psalm 46: 1

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in trouble.

That verse popped out at me today as I was reading. And I think that verse is amazingly true. God is always there for you, even if things aren't going your way. It's a nice verse. It's comforting, even peacful sounding.

I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.

I like how he's saying, 'I'm not the one who's doing all this good stuff, it's God.' He knows what he would be without God, and he applies it to his life, and gives praise to God.

I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."

What? Why? Why would he ask that? 'Lord, heal me cuz I sinned.' I mean, that doesn't even make a tiny little nip of sense, if you think about it. Or maybe he was crying for mercy. 'Lord, I've sinned, please have mercy and heal me' sort of thing. But what it really sounds like is, ' Heal me because I sinned agianst you.' But I don't know. Any help?

"Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer."

David seems knows that he does'nt deserve God's love, he has God's love, and that God's love is unconditional. So he feels free to call on God, no matter what, no matter when, and no matter why.

Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Who was the guy who bertayed him? It was one of his close friends, I bet he had a lot of them. but who was it?

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

 That seems to happen a lot when there is a bad king in the bible. ( Or any bad person) You think "why doesn't God just wipe that guy off the face of the earth?"  But god says to be patient, and wait. Then you start looking for them, and they're  gone. You just have to be patient.

A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;  for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

I know that sometimes it's really hard not to do something wrong or that occasionally it's really easy to envy someone who is sinning. And sometimes we say 'It's really hard to follow God's path and do what he wants me to do.'  But really, if we give ourselves to God, we'll find that it's really not that hard at all.

"For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Besides, ther's no reward in doing wrong exept withering away like grass. And who would want that?