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Psalm 39: Saved!

The well-known saying "sacrifice and offering you did not want" (vv. 7-9) points to the messianic nature of this psalm; it is given as the words of the Lord Jesus in Heb. 10:5. However, this psalm gives rise to a difficulty because its first part deals with the Resurrection, while the last part seems to return to the suffering on the cross. It is not easy to explain this transition. Some believe that in the first verses the Savior anticipates His resurrection and speaks of it as if it had already happened. Others understand the final passion-bearing prayer of the psalm as the prayer of the faithful remnant of Israel during the Great Tribulation. In our analysis, we will correlate the entire psalm with the Lord Jesus - first in relation to His resurrection, and then in relation to His torments on the Cross. If such a breakdown in chronological order confuses our Western rationality, let us be consoled by the fact that in the East such temporal order is often not considered something significant.

39:1, 2 These are the words from the mouth of the Messiah Jesus. He firmly trusted in his Lord that the Lord would hear his prayer and deliver him from death. Even our blessed Lord has not always received an immediate answer to His prayers. But He understood that delay does not necessarily mean refusal. God answers prayers at the time that is best suited for the fulfillment of His purpose for our lives.

God's help does not come to us too soon,

otherwise we would not know the Blessing to trust Him in darkness;

But not so late that we suffer from vain hopes.

39:3 The Savior compares the greatness of His resurrection from the dead with the exit from a terrible ditch and from a muddy swamp. Who can describe what it means for the Giver of Life to emerge from the tomb as the Conqueror of sin, Satan, death, and the grave—alive forever!

Although the salvation of Christ was a unique event, in some sense we are all able to feel the greatness of God, pulling us out of the ditches and potholes in our life path. As we all know, in life there are enough different deep holes. The unconverted person, who has realized his sinfulness by the Holy Spirit, has to get out of a particularly terrible ditch. The apostate also falls into the treacherous swamp. There are swamps of sickness, suffering and sorrow. Very often, when we are in need of guidance, it is as if we are wandering around the bottom of the dungeon. And, of course, sometimes we drown in a quagmire of loss, loneliness and despondency. There are unforgettable moments when we pray and cry and groan, but nothing seems to happen. We must learn from our Savior's example to wait patiently for the Lord's answer. In His times and seasons, in His ways, we will receive His help, He will draw us out of the pit, set our feet on a rock, and establish our feet.

39:4 We emphasize that God is also source our praise, not just hers an object. He puts a new song into our mouths, a song of praise to our God.

Our salvation urges us not only to give praise to God, but also to testify for other people: "Many will see and be afraid, and will hope in the Lord." As in no other case, this is true of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Let us think about the endless line of pilgrims of the faith who were turned to the Living God by the miracle of the empty tomb!

39:5 Thinking of those who have tasted and become convinced of how good the Lord is, the resurrected Redeemer proclaims one of the greatest, one of the most fundamental truths of spiritual life: "Blessed is the man who puts his hope in the Lord..." True happiness and fullness of life come only through faith into God. It couldn't be otherwise. We are so created that we can understand our destiny only when we recognize God as our Lord and Mentor. Pascal said it well: "In the human heart there is an emptiness formed by God." Augustine wrote: "You created us, Lord, for yourself, and our heart will not rest until it rests in You!"

The blessed man not only addresses true God; he turns away from proud people and followers of false gods. He is not deceived by the two greatest illusions in life - the idea that the achievements of a proud person matter, and that false gods commercialism, hedonism and sexual promiscuity can bring satisfaction to the human heart. A blessed person is more concerned about God's approval than human, he understands that the fullness of happiness can be found only in communion with God - and not in the company of those who worship idols in pagan temples.

39:6 This brings the Messiah to the thought of how countless the mercies of God are. His miracles and thoughts for the benefit of his people cannot be spoken of in terms of the quantifiable. For who is able to describe with all the infinite details the structure of nature created by Him? Who can enumerate in full even the most remarkable instances of His providential intervention? Who can comprehend the infinity of His spiritual blessings - and this is election, predestination, justification, redemption, appeasement, mercy, forgiveness, salvation, rebirth, filling with the Spirit, sealing with the Spirit, pledge of the Spirit, anointing, sanctification, divine sonship, inheritance, glorification - "wanted I would preach and speak, but they outnumber them."

