Psalm 4 Selah

 

You have saved me
before, O God

and I know You will
again

helping me commune
within my heart

to be still and yet
not sin.

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I can have gladness in adversity for You are with me.

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“You have relieved me in my distress; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.”

“Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.” Selah

“You have put gladness in my heart.”

“I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

Psalm 4:1,4,7,8. NKJV

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The Vine And The Fig Tree

 

Though the vine and the fig tree
dry up and wither

and joy and gladness
seem gone

this is not
the end yet

keep turned to Me
My love is strong.

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When destruction and devastation occur, You are still with me.

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“The vine has dried up
And the fig tree has withered;
Surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.”

“Is not the food cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?”

“‘Now, therefore,’ says the LORD, ‘Turn to me with all your heart.'”

Joel 1:12,16 NKJV
Joel 2:12. NKJV

Life’s Melody

 

My righteousness
endures forever

and My
salvation too

changing your deserts
into gardens

bringing forth glad
singing from you.

My life melody is established by You!

“But My salvation will be forever, and My righteousness will not be abolished. For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody. ” Isaiah 51:6,3 NKJV

Sown

 

I preserve your soul
and deliver you
out of
wicked hands

sowing for you
light and gladness
that you may rejoice
and give thanks.

A laid down life is sown with light and gladness.

“He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.” Psalm 97:10-12 NKJV