Psalm 13

"How long, O Lord....?" When we are hurting, or struggling, or watching someone we love leave we want to know the duration of the pain. I know that I don't like pain, especially the type of pain that keeps me awake at night. When the pain persists at a level that we can find no relief the question of how long becomes very personal. David asked this question four times in this psalm, but I don't think he got the answer he was expecting. At the end of the psalm David is singing about God's bountiful provisions. Maybe "How long?" is the wrong question to ask God in the midst of our pain.
It took me less than 1 minute to read this psalm.
Stuart