When all your mercies, my God,

My saved soul sees

Then with a thrill of love and amazement trembling

Singing the glory of the Lord.

Joseph Addison.

39:7 As we have said, verses 7-9 testify to the essentially messianic nature of this psalm. From Heb. 10:5-9 we learn that these words were spoken by the Son of God when He came into this world. In essence, the point is that even when God established sacrifices and offerings for the people of Israel, they did not at all correspond to His ultimate goal. They were used as prototypes, prototypes of the best that will appear later. As a temporary replacement, they played their part. But God was never really satisfied with them; they were not perfect enough for him because they did not provide a final solution to the problem of sin. Realizing that the burnt offering and the sin offering cannot initially give what they want, God therefore opened the ears of His beloved Son. This expression simply means that the Savior was willing to listen to and do the will of His Father. That is how, with a voluntary readiness for obedience, Christ entered this world.

In the note to the LB translation, another version of the phrase "You opened my ears" is given - "You pierced (pierced) my ears." Some interpreters believe that this is a reference to the Jewish slave in Ex. 21:5, 6. If a slave did not want to receive freedom in the seventh year, they pierced his ear with an awl at the door frame, and then it was believed that he should remain with his master forever. Christ, as the fulfillment of the type, in His incarnation willingly became a slave (Philippians 2:7) and will continue to serve His people when He comes again (Luke 12:37).

When quoted in Heb. 10:5 the phrase "You opened my ears" is changed to: "You ... have prepared a body for me." As to the authority of such a substitution, the Holy Spirit, by whom these words in Psalm 39 were first inspired, certainly has the right to clarify them when they are repeated in the New Testament text. Literally translated, the Hebrew expression "to open the ear" should perhaps be understood as a figure of speech in which the part (in this case ear) implies the whole (in this case, the body; this figure is called the synecdoche). New Testament expands and clarifies its meaning in relation to the Incarnation.

39:8, 9 When Christ became Man, it was not a humble submission, but a joyful striving of the heart.

At the same time, He said: "Behold, I am coming; in a book scroll it is written about me: I desire to do Thy will, my God, and Thy law is in my heart." From the beginning to the end Old Testament predicted not only that Christ will come into this world, but also the fact that He will come with a desire to willingly and zealously fulfill the will of God. He not only recognized the will of God with his mind - it was imprinted in His very heart.

39:10, 11 These verses describe His earthly ministry. He proclaimed the truth about salvation in the great congregation, that is, in the house of Israel. He did not hide anything that God had ordained Him to proclaim. He did not hold back the great truths about God's saving help, about His eternal faithfulness and unchanging love.

39:12 The remaining verses of the psalm (1218), as we understand it, take us back to the crucifixion. We hear how the Savior calls out to God with the most piercing and painful groan. This call is closely related to the words of the previous verse 11. The connection here is this: “I told the people about Your salvation, Your faithfulness and Your unchanging love. Now, lest My testimony be refuted, Lord, do not withhold Your bounty from me. they keep me!"

39:13 The immediate cause of His desperate call was the fatal torment of Golgotha ​​that befell Him. These innumerable troubles were connected with innumerable sins by a causal relationship. But when He says, "My iniquities...", we must definitely remember that these were, in fact, our iniquities are those sins for which He undertook to pay a terrible price. His suffering was so great that His heart could not bear it. Who among us is able to imagine all the torment of the agony that He endured, so that we could be forgiven and pardoned!

39:14 Once on this fatal verge, Christ knocks on the heavenly gates with a plea for help - for immediate help. He seems to be crying out: "Hurry, Lord, deliver me, [deliver immediately!]". Such requests are unfailing. They move the divine Omnipotence to action.

