Daniel Powter’s song “You had a bad day” hit me Sunday. Sunday was a bad day for me. Without going into details, everything felt like it was “caving in” in several areas of my life. I am thankful that it was not getting a call from a doctor telling me that I have cancer, or finding out that one of my children or grandchildren was killed in a car wreck. Nothing like that, but still things that were stressing me out and depressing me as I look at the future. Some critical decisions that I need to make. Some things that I feel need to be changed but that are out of my control. I remembered that David felt depression during that 7 years on the run. I decided to pull up the psalms that show that.

Many of David’s psalms were written during the 7 years that Saul was chasing him in the wilderness. Saul almost captured and killed David several times, including twice when David was in a nearby cave. It appears that David had a cloud of distress and depression hanging over him that entire 7 years. He gets impatient and pleads with God to answer his prayers “quickly”. But then he resolved to “wait” on the Lord to answer his prayers. If we really trust that the Lord can help with our problems, and then turn our problems over to Him, then we should be able to sit back and just wait for Him to answer our prayers. He might not give us exactly what we ask for but we can trust that He will do what is best for us.

Psalm 6:⁶ I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I flood my couch with my tears.
⁷ My eye has wasted away with grief.

Psalm 13:1 How long, Lord? Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
² How long am I to feel anxious in my soul,
With grief in my heart all the day?

Psalm 25:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.
¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are enlarged;
Bring me out of my distresses.
¹⁸ Look at my misery and my trouble,
And forgive all my sins.

Psalm 38:8 I feel faint and badly crushed;
I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

Psalm 42:5 Why are you in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him
For the help of His presence, my God.

Psalm 56:8 You have taken account of my miseries;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?

Psalm 62:1 My soul waits in silence for God alone;
From Him comes my salvation.
² He alone is my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken. 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people;
Pour out your hearts before Him;
God is a refuge for us. 

Psalm 69:3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God. 16 Answer me, Lord, for Your mercy is good;
According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me,
¹⁷ And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in distress; answer me quickly. 29 But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, God, set me safely on high.
³⁰ I will praise the name of God with song,
And exalt Him with thanksgiving.

Psalm 77:1 My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud;
My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.
² In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord;
In the night my hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;
My soul refused to be comforted.
³ When I remember God, then I am restless;
When I sigh, then my spirit feels weak. Selah
⁴ You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Psalm 102:1 Hear my prayer, Lord!
And let my cry for help come to You.
² Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress;
Incline Your ear to me;
On the day when I call answer me quickly.

Psalm 143:4 Therefore my spirit feels weak within me;
My heart is appalled within me. 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,

So, this morning I am going to try to turn my stress over to God and wait for Him to do what is best. I am going to thank God for all the blessings He has given me. I am going to listen to some praise songs. I am going to go through my prayer list. I am going to enjoy an omelete that my wife will make. I hope that this blog article will help you if you are struggling right now. God bless you.