Genesis 8:1-19
This is a beautifully-written narrative reporting the time after the rain and the water gushing up from the earth had stopped, but Noah, his family, and the animals remained on the ark. John MacArthur reports that it was one year and ten days from Genesis 7:11 when Noah entered the boat until Gen. 8:14 when he left the ark. (MacArthur Study Bible, p. 26) It's interesting that the Bible carefully specifies the year, month, and day of each recorded event.
Can you imagine being the only living family on earth, confined to a boat, and floating helplessly on a world-wide flood? It's really a miracle that they all didn't go crazy! What patience and faith they must have had!
Finally, God gave Noah permission to leave the ark with his family and the animals with this command, "Be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Psalm 6
This is one of David's penitential psalms. He apparently has sinned, and he asks God for mercy, not justice. This is what we should always do! We surely don't want what we deserve, but we want and need mercy from the Lord. David is obviously sorrowful over his sin. He soul is greatly troubled, he is deeply grieved to the point of tears, and he can't sleep. vv. 2-7.
God hears his prayer and relieves his distress. "Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping, The LORD has heard my supplication; The LORD will receive my prayer." vv. 8-9
We find in many places in the scripture that God will forgive a repentant sinner! 1 John 1:9 tells us, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." To "confess" means to "agree with God" about our sin. We must not blame others or make excuses, but follow David's example which we see in Psalm 6
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