"But I have trusted in Thy  mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation." Psalm 13:5

To some people, trusting the mercy of someone else is a pretty flimsy, shaky prospect. "The only person I can trust is me," one might say. When we're thinking exclusively in the realm of human beings, it is sometimes pretty slippery to think about the security of trusting someone else. But, that is not the idea David had in mind in this verse!

 David is talking about trusting the mercy, not of your boss or professor, but of God! Before one can see how great mercy is, the question must be asked, "Do you need mercy?" Do you see your need of the pity and compassion of God? Do you need God to hold back from giving what your actions and words would earn you? I do. That's exactly what God's mercy is—pity and compassion on the needy. His mercy withholds Him from giving what our awful sins deserve.

 Is His mercy a shaky prospect to trust? Far from it, the Scriptures tell us God is plenteous in mercy (Ps. 86:5), has a multitude (an abundance) of mercy (Ps. 5:7), that His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting (Ps. 103:17), that He delights in mercy (Micah 7:18), and that as the heaven is high above the earth so great is His mercy to those that fear Him (Ps. 103: 11). One more encouragement: God says that He takes pleasure in those that hope in His mercy (Ps. 147:11).