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<– Psalm 12<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Psalm 14 –><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of this psalm lies a strange paradox \u2013 there appears to be no change in king David\u2019s circumstances, no move from trouble to deliverance and yet there remains both sorrow and joy in his heart (13:2, 6). Though an intensely personal psalm, because it is sung by God\u2019s king it is a song for God\u2019s people. The king\u2019s suffering feels as if it has no end, an experience of alienation from God and exile from his presence. He is lonely in his suffering and there is an enemy who seeks to take his life. Yet as the covenant king he trusts God to care for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus the King knew what it was to experience alienation from the Father (Mark 15:34) and the loneliness of a troubled soul (John 12:27). Yet even in the midst of these things he had a joyful and trusting heart (Mark 14:36; Luke 23:46). As those who follow Christ in this world we also know what it is to be sorrowful and yet always rejoicing (2 Corinthians 6:10). Psalm 13 helps us to feel and express this strange paradox of Christian experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lyrics<\/strong>
Psalm 13A<\/a> (v1-6)
Psalm 13B<\/a> (v1-6)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sheet music<\/strong>
13A – (CM, MEDITATION)<\/a><\/a>
13B – CLEVELAND<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Audio<\/strong>
13A – MEDITATION<\/a>
13B – CLEVELAND<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alternative melodies (AM): Sheet music<\/strong>
Psalm 13A using CHESHIRE<\/a>
Psalm 13A using ST KILDA (78E)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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AM: Audio<\/strong>
CHESHIRE<\/a>
ST KILDA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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More well known melodies<\/strong>
13A: CM \/ CMD<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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