39:15, 16 With regard to His enemies, He asks that their punishment be in proportion to their crimes. For their attempt on His life, they must be put to shame and put to shame. He prays that those who wish him harm will be rebuffed and put to ridicule. Those who gloat over His misfortunes He would see them perturbed by their own humiliation. If anyone objects to me that such feelings are not compatible with the image of the God of love, I will only remind you that a person, rejecting this love, consciously chooses punishment for himself.

39:17 With regard to the friends of God, Christ prays that they may always rejoice in the Lord. Let all who seek God rejoice and be glad in Him, and let those who love God's salvation say unceasingly: "Great is the Lord!"

39:18 Of Himself, Christ says that His strength is exhausted, that He is in desperate need. But the hope that the Lord thinks of Him consoles Him. As someone said, "Poverty and need are no obstacle to the thoughts of God."

As far as God Himself is concerned, He is the help and deliverer of His beloved Son. In the final chord of the prayer, the Lord Jesus cries out: "My God, do not delay." And God will not hesitate to answer. Already on the third day, the Father, bowing down, will save Him from the terrible pit, as we saw in the first part of the psalm.

We are thus convinced that in this psalm first appears answer to prayer, and only then prayer itself. This is a vivid illustration of the promise: "Before they call, I will answer; they will still speak, and I will hear" (Isaiah 65:24).

For different worldly needs they read special ones, the power of which helps to cope with serious illnesses, get out of the current situation, which is difficult to resolve in traditional ways, protect themselves from trouble, evil people, defeat the enemy and much more. Orthodox person in order for the Lord to hear his petitions and prayers, it is necessary to read the psalms day and night.

Priests Orthodox Church teach and bless their spiritual children to know by heart the main psalms, in what cases to read them, and also at what time this prayer is valuable. It is believed that from midnight to three o'clock the sky is open, and therefore the prayer that is read at this hour is very strong. In addition, it is recommended to know the prayers as a keepsake - Our Father, the Symbol of Faith, read Psalm 90, pronounce prayer rule from Seraphim of Sarov and Psalm 50.

There are important tips on which psalm to read when for every need.

1. So, psalm 90 is considered the most strong prayer, it is read when children are sick, when a person is in danger.
2. If thoughts are unclean or longing and despondency gnaw, you should read the prayer “Mother of God, Virgin, rejoice.” For the sake of the prayers of the Mother of God, the Lord will certainly give peace to the lost soul.
3. Every day you need to read kathisma 17, which, as the priests say, will be in protection for the believer during ordeals.
4. To protect yourself from serious sins, you need to resort to reading Psalm 18.
5. With unfair accusations of slander, it is worth reading 45 and 67 psalms.
6. Psalms 5.27, 43, 54, 78, 79 and 138 are used to humble the spirit.
7. When enemies continue to pursue a person in order to kill him or cause him physical harm, it is worth contacting reading psalms 34, 25 and 42.
8. Psalm 17 is recognized as thanksgiving, it is read by those who God help won a victory over the enemies.
9. In adversity, in defense against the machinations of ill-wishers, they read strong psalm 90, as well as Psalms 3, 37, 2, 49, 53,58 and 139.

The meaning of reading the psalms

The Word of God is food for soul and body. If the Divine Power does not penetrate into a person while reading psalms, then the empty space is filled with something else. If a person does not have the desire to pray, then the spirit of worries, anguish or fear takes possession of him. Reading Orthodox psalms for every person is a real help that has great importance. She is the source of strength and vital energy. God's power strengthens people who put meaning into their lives.

