Night Song

I titled Psalm 42, Night Song, because it seems like the writer had a tough time sleeping and sang songs to the LORD in the night.

Have you ever had a tough time sleeping and just decided to pray instead of laying there worrying? Then you relate to this song:

“Deers panting for the stream, I long for you, God

Tears are flowing from my eyes all the day long

Used to sing the songs of joy, we were so glad

What’s happening to me, why am I so sad?

Oh my soul, where is your hope? Oh, my Lord, You are my hope

Deep’s calling out to deep, roaring waters run; waves crashing over me, pray when the day is done

Deep’s calling out to deep, roaring waters run; waves crashing over me, pray when the day is done, sing with the rising sun with a Night Song

I’m gonna sing a Night Song… to the God of my life

I search for God my rock on which I can stand

Has He forgotten to hold me in His hand?

My enemies keep saying “where is your God”?

I feel it in my bones, all the day long

Oh my soul…gonna sing a Night Song…lai di dai…”

The Psalmist compares himself to a deer panting for a stream of water in the desert with great thirst for God. If God created us with thirst He gave us water to quench it. In the same way, we have a thirst for God and of course there is a God who can quench that thirst, and He alone!

Have you ever remembered times when you were glad and wished you could go back to that place? The Psalmist is sad, tears are coming to him throughout the day, even if he isn’t always letting it show. He asks his soul questions about why he is so sad, where is his hope? And then he finds it in God again, even as he sings a song in the night.

His soul searches for the foundation that God is, but he senses his enemy, which we as believers see as a spiritual enemy, asking where God is and he feels the question in his bones all day long. What a picture!

But he sings songs in the night to get through and puts his hope in the LORD. Sometimes that’s all we can do.

This song is on our newest CD “Wake Up oh Sleeper” which will be on this website soon. Check out other albums on http://www.envisionmission.org/media For now, let us know by e-mail if you would like a hard copy CD.