"A Weary Sufferer's Prayer"

PSALMS 102 [A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.]
It might not seem like the right thing to some, but it was right when it was arranged this way, and so it shall remain. Matthew Henry briefly suggest that this might have been penned by David during Absalom's revolt; which, if that be the case, then it seems to reflect what I had mentioned at the very beginning of the last Psalm opening statements. The main reason this fits for David, is that those promises that David spoke of in the that last Psalm were seriously broken by him; he did not behave himself wisely, he did set a wicked thing before him, and let it cleave to him; he took his eye off of the faithful, and he who walked in a perfect way, he destroyed; he worked deceit and lied, holding it within his heart for almost a year; and he became the one who brought wickedness into the city of the LORD. All of these things he did when he sinned against the LORD with Bathsheba, then having her husband murdered to cover up his sin. The problem with that, as many of us should know, is that sin does not get covered up from God; at least not by anything that we can plot or try to do. Only by the blood of Jesus Christ can our sins be covered; and that is only between us and God, we will still have to suffer the consequences for the sins that we commit, especially those that were as terrible as what David did. I actually heard a small portion of a message yesterday, I believe it was Pastor Matt; where he asked the congregation, "Who here has ever committed adultery, who here has committed murder? No, don't raise your hands!" And then he went on to explain how David did what he did, and then went almost a year without repenting and getting right with the Lord. It is rather interesting that sometimes fail the most at what we try the hardest to perfect. Maybe it has something to do with trying to make it happen within our own strength instead of counting on God's strength to help us make it happen. It is pretty obvious that we need God's help to love Him with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength; we could never love Him as He deserves to be loved, not within our own strength. We can't even love each other the way that we should, and each other we live and die with; so what makes us think we can faithfully love a God that we cannot see? To put it in the light of reason, our love is distracted by whatever shines the brightest in our lives at any given moment. For David, who was referred to be God, as, "A man after my own heart," the light of obsession out shinned the light of God in his heart; if only for a moment, but that moment was all that it took. That is why it is so critical for us to destroy any wicked thoughts of our hearts early; as soon as they appear, cut them off...
"What do you think the Scriptures mean when they say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy? But he gives us even more grace to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes the proud but favors the humble." So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor." (James 4:5-10) NLT