Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
The verse is to be studied deeply rather than skimmed over the surface, dug into as a miner digs for precious ore hidden in the earth. Together with Psalms 24 and 50 it displays the greatness of God and the need to take a stand under the rule of Christ. Its plea for mercy in desolation and affliction means turning to God in loneliness and trouble and thereby leaving the side of Satan, anarchy, war, and strife.
Receiving its message makes readers Christians in every sense of the word who bear a powerful witness in favor of the truth. Living it out gives no aid or strength to Satan's deceptive system and stands against his determination to break down the fortifications of truth. It especially calls God's people in positions of trust, who need a new conversion and must be born again, not to turn aside from guarding His sacred principles. Those who stay on Satan's side will face fearful loss, with lost souls seen at the last great day.
The verse is to be studied deeply rather than skimmed over the surface, dug into as a miner digs for precious ore hidden in the earth. Together with Psalms 24 and 50 it displays the greatness of God and the need to take a stand under the rule of Christ. Its plea for mercy in desolation and affliction means turning to God in loneliness and trouble and thereby leaving the side of Satan, anarchy, war, and strife.
Receiving its message makes readers Christians in every sense of the word who bear a powerful witness in favor of the truth. Living it out gives no aid or strength to Satan's deceptive system and stands against his determination to break down the fortifications of truth. It especially calls God's people in positions of trust, who need a new conversion and must be born again, not to turn aside from guarding His sacred principles. Those who stay on Satan's side will face fearful loss, with lost souls seen at the last great day.