Psalm 54:6-7

Psalm 54:6-7

I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, Lord, for it is good. You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

I have an enemy most fierce

Who torments me each day,

And when night settles on the land

I still can’t get away.

I turn and find my enemy

Is still in front of me.

Sometimes I rage in frustration,

Or weep so bitterly.

I’ve tried to reason with my foe,

And struggled to give grace,

But how do I keep forgiving

Such a willful disgrace?

But, when I stop and think it through

I realize my foe

Is loved by You, though I disdain

To think it could be so.

Then once again, I offer grace,

And start trying anew

To forgive and to love myself

In the spirit You do.