Help Me

Psalm 86:17
Send me a sign of your favor.
Then those who hate me
will see it and be put to shame.
For you, O Lord,
help me and comfort me.

SEVENAPPLES COMMENTARY
During a session of personal persecution,
a friend gave me this painting portraying
a boy pulling arrows from his back
in order to turn them into blossoms.
My daily prayer during that time
was inspired by a bit of Matthew Henry’s
Commentary on Psalm 86:17…

“Show me a token for good, Lord.
Make it to appear to others
as well as to myself
that thou art doing me good,
and designing further good for me.
Let me have some unquestionable
illustrious instances of thy favor to me,
that those who hate me may see it,
and be ashamed of their enmity to me,
as they will have reason to be
when they perceive that thou, Lord,
hast helped me and comforted me,
and that therefore they have been striving
against God, opposing one whom he owns,
and that they have been striving in vain
to ruin and vex one whom God himself
has undertaken to help and comfort.”

IMAGE DETAILS
Betrayal Redeemed
Prayer Gallery
Blacklight Sketch
Spring, Texas
Winter 2020
Art By: @andyszofficial