I have hoped in you, O Lord. I said,
"You are my God."
(Psalm 30:1-15)
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David according to an ecstasy.
2 In you, Lord, I have hoped; let me never be confounded. In your justice, deliver me.
3 Incline your ear to me. Hasten to rescue me. Be for me a protector God and a house of refuge, so as to accomplish my salvation.
4 For you are my strength and my refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.
5 You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.
6 Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.
7 You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.
8 I will exult and rejoice in your mercy. For you have looked upon my humility; you have saved my soul from needfulness.
9 And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
10 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am troubled. My eye has been disturbed by wrath, along with my soul and my gut.
11 For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.
12 I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.
13 I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart. I have become like a damaged utensil.
14 For I have heard the harsh criticism of many who linger in the area. While assembled together against me in that place, they deliberated on how to take away my life.
15 But I have hoped in you, O Lord. I said, "You are my God."
(Catholic Bible version)
This passage is telling us the need to always hope in the Lord .many people in this world believe in small gods that don't answer when he is been called upon .like that of prophet of Baal ,which didn't answer when the prophet called upon him .But trust and hope in the Almighty God ,the God that answered Elijah ,Abraham and many others in time the need him most and I tell you that your mouth will be filled with praise.
Let us pray
Father we thank you and we acknowledge all the things you have been doing for us.We pray you give us the grace to continue to hope and trust you in all that we do .Amen