Text in Russian psalm 39

I firmly trusted in the Lord, and He bowed down to me and heard my cry; he drew me out of the terrible ditch, out of the muddy swamp, and set my feet on a stone and established my steps; and put into my mouth a new song, praise to our God. Many will see and fear and trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who puts his hope in the Lord and does not turn to the proud and to those who turn to falsehood. You have done a lot, O Lord, my God: about your miracles and your thoughts about us - who will be like you! I wish I could preach and speak, but they outnumber them. Sacrifices and offerings You did not desire; You opened my ears; You did not require burnt offerings and sin offerings. Then I said: here I go; in a book scroll it is written about me: I desire to do Thy will, my God, and Thy law is in my heart. I proclaimed in the great congregation; I did not rebuke my mouth: You, Lord, know. I did not hide Your truth in my heart, I proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation, I did not hide Your mercy and Your truth before the great assembly. Do not withhold, O Lord, Thy bounties from me; Thy mercy and Thy truth guard me unceasingly, for incalculable troubles have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I cannot see: they are more than the hairs on my head; my heart has left me. Delight, Lord, to deliver me; God! hasten to help me. May all who seek the destruction of my soul be ashamed and put to shame! May those who wish me harm be turned back and ridiculed! Let those who say to me, “Well done! Good!" May all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and let those who love Your salvation say without ceasing: “Great is the Lord!” I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. You are my help and my deliverer, my God! don't slow down.

Russian Orthodox text Psalm 46

Clap your hands, all nations, shout to God with a voice of joy; for the Lord Most High is terrible, the great King over all the earth; he brought nations and nations under our feet to us; chose for us our heritage, the beauty of Jacob, whom he loved. God ascended with shouts, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet. Sing to our God, sing; sing to our King, sing, for God is the King of all the earth; sing wisely. God reigned over the nations, God sat on his holy throne; the princes of the nations gathered to the people of the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth are God's; He is exalted above them.

Christian text psalm 47

Great is the Lord and all-praised in the city of our God, on His holy mountain. Beautiful high place, the joy of the whole earth, Mount Zion; on the north side is the city of the great King. God is known in his dwellings as an intercessor: for, behold, the kings came together and passed all by; they saw and were astonished, they were confused and fled; fear seized them there and torment, like that of women in childbirth; with the east wind You crushed the ships of Tharsh. As we heard, so we saw in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish him forever. We meditated, O God, on Your goodness in the midst of

The last few months have been difficult and discouraging for us due to some pressing and very serious circumstances in our family. I am sure that all of you have to go through such struggles. And if you're like me, the most crushing weight of the temptation to "fix" everything in the lives of those I love threatened to destroy my peace, joy, and contentment in the midst of my circumstances.

Psalm 39:1 says, "I waited patiently on the Lord."

Waiting Prayer: Father, help me patiently wait for You to feel Your sweet and comforting presence in the midst of chaos, confusion and pain! I believe that You are the answer to every life of people dear to me, their problems, illness, situation, relationship or disorder. You alone can correct, restore and heal. Give me the ability to lay my burdens at the foot of the cross of Christ so that I can see you move in purity and precision to do what my human nature cannot do. Help me to fully entrust the lives, minds, and hearts of those I love so that You can do Your work even better in, around, and through them. Please show me how to let go of my pride and my "need" to sort things out or "to come to the rescue." Give me the desire not to stand in Your way and let You move!

God's Answer to Prayer of Waiting:

Psalm 39:1 says, "And He bowed down to me and heard my cry."

My prayer: How amazing it is for me that You, the God of the universe, literally leaned towards me and heard my cry! How precious I am to You! How thankful my heart is, and how much I owe You that You took the time to hear my pitiful cries for help. In the midst of my pain, You care for me so much - much more than I could ever imagine! Thank you, Abba Father, for bending down and ministering to my broken spirit. Thank You that I can always be sure that You listen and hear me when I call on Your Holy Name!

Psalm 39:2 says, "He also brought me out of a terrible ditch, out of a muddy swamp."

My prayer: Loving Jesus, not only did you hear my cries for help, but you pulled me out of the ditch - a terrible place where I was filled with despair, and low spirits, and doubt and depression. As I was drowning in the quagmire, You filled me with hope and allowed me to see the light in the midst of the darkest place and period I have ever known. My heart is filled with gratitude that You literally pulled me out of the swamp that was sucking me in. I was knocked down, but not broken (2 Corinthians 4:9), because You crushed my enemies at my footstool.

Psalm 39:3 says, "He set my feet on a rock, and established my steps."

