A Prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord. An intense personal lament. The psalm is messianic.
Lament in the day of my distress.
v.1-2 Cry to God: Hear my prayer O Lord.
v.3-11 The psalmists complaint. “I wither away like grass.” (v.11b)
The appointed time for Zion.
v.12-17 But you, O Lord, a statement of confidence in God: but you will arise and have pity on Zion.
v.18-22 Let the Lord’s certain deliverance be written down for future generations to praise God.
Your (God’s) years have no end.
v.23-24 The speaker’s crisis and petition for God to act.
v.25-27 God is eternal. Heaven and earth are the work of his hands. (v.25-27 Cited Heb 1:10-12)
v.28 Statement of confidence in God.
28 The children of your servants shall dwell secure;
their offspring shall be established before you.
This is a prayer that you can echo when you are at the end of your endurance.