I am Sick at Heart

There was a time a couple of years ago when I was really down on myself and very confused. I couldn’t do anything to make myself feel better. So, I prayed about it.

One night I opened my Bible looking for help. I leafed through Psalms, remembering that a Christian friend had once told me that whenever he felt bad, reading Psalms helped.

Psalm 6 sort of jumped off the page at me…especially verse 3: “I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?” That’s how I felt…totally distressed. I read and reread that psalm. It spoke straight to my heart, and it showed me that God was there for me, as always.

Now whenever I’m in doubt about God’s love and care, I turn to that psalm. It reminds me that God is always there and that he will lead me through any dark time I experience, just as he did on the night when I first read Psalm 6. –Jenna*

Psalm 6

1 O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.

2 Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

3 I am sick at heart.
How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

4 Return, O Lord, and rescue me.
Save me because of your unfailing love.

5 For the dead do not remember you.
Who can praise you from the grave?

6 I am worn out from sobbing.
All night I flood my bed with weeping,
drenching it with my tears.

7 My vision is blurred by grief;
my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.

8 Go away, all you who do evil,
for the Lord has heard my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord will answer my prayer.

10 May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified.
May they suddenly turn back in shame.





*: Student’s Life Application Study Bible (New Living Translation)


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