David wrote this Psalm when he was on the run from Absalom and he was going through the wilderness. This is where the reference to thirsting for God comes from. The physical thirst that David felt reminded him of his spiritual thirst. His son has rebelled against him and had taken Jerusalem, David really needed to know where God was in all of this. We all go through times in life when we wonder what God is doing.
David knew what it was like to worship the Lord, he had had many intimate times with God when he has sensed the glory and power of God. So, even now when God seems far off, he continues to praise God. Sometimes we praise God for what He is doing, at others we praise Him for what He has done, and for what He will do.
So despite going through difficult times David continues to trust and praise the Lord. He knows that the end result will be that his enemies are defeated and God will deliver him. We may be going through difficult times, and we may not be able to make sense of what is happening, but we can still be sure of the final outcome.
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