“For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.”
The psalmist declares 'But for you, O LORD, I wait; you will answer, O Lord my God.' The affirmation that the psalmist waits for God and expects God's answer marks a turning point from passive suffering to active hope. This verse establishes that despite the withdrawal and apparent resignation, the psalmist maintains an orientation toward God. The waiting suggests patient expectation grounded in faith.
Church Fathers on Psalms 38:15
A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…
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