Psalms 9:9-20, Mark 4:35-41 This psalm of David shows his great faith in God being a stronghold in times of trouble. He is assured that God does not forget the cry of the afflicted. So, he pours his heart out about his suffering and that God would lift him from the gates of death assured that in God’s deliverance he will again rejoice. Now this is the grown-up boy who once faced the giant Goliath and God delivered. So, he has faith that the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. Having this faith he says, “Rise Up O Lord. Don’t let the mortals prevail.” In our Mark account the disciples are on a boat with Christ who is asleep. Jesus has had a long day of speaking to crowds that he is so tired he sleeps through the storm that comes. Now the disciples, however, are panicked and instead of having the faith of the Psalmist of a Psalm they could have possibly grown up with and sung, they wake up Jesus. Instead of saying, “Rise up and conquer,” the