28. My soul melteth for heaviness. He was dissolving away in tears. Heaviness of heart is a killing thing, and when it abounds it threatens to turn life into a long death. There is one good point in this downcast state, for it is better to be melted with grief than to be hardened by impenitence.
Strengthen thou me according to thy word. His hope in this state of depression lies not in himself but in his God. He asks for nothing more than to be dealt with after the recorded manner of the Lord of mercy. Grace can enable us to bear the constant fret of an abiding sorrow; it can give the believer the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Let us always resort to prayer in our despondent times, for it is the surest and shortest way out of the depths. In that prayer let us plead nothing but the Word of God; for there is no plea like a promise, no argument like a word from our covenant God.
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