Satisfied in You

Brian Eichelberger’s “Satisfied in You” based on Psalm 42 and John Piper’s sermon on “Spiritual Depression in the Psalms“:

I have lost my appetite

And a flood is welling up behind my eyes

So I eat the tears I cry

And if that were not enough

They know just the words to cut and tear and prod

When they ask me, “Where’s your God?”

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

I can remember when you showed your face to me

As a deer pants for water, so my soul thirsts for you

And when I survey your glory, you so faithfully renew

Like a bed of rest for my fainting flesh

I am satisfied in you

When I’m staring at the ground

It’s an inbred feedback loop that drags me down

So it’s time to lift my brow

And remember better days

When I loved to worship you and all your ways

With the sweetest songs of praise

Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

I can remember when you showed your grace to me

As a deer pants for water, so my soul thirsts for you

And when I survey your splendor, you so faithfully renew

Like a bed of rest for my fainting flesh

I am satisfied in you

Let my sights give way to songs that sing about your faithfulness

Let my pain reveal your glory as my only real rest

Let my losses show me all I truly have is you

Cause all I truly have is you

So when I’m drowning out at sea

And your breakers and your waves crash down on me

I’ll recall your safety scheme

You’re the one who made the waves

And your Son went out to suffer in my place

And to tell me that I’m safe

So why am I downcast?

Why so disturbed?

I am satisfied in You.

I am satisfied in You.

I am satisfied in You.