Psalm 39

“And now, Lord, for what do I wait?  My hope is in You” (v7).  The psalmist was confronted with the shortness of human life: it is “a mere breath.”  People work all their lives, and then someone else enjoys their profit (v6).  The psalmist saw injustice and struggled with his own sin (v8), and meanwhile he tried to be “mute and silent” about his misery, wondering if it was God-inflicted (v10).  But he was waiting (v7).

All other comforts and wisdom had failed.  The psalmist was waiting for God Himself to show up, bringing hope and love and peace.