![]() Of course, God doesn’t need any “reminding” He is only too eager to be true to Himself – all He needs is the invitation from us. In a very clever way, the sacred author is, humanly speaking, putting God “on the defensive,” as it were “reminding” Him of who He is and, therefore, how He must act. Thank God that God is not like us – conniving and fickle. Paul expresses this as a truism: “If we are faithless, he remains faithful-for he cannot deny himself” (2 Tim 2:13). The important point to appreciate is what the psalmist is saying – quite correctly – is that God is faithful, even when we are not! St. The very first verse is an acknowledgment of and appeal to God’s fidelity. Many of the themes we have seen already are reprised here in Psalm 143. We have reached the end of our consideration of the Seven Penitential Psalms. In thy righteousness bring me out of trouble!ġ2 And in thy steadfast love cut off my enemies, Lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.Ĩ Let me hear in the morning of thy steadfast love,ġ1 For thy name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! My soul thirsts for thee like a parched land. He has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. In thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness!Ģ Enter not into judgment with thy servant įor no man living is righteous before thee. A complete list of the essays is at the bottom of this essay. Editor’s note: This is the seventh and final essay in a series on The Seven Penitential Psalms.
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