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Psalm 10 is another time in David’s life when

David felt that God had “distanced” Himself

from him, yet David had just previously

acknowledged in Psalm 9 that the Lord has

not forsaken them that seek Him and that

God does not forget the cry of the humble.

Most Christians can relate to David’s

fluctuating faith.

Although David had to wait in the past to

see God’s answer to his prayers, he still

seemed to expect an immediate and visible

answer to prayer when he faced opposition

and hard times. Maybe part of the reason

that God does not seem to intervene

immediately when we pray is because we

tend not to spend a lot of time communing

with God when things are going well in our

lives. Another reason for seemingly

unanswered prayer is that the answer to our

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