I waited patiently 

for the Lord 

to help me, 

and 

he turned to me 

and heard my cry. 

He lifted me 

out of the pit 

of despair, 

out of the mud 

and the mire. 

He set my feet 

on solid ground 

and 

steadied me 

as I walked along. 

He 

has given me 

a new song to sing...

Psalms 40:1-3 NLT

Psalm 39 is one of only two psalms that don't end well. 39 ends with the psalmist just wanting God to leave him alone.

Not sure how long the sing writer is in that space.  

Just assuming that 40 is the next one, something has shifted.

Sometime between the end of 39 and the beginning of 40 David feels heard, he's no longer walking in mud, and the songs that had been going around in his mind have been replaced with something new. 

As Jazz Thornton reminds us:

Hope is real. 

Change is possible. 

Perhaps this has been your experience, that hope has arisen again, that new song has started to form, and if that's the case keep building on it, keep holding space, holding hope for those who are yet to get there. 

If you find yourself in the space between Ps 39 & Ps 40, these songs remind us that we're not alone, and that there is hope, that it won't always be this way. 

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