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Read: Psalm 13 I have trusted in your steadfast love. (v. 5) There have been times in my life when I felt deep despair. It felt like the world was crushing me, like everything was more difficult than it should be. I found myself losing patience with God. Why didn’t he answer my prayers? Why didn’t I feel his presence? In those times, I had to wait. It was a necessary spiritual discipline that grew my trust in God. Although we may grow tired, and even angry waiting for God, today’s Psalm gives us words to pray. The phrase asking “how long?” occurs four times in the first two verses of Psalm 13, stressing the severity of David’s despair. He felt forgotten and invisible, but as he expressed his anxiety and sorrow to God, he found strength.