My prayer: Merciful God, after You pulled me out, You gently set my feet on firm ground so that I could walk without stumbling! You knew that I would need a solid foundation - a safe place where I could walk confidently and on which I could again dance with delight. Father, You helped me find my balance when I was teetering on the edge of the abyss. I was so afraid of falling because the pressure was too strong and the terror of the storm seemed to never end. But You stretched out Your hand to me in the midst of all this and mercifully saved my thoughts from the temptation to fall into despair. You have placed me where I will no longer be beaten by the ridicule and lies of the enemy of my soul. You raised me up on the Rock, which is Jesus Christ!

Psalm 39:4 says, "And he put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God."

My prayer: Holy Spirit, my joy was literally fading until You saved me and filled my mouth with fresh, new praise to the God of Glory! You gave me hope again and peace and life, and in the midst of the struggle of my circumstances, You reminded me to keep my eyes on the Holy Spirit. You helped me understand how to always rejoice, even when life seems cruelly unfair - especially to those I love and care about the most. Please teach me to sing new songs every minute, because worshiping the King of kings is my deepest desire. Let me hold on to Your Word, for the sword cuts deep to strike the enemy. May my song be answers to You as an offering of gratitude for all that You have done to save me from destructive thoughts and actions. " May they glorify the glorious and above all praise and praise Thy name! You, Lord, are one, You created the sky, the heavens of heaven and all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them, and You live all this, and the heavenly armies worship You.(Nehemiah 9:5,6).

God did all this because:

Psalm 39:4 says, "Many will see, and be afraid, and hope in the Lord."

When other people see how God allowed me to go through circumstances in victory, they will be in awe of what my wonderful, Almighty God can do. They will want to believe in a God who can do what He has already done, is doing now, and will continue to do for me when I call on Him. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says: “Always rejoice. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” This Scripture does not mean that we should rejoice because of our difficult and painful situations, but It does say that we should rejoice, be filled with prayers and thanksgiving IN THE MIDDLE of them.

How can we do it?

Don't miss the fun!

As we pour out our hearts to God in prayer from the deepest, darkest places of despair, we need to have faith that He will bow down to hear us, draw us out of the pit, and set us back on the rock so we can walk in victorious praise. and that many may see His goodness and power, and trust in Him.

God will use your most devastating circumstances for His glory through you! It is your prayers offered from the pit that can also save others from the pit. Stand firm in times of suffering and "Wait patiently on the Lord." He is there and just waiting for you to recognize His presence in the midst of your trials. Trust that He will bow down and hear your cries of despair to reach out His hand to you and show you His faithfulness. And then don't keep the fact that He saved you a secret! Give Him praise and glory “Many saw, and feared, and trusted in the Lord.”

The entire content of the psalm can be divided into three parts. In the first (2-9), David recalls the dangers he experienced, from which the Lord delivered him; in the second (10-11) he speaks of a revelation that came to him from God, which he announced before all the people, and in the third - (12-18) he prays to God for deliverance from the disasters he is experiencing again, and points to his sinfulness before Him (13). Under the first calamities, as already past ones, one must understand the persecution from Saul, which is indirectly indicated in Ps. 39-7 v. The whole psalm is thus written about the last persecution.

. I firmly trusted in the Lord, and He bowed down to me and heard my cry;

. he drew me out of the terrible ditch, out of the muddy swamp, and set my feet on a stone and established my steps;

. and put into my mouth a new song, praise to our God. Many will see and fear and trust in the Lord.

"I trusted firmly in the Lord", I, says David, endured a lot, but these sufferings did not weaken my faith in Him, I suffered a lot, but remained devoted to the Lord and the Lord heard my "cry" for help: He freed me from disasters. "Terrible ditch" - a ditch of suffering, deep, severe disasters; "muddy swamps" - that is, unstable, shaking soil found in swamps, means David's restless and full of dangers. The Lord brought him out of this ditch and mud, gave him a solid and safe existence. In accordance with the changed situation, David's songs also changed: instead of the former, prayerful and pleading, he began to compose new ones - thanksgiving and laudatory. By these disasters, David means persecution from Saul. The miraculous help that God often provided to David at this time, and his extraordinary fate, which elevated him to the throne, are so amazing that they should have aroused reverence for God and faith only in Him, and not in their own, in all people who know the history of his life. strength.

