We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds.

At the set time that I appoint
I will judge with equity.
When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,
it is I who keep steady its pillars.

I have learned that walking close with God does not mean that you will not be in situations that will shake the core of who you are, nor does it mean that you won’t be shaken with no strength left of your own. But there is a sweetness and a dear intimacy in walking with the Lord in those times that breaks forth into doxology, “We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near.” He is near. It is He who comes close and holds us when we cannot hold ourselves. It is He who always holds us because we can never hold ourselves. . .. “It is I who keep steady its pillars.” And in this world that totters and is shaken, it is He who sees our situation and “At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity.”