The Soul's Repeated Warfare Against Despondency

When David cries out, "Why art thou cast down, O my soul?" he employs a tested remedy—one he had already discovered and proven effective. Notice that David does not merely pose the question once; he takes up his soul "very short," demanding accountability: "Why art thou so cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?" Spurgeon observes through Richard Sibbes that David's passions and comforts become interlaced, woven together until he finally gains victory over his own heart.…