How long?

The new year begins for me with the 13th Psalm. A short psalm of lament. In this Psalm, the situation and the mood rapidly changes with every two verses. What begins as failure and a "flat-on-the-face-fall" in the first two verses, changes in the middle verses to a spirit of compusure and knee-bent-prayer. The final two verses describe a victorious mood where God  enables the psamist to rejoice and dance.

Below is my own rendition of the 13th Psalm.

I am also drawn to the passage in Isaiah 61:1-3 which heralds the new year with God's promise of restoration and is surprisingly similar to the 13th Psalm. Verse 2a speaks of the proclamation of the year of the Lord and verses 2b and 3 go on to show the change from mourning to comfort, from ashes to beauty, from a spirit of heaviness to garments of praise.

Finally the song at the bottom sums it all..for I am trading my sorrows for joy.....

Blessings and similar changes in the lives of all my readers for the new year!

Psalm 13

I've being looking for the day-break, hoping for a respite,wishing to sing a new song.
But God, You are hidden, and I have been forgotten, and everything seems to be wrong!
I've been losing my battles, falling flat on my face, not being able to get along.
While my rivals they prosper and do well, I just seem to be sulking and asking you,
LORD, HOW LONG???

Now I am on my knees LORD, calling to You Lord, hoping that You will hear.
Listen to me LORD, open my eyes Lord, and bring me to You near!
The enemy is gloating, and seems to be boasting that he has the best of me,
Isn't it time we reminded him, that ours is a team-work and the force to reckon is WE!

I am trusting in You Lord, and my foot steps are cleared Lord, for a tune, for a song, for a dance!
You have lifted my heart Lord, restored my joy Lord, and made my bounty enhance.


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