. Blessed is the man who puts his hope in the Lord and does not turn to the proud and to those who turn to falsehood.

Therefore, blessed is the one for whom the Lord is the only hope and who does not pay attention to "to the proud and to those who deviate from falsehood". By the latter we mean the wicked, who, however, possess external means of protection that are valuable in the eyes of people, whether in the form of wealth or their high position. Hope for them, according to David, is deceptive.

. You have done a lot, O Lord, my God: about your miracles and your thoughts about us - who will be like you! I wish I could preach and speak, but they outnumber them.

The Lord shows his mercy over people in many wonderful deeds. He creates and created them, both in the life of David and among the Jews, in such numbers that it is impossible to count them. Works of God human mind inexplicable, they are beyond his limited understanding, and none of the people are able to imagine with their thoughts, their minds the degree of love and the amount of mercy that He pours out on a person.

. Sacrifices and offerings You did not desire; You opened my ears; You did not require burnt offerings and sin offerings.

. Then I said: here I go; in a book scroll it is written about me:

. I desire to do Your will, my God, and Your law is in my heart.

It is also incomprehensible to man that God did not require David to observe the ritual law of Moses; He did not require from him a sacrifice (bloody) and offerings (bloodless), nor burnt offerings (peace), nor a sacrifice for sin, but in return for this "opened my ears". This points to the custom of the Jews to pierce the ears of that Jewish slave who, at the end of the Sabbath year, expressed a desire to remain with the former master. This expression indicates the voluntary dedication of one's entire self to the service of God, which dedication is higher than ritual sacrifice. For LXX-ti: "prepared a body for me"(σῶμα ), i.e., he made me a body, demanded from David not to serve Himself in the rites of the law, but to serve with his whole body, with his whole being - thoughts, feelings and actions. The word σῶμα means a person with soul and body. Both expressions, Hebrew and Greek, thus mean the same thing.

Such a time when God did not charge David with a sin for not offering sacrifices to him was the time of his flight from Saul to Ziklag (cf.). To this call of God to serve Him with all his being, David responded with a joyful feeling: "then I said: here I go". About this obedience "it is written... in a book scroll", in the scroll of the book of the law, by which this obedience was imposed on man by God, as an external requirement and command. For David, this obedience was not only the outward requirement of the law, but also the inward attraction of his spirit, ( "I want to do Your will"); in his activity and life he is always guided by this obedience - "Your law is in my heart", it constitutes an inalienable inner property that cannot remain unexpressed outside.

The replacement of sacrifices in relation to David by serving God with thoughts and deeds indicated that for God it is not the very objects of the offering that are valuable, and for a person it is not the very process of performing the ritual that is beneficial, but that sublime, inner mood of the offering, which should be caused by understanding the meaning of the ideological side of the external action.

By this fact that David was not charged with the sin of not observing the ritual side of the law and replacing the latter with another type of service to God, it was already foreshadowed that the law itself has not an immutable, eternal meaning, but a temporary one, which should be replaced by a higher than rites type of worship. With the coming of the Messiah, this happened: the law of Moses lost its obligatory meaning and was replaced by the service of God "in spirit and truths" (). As an indication of the abolition of the Old Testament law, this place is also clarified in the Epistle of Apostle Paul to the Jews ().

In the very content of the psalm there is a clear indication of its messianic meaning. In 8 st. David says that "in the book scroll it is written about me". If we mean here only David, then in no place is the holy. there is no such prophecy in the books about him. Meanwhile, back in the book. Genesis spoke of the Seed of the woman, so strong and pure that It will erase the head of the serpent, destroy his power over the world.

In subsequent revelations, this Seed of the woman was outlined even more fully: He is a prophet like Moses, the great Descendant of David, the God-man. And only to the latter with literal accuracy can the words be applied that he always carried the law "in his heart", he was always faithful to God.

