For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
This is David's account of his own experience when he watched the wicked prosper while he himself was plagued all day long, and under that strain his faith faltered. The suffering pressed him toward doubting God. The failure was not God separating Himself from him but him separating himself from God, so the remedy was to abide in God and entrust his soul to Him.
This is David's account of his own experience when he watched the wicked prosper while he himself was plagued all day long, and under that strain his faith faltered. The suffering pressed him toward doubting God. The failure was not God separating Himself from him but him separating himself from God, so the remedy was to abide in God and entrust his soul to Him.