“Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.”
The psalmist describes how God removed his favor, causing him to panic and cry out desperately. The verb "hid your face" employs the metaphor for divine abandonment, the withdrawal of God's presence that the psalmist experienced as most terrifying. The phrase "I was dismayed" suggests profound confusion and loss of orientation. The cry "Lord, to you I called" establishes that even in this state of panic, the psalmist's instinct was to turn to God. This verse reveals that the illness was experienced not merely as physical dysfunction but as spiritual trial.
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