Answer me, O LORD, for your steadfast love is good; according to your abundant mercy, turn to me. Hide not your face from your servant; for I am in distress; make haste to answer me. Psalms 69:16-17
Notice how the Psalmist appeals to God’s character, and to his desperate need, as the reason God must answer his prayer. Why do you think the Psalmist does this? Why would an appeal to God’s goodness and mercy move God to answer a desperate prayer? What does it say about God, when our “soul distress” moves him to act on our behalf? Give thought to this, for it reveals something very wonderful about our God. Then worship him for it!