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   ocr: ups and Downs Psaim 21 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. (Ps. 27:14) The psalms open a window into the inner life of King David. That window iscloses some surprises, however. David was surely no saint and seldom did he show the peace and serenity normally associated with 'spiritual" people. In fact, he often cried out against God, blaming him when things went wrong and begging for relief. The psalms are not pious devotionals. They are tilled with accounts of enemies who scheme and gossip and plot violence. For the psaimists, faith in God invoived a constant str ...