The personality of David in this case was representative: his sincere desire for God, his thirst for consecrating himself to His full service, and his constant striving for unswerving adherence to His law, all this found full and exact realization in the service of the Messiah - Christ, the seed of David according to the flesh.

. I have proclaimed your righteousness in the great congregation; I did not rebuke my mouth: You, Lord, know.

. I did not hide Your truth in my heart, I proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation, I did not hide Your mercy and Your truth before the great assembly.

By “truth”, “mercy” and “truths” here one can understand both the glorification by David in the very songs that had church and public use of the Lord, for the mercy shown to him during the unjust persecution of enemies, and the promise that he received from God about the descent from him of the promised Descendant, that is, the Messiah.

. Do not withhold, O Lord, Thy bounties from me; may Thy mercy and Thy truth guard me unceasingly,

. for incalculable troubles surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I cannot see: they are more than the hairs on my head; my heart has left me.

. I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. You are my help and my deliverer, my God! don't slow down.

The rest of the content of the psalm represents David's prayer for salvation from the dangers that he experienced during the persecution from Absalom. - "May Thy mercy and Thy guard me unceasingly". As we pointed out above, the persecution of Absalom and the sympathy of the people for him was fed by slander against David of his enemies, and therefore they were undeserved by him, they were not “true.” God, as the bearer and defender of truth, is the only defender to whom David can boldly deal with prayer so that He would not allow enemies to trample on the truth, to triumph. "Iniquity has come upon me... than a hair on my head". - David here does not mean the number of various crimes committed by him, since then he could not be the divine chosen one, moreover, such crimes are not known and historical books do not indicate behind him, but the degree of consciousness of the severity of his sin with Bathsheba (see) . The more severe David's calamities were, the more hopeless his situation seemed, the more rejoicing was caused by his enemies (v. 16). Therefore, David prays to God to protect him and not to let the unrighteousness of his enemies triumph over the truth, and to fill with this protection the joy of the righteous, who, like David, will see that the only source of salvation, "Om helper ... and protector" is the Lord.

According to Art. 7-9 this psalm is of a figurative-messianic character.

39:1-4 Choir leader. Psalm of David.
2 I trusted firmly in the Lord, and he bowed down to me and heard my cry;
3 He drew me out of the terrible ditch, out of the muddy swamp, and set my feet on a rock and established my steps;
4 And put into my mouth a new song, praise to our God. Many will see and fear and trust in the Lord.
In two lines of everything - a long story about how David, in suffering, trusted in the Lord, then - he felt relieved, as if he had come out of a shaky quagmire onto solid ground under his feet, then he realized that it was not he who came out of the quagmire, but God, finally , helped him get out, then - the birth of a laudatory song to the Lord because of deliverance from suffering.
With us, too, such transformations sometimes happen: it twists to impossibility, well, that's it, at least - already fit into the ground, otherwise it leaves from under your feet, we pray to God just to endure, we don’t ask for anything else, and then - once! and relief from nowhere, even if in better side nothing has changed outwardly - inside it somehow feels strangely lighter, again the ground under your feet is felt and - either the way out is clearly visible, or it is clearly clear that you will have to live with this problem as well. But, most importantly, this understanding becomes very CLEAR. And nothing, somehow more it does not excite. Why? Because God inside helped to rebuild, not otherwise.

39:5 Blessed is the man who puts his hope in the Lord and does not turn to the proud and to those who turn to falsehood.
That is why a person is always blessed who seeks consolation in God and betrays all his experiences to God instead of seeking support from a neighbor or boss: if they help a ruble, then they will charge a thousand. And whoever does not understand this will continue to suffer through life with problems in the neighbors. And he who trusts in the Creator will not be lost in loneliness.

39:6 You have done a lot, O Lord, my God: about your miracles and your thoughts about us - who will be like you! - I would like to preach and speak, but they exceed the number.
When it becomes easier inside and the joy of life returns, then there is a desire to tell everyone about all the miracles that God does with us, and it’s good if we don’t stop at just one desire, but in fact we begin to preach about the great deeds of God, even if We believe that there are so many of these cases that to retell them is still not enough life. But it is better if we do not use this reservation in order to tell ourselves: if life is still not enough to tell about EVERYTHING, then we will not start.

