Looking towards the Heavens for Help

Every feel worn out from traveling on the road of life? Psalms 40 gives us hope:

I waited on the Lord;

he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;

he set my feet on a rock

and gave me a firm place to stand. (vs. 1-3)

Many, O Lord my God,

are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us

no one can recount to you; (vs. 5a)

Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord;

may your love and your truth always protect me.
For troubles without number surround me;

my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.

They are more than the hairs of my head,

and my heart fails within me. (vs 11-12)

Be pleased, O Lord, to save me
O Lord, come quickly to help me. (vs. 13)

Yet, I am poor and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O my God, do not delay. (vs. 17)