Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant. Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight. Psalms 119:76-77
This is a simple prayer for comfort. Few things comfort us more than knowing that God’s covenantal love will not depart from us, nor be diminished, even when we go through deep trials or slip and fail. Human nature tends to withdraw from others when they fail. Success attracts and failure repels. But God is so different from us. Note the utter dependence reflected in this prayer. What two-fold argument is used to make a case for the two requests made? Do you ever pray this way?