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He will extend his hand

Psalm 138:1-8 (JDV)

Psalm 138:1 [Of David.] I will give you thanks with all my heart; I will sing your praise before the “gods”.
Psalm 138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name because of your constant love and truth. You have exalted your name and your promise above everything else.
Psalm 138:3 On the day I called, you answered me; you increased strength within me.
Psalm 138:4 All the kings on earth will give you thanks, Yahveh, when they hear what you have promised.
Psalm 138:5 They will sing of Yahveh’s roads, for Yahveh’s glory is great.
Psalm 138:6 Though Yahveh is exalted, he sees the low ones; but he knows the high ones from a distance.
Psalm 138:7 If I walk into the middle of danger, you will preserve me from the anger of my enemies. You will extend your hand; your right hand will deliver me.
Psalm 138:8 Yahveh will fulfill his purpose for me. Yahveh, your covenant faithfulness is permanent; do not abandon the work of your hands.

he will extend his hand

If you have ever asked yourself why you go through so much trouble, and been tempted to feel like God has abandoned you… camp out here in Psalm 138. The psalmist was there, but he saw his days of trouble as signs not that God was gone, but that his deliverance was there in the midst of trouble. That’s what this life is for. It isn’t for us to live above troubles, but for us to know the consistent deliverance of the LORD, who wants to hold our hand as we walk through those trials.

LORD, here’s my hand.