Troubled

"I'm troubled. LORD (6:3).

"I am greatly troubled" (6:4).

"All my enemies shall be...troubled" (6:10).

David enemies were spreading malicious lies. Humiliated and emotionally exhausted, he was reduced to tears (6:6).

But, as David reminded himself, a day is coming when his enemies themselveswill be "troubled." David knew he could never mollify his critics, but he trusted that God would deal with them in due time. He would do so out of His great love for His child (6:4).

Jesus, when he was reviled "did not revile in return... but kept entrusting himself to the One who judges justly"(1Peter 2:21). We too must let people chatter, but that's not the end of the story: Our Father, who loves us dearly, will have the last word.

The only other thing we need is patience since God usually takes His  time (6:3).

David Roper