Be Merciful to Me, O God, for Man Would Swallow Me Up...

 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;

Fighting all day he oppresses me.

2 My enemies would hound me all day,

For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

3 Whenever I am afraid,

I will trust in You.

4 In God (I will praise His word),

In God I have put my trust;

I will not fear.

What can flesh do to me?

5 All day they twist my words;

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They gather together,

They hide, they mark my steps,

When they lie in wait for my life.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity?

In anger cast down the peoples, O God!

8 You number my wanderings;

Put my tears into Your bottle;

Are they not in Your book?

9 When I cry out to You,

Then my enemies will turn back;

This I know, because God is for me.

10 In God (I will praise His word),

In the LORD (I will praise His word),

11 In God I have put my trust;

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;

I will render praises to You,

13 For You have delivered my soul from death.

Have You not kept my feet from falling,

That I may walk before God

In the light of the living?—Psalm 56

I am just gonna keep my Bible opened to Psalm 56 for the next few days. Such a heartening, fear quenching Psalm that points us continually to the One in whom we CAN trust and confidently rely on to see us through the trials of this life. 

Mercy is defined in my Thompson Chain Reference Bible as a form of love, especially directed toward the needy or unworthy.  That’s me!  Today, then, in my grief and my sorrow, I will not turn aside to those things that are empty and do not profit. Today, I will seek my God of mercy.  Today, I will give Him all that is in my heart and praise His holy name!  Today, I will remember His divine care and I will consider the great things He has done for me. 

—He has redeemed my soul from destruction.

—He has kept my feet from falling.

—He takes account of all my wanderings.  

—He keeps every one of my tears in a bottle. 

My precious, all seeing, all knowing, merciful God knows what I face and the way that I take, AND He cares.  When I call, He will hear me...He will answer because THIS I know...My God is FOR me. 

Today I will walk before Him in the light of His life and light. He who has begun a good work in me WILL carry it on and perfect it until I walk forever in His light in my heavenly home.

For the LORD will not forsake His people, for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.—1 Samuel 12:22