Psalm of David

If you were to ask me what my favourite book of the Bible is, I would answer Psalms.  Not one of the Gospels, or one of the prophets, or Revelation, or Paul's letters to the churches, but Psalms.  Why?  Because of David's raw emotions.

David was no stranger to suffering.  He was pursued by Saul, and in fact, Saul had signed a death warrant, so to speak.  

Many of the psalms open with David's raw emotion.  He was desperate.  Sometimes he felt abandoned by God, I'm sure.  He cried out to God to rescue him.  

But, then, half way through the psalm, something shifts.  David turns to praise.  Why.  How is it that David, in the midst of his despair, could turn to praise?  Because He knew the One.  He knew that God is in control.  He knew that God knows what He's doing.  And he found comfort in that truth, I think.  And that comfort?  Drew him to God.  I wonder, though, if there's more going on here?  David is known as a man after God's own heart.  I suspect that, in the midst of David's suffering, God showed up.  God spoke to David, and reminded him.  And David?  When God reminded David of His promises, that reminder caused David to turn to praise.