No, at least a little, but each of His servants is simply obliged to tell about the great deeds of God. If we do this, then it will be useful to have our language, so that it can be not only an embellishment of untruth, but also a teller of the truth about God. And let our language be with us - it tries.

39:7-9 Sacrifices and offerings You did not desire; You opened my ears; You did not require burnt offerings and sin offerings.
8 Then I said, Behold, I come; in a book scroll it is written about me:
9 I desire to do your will, my God, and your law is in my heart.
And here again, between the narrative text of praise to God, David has a prophecy against Christ, and if you listen to his songs inattentively, then you can skip the prophecy in David's numerous doxologies.
And he prophesies that Christ will become the last sacrifice on the altar of God, for God, neither for sin, nor as a gift of burnt offering, artiodactyl animals are not needed, they do not cleanse either sins or human conscience, they only create one appearance.
And since ancient times it has been said about Christ that only he alone will fulfill the will of God about humanity. And David expressed it easily and beautifully, just like singing a song about love. Although - it was about the love of God for man that he sang.

39:10,11 I have proclaimed your righteousness in the great congregation; I did not rebuke my mouth: You, Lord, know.
11 I have not hidden Your righteousness in my heart; I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not hidden Your mercy and Your truth before the great assembly.
And then the song of Christ - through the mouth of David sounded, a song about how he spent all his strength not on himself, but on having time to tell the truth of his Father - to tell a multitude of people, not two or three, and not twelve, but - to the assembly great in number.

And why did he do it? Because the law of God - and in his heart settled, and the law of God - Jesus made his law, not only in order to talk about it, but in order to live by it.

39:12,13 Do not withhold, O Lord, Thy bounties from me; may Thy mercy and Thy truth guard me unceasingly,
13 For incalculable troubles have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I cannot see: they are more than the hairs on my head; my heart has left me.
But then David again composes a song about himself, and again you can not catch this thought due to inattention, because here it is sung about iniquities, and Christ was not fond of iniquities, therefore, David asks for more favors for himself, although he just sang about Christ.
But what's good about David is that every time he committed an iniquity, he began to worry about them very much instead of saying to himself: “come on, David, one iniquity - more, one - less, that's okay, that's it. there is not a single righteous person on earth.”
No, such words had never flown from the lips or from the heart of David, each time he experienced his falls and could not see them - even in his memories he could not, they were so unpleasant to him.

And we? Do we console ourselves with the fact that if we are inevitably sinful from Adam, then what difference does it make how sinful we are?

39:14-16 Delight, Lord, to deliver me; God! hasten to help me.
15 Let all be ashamed and confounded who seek the destruction of my soul! May those who wish me harm be turned back and ridiculed!
16 Let those who say to me, "Well done! well done!" be troubled by their shame!
And then David, on his own behalf, asks God for his enemies, but kindly asks, does not want them to die, but only to shame them at least once, so that they would be disgraced at least in something in front of everyone because they were chasing after David and wished him death.
To another person, in order to endure public disgrace, death is so much better. So David knew what he asked his enemies, probably, they had ambitions - to the very top, and they, most likely, were not afraid of death at all. So it's a shame for them - just right it would be an educational event.

39:17,18 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in Thee, and let those who love Your salvation say without ceasing: "Great is the Lord!"
18 But I am poor and needy, but the Lord cares for me. You are my help and my deliverer, my God! don't slow down.
David was not malicious, since he did not even wish death to his enemies. And for his own by faith - and even more so, he wished only good things from God, let it be good for everyone - David would only rejoice for every happy person who seeks God.
And we - can we rejoice for the happy? You don’t even need to ask about grief: we all love to run to grief, the main thing is that we don’t have it, and it’s not difficult to console. It is much more difficult to rejoice for the happy, but David knew how. And because - too - God loved him, because David knew how to rejoice for the happy.