about the things of God. Yes, in the musing that the Psalmist is doing, he confesses that it seems that God isn’t helping, but instead of just looking at what is happening now, the Psalmist considers the past and God’s work in the Exodus of Israel from Egypt. As I considered this, I thought that for Christians today, when we meditate on our troubles, we should also consider our exodus from sin brought by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. These reflections can help put things into perspective. Perhaps when we look at the things we suffer in light of the cross, we can say like Paul, “From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus” (Galatians 6:17).
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