Depression

¹I’m hurting , Lord—will you forget me forever?[#13:1 This is the psalm that describes the journey from self to God, from despair to delight, from feeling abandoned to feeling affirmed. It begins with pain and ends with praise. Moaning gives way to music. We each can take comfort in what David experienced.]

How much longer, Lord?

Will you look the other way when I’m in need?

²How much longer must I cling to this constant grief?

I’ve endured this shaking of my soul.

So how much longer will my enemy have the upper hand?

Intercession

³Take a good look at me, Yahweh , my God, and answer me!

Breathe your life into my spirit.

Bring light to my eyes in this pitch-black darkness

or I will sleep the sleep of death.

⁴Don’t let my enemy proclaim, “I’ve prevailed over him.”

For all my adversaries will celebrate when I fall.

⁵I have always trusted in your kindness, so answer me .

I will spin in a circle of joy

when your salvation lifts me up.

⁶I will sing my song of joy to you, Yahweh ,

for in all of this you have strengthened my soul.

My enemies say that I have no Savior,

but I know that I have one in you!