"The Lord hear Thee ..."

Psalm 20:1 declares a promise and with confidence; we can most certainly believe that The Lord hear Thee. King David wrote many of the Psalms; these will be found from Psalm 3 through Psalm 72 as concluding verse 20 states, "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended." His life with many details is unfolded before us from I Samuel chapter 16 as a young man possessed of strength to slay both a lion and a bear until I Kings chapter 2 which depicts his death after reigning 40 years, sovereign king of Israel. David's words declare that God indeed will listen to our voice, our whispered prayer of uncertainty, our earnest plea for deliverance, our angry cry in troubled times. He will hear our gratitude which can hardly be uttered through tears of joy; when voices are lifted in songs of praise to declare His goodness. King David harbored and shared all of these emotions.

The Lord will hear you. That is a fact. So much so that David had to write it many times: Psalm 4:3 "The Lord will hear when I call." He hears us anytime and all the time "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning(Ps 5:3). God heard David in distress "I am troubled, mourning, groaning, diseased, feeble, broken, failing, without friends, deaf, dumb, ...Thou Wilt Hear" (Ps 38:15). "God shall hear"(Ps 55:19).

Such a precious promise which is reinforced by so many verses in the Psalms. And the beauty is that we can depend on God to listen, provide an answer, grant strength to move forward. "Blessed be the Lord, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore, my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him" (Psalm 28:6,7).