Psalm 9

Have mercy on me, O LORD!
Consider my trouble from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of the daughter of Zion.
I will rejoice in Your salvation.—Psalm 9:13-14

I am so grateful that I can ask my Lord to have mercy on me even though there is NOTHING in me that merits mercy.  I can ask him to “consider” my trouble.  I have looked up that word in time past and the meaning has stuck with me.  It means to look at my trouble from every aspect..from every point of view.  God really “GETS” what I am going through.  That is such a comfort to me.  If I know God understands what I am going through, it doesn’t matter to me if anyone else does.  His considered understanding brings peace to my heart.  He knows the way I take...He comprehends my path...even and especially when I don’t.

I say with the Psalmist:

“Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.”

The One who lifts me up from the gates of death understands all I am going through.  His desire for me is good. I can trust Him to see me through my earthly journey.  With David then:

I WILL praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart;
I WILL tell of all Your marvelous works.
I WILL be glad and rejoice in You;
I WILL sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

Someday I WILL tell of all Your praise in the heavenly gates. Truly I can and I WILL rejoice in Your salvation now and forever.

This Psalm can also be seen as messianic.  Verses 13 & 14 can speak to God’s wonderful resurrection promise to His Son whose death had been plotted by His enemies. Because He lives, I WILL live also. ❤️

For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
That in my flesh I shall see God,
Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!—Job 19:25-27