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Morning, May 25 | “Do not forsake me, O Lord.” —Psalm 38:21 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Psalm 38:15-22 (NASB)

For I hope in You, O Lord;
You will answer, O Lord my God.
For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”
For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
For I confess my iniquity;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
But my enemies are vigorous and strong,
And many are those who hate me wrongfully.
And those who repay evil for good,
They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me!
Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!

Devotional Video Transcript:

Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, but we too much forget that we have need to use this prayer at all times.
There is no moment of our life, however holy, in which we can do without his constant upholding.
Whether in light or in darkness, in communion or in temptation, we alike need the prayer, “Do not forsake me, O Lord.”
“Uphold me that I may be safe.” (Psalm 119:117)

A little child, while learning to walk, always needs the nurse’s aid.
The ship left by the pilot drifts at once from her course.
We cannot do without continued aid from above; let it then be your prayer today,
“Do not forsake me. Father, do not forsake your child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy.
Shepherd, do not forsake your lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold.
Great Husbandman, do not forsake your plant, lest it wither and die.
‘Do not forsake me, O Lord,’ now; and do not forsake me at any moment of my life.
Do not forsake me in my joys, lest they absorb my heart.
Do not forsake me in my sorrows, lest I murmur against you.
Do not forsake me in the day of my repentance, lest I lose the hope of pardon, and fall into despair; and do not forsake me in the day of my strongest faith, lest faith degenerate into presumption.
Do not forsake me, for without you I am weak, but with you I am strong.
Do not forsake me, for my path is dangerous and full of snares, and I cannot do without your guidance.
As the hen does not forsake her brood, so you Lord, evermore cover me with your feathers and permit me under your wings to find my refuge.
‘Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.’ (Psalm 22:11)
‘Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation!’ (Psalm 27:9)

“O ever in our cleansed breast,
Bid thine Eternal Spirit rest;
And make our secret soul to be
A temple pure and worthy thee.”
(Hosanna To The Living Lord, by Reginald Heber, 1811)

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