PSALMS 119:81-88 THE DEJECTION OF DESPAIR

IT’S A DRAIN ON EMOTIONAL ENERGY

LOOK FOR GOD’S RESCUE             

My soul faints for Your salvation:

LOOK FOR GOD’S RESPONSE       

but I hope in Your word. 

IT’S A DRAIN ON OUR EVALUATION

LOOK FOR GOD’S PERSPECTIVE

Mine eyes fail for Your word, saying,

LOOK FOR GOD’S PROMISE         

When will You comfort me?

IT’S A DRAIN ON PHYSICAL ENERGY

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke

(a wineskin in the smoke pictures getting dried out, stiff, & cracked; It’s a way of saying I’m impotent and essentially leaking & useless.) 

LOOK FOR GOD’S REJUVENATION

Yet do I not forget your statutes.

LOOK FOR GOD’S RENEWAL           

How many are the days of your servant?

LOOK FOR GOD’S RESULTS

When will you execute judgment on them that persecute me                                                 

IT’S A DRAIN ON SPIRITUAL ENERGY

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after your law.                                    

Facing spiritual pitfalls that drain us emotionally, mentally and even spiritually – can discouraged us beyond an ability to cope 

LOOK TO GOD’S WORD FOR RELIABILITY     

All your commandments are faithful:

LOOK TO GOD’S WORD FOR REALITY            

they persecute me wrongfully help me.

LOOK TO GOD’S WORD FOR REDIRECTION

They had almost consumed me on earth

DON’T FORSAKE HIS WORD                             

but I forsook not thy precepts.

LOOK TO GOD’S WORD FOR RECOVERY        

Quicken me after your lovingkindness;

DON’T FORGET HIS WORD                                

so will I keep the testimony of your mouth

Each of these eight verses begin with the Hebrew term Caph. CAPH is the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet and is suggestive of the term palm which is the inside cupped area of the hand.

God’s Palm Demonstrates His infinite sovereignty

Isa 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand. Now that’s impressive holding the seven seas in your palm.

God’s Palm Demonstrates His intimate sensitivity

Isa. 49:16 Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

God’s Palm Demonstrates His individual security

Jn. 10:28 neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. No man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

Nothing is too big for him, nothing, no matter how small and insignificant is missed by his gaze and no power can defy his protective grip. We can trust on his tender care and gentle hold on us.

My name from the palms of His hands

Eternity will not erase;

Impressed on His heart it remains

In marks of indelible grace.