“153 Consider my affliction and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten Your instruction.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me;
give me life as You promised.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked
because they do not seek Your statutes.
156 Your compassions are many, Lord;
give me life according to Your judgments.
157 My persecutors and foes are many.
I have not turned from Your decrees.
158 I have seen the disloyal and feel disgust
because they do not keep Your word.
159 Consider how I love Your precepts;
Lord, give me life according to Your faithful love.
160 The entirety of Your word is truth,
and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.”

Psalm 119:153-160

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Read through David’s lament again. Read his cry to God a second time. Where is his heart? What is going on in his head?

Read it a third time, remembering God’s faithfulness in your own struggles, remember how He has shown you love and protection. 

Read it a fourth and final time, making it a prayer of remembrance. Praise Him for His faithful love & watchcare.