Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name and glory in thy praise.
Save us, God, our God! Gather us back out of exile so we can give thanks to your holy name and join in the glory when you are praised!
According to my study Bible, this psalms tells "the story of God's great deeds," and stresses "the perversity and obtuseness of the people." Obtuse means "not able to understand something obvious." This makes me think of all the times I think or say that I don't understand why I have episodes of depression, just as the people of the Exodus didn't understand why they were in the desert. I'm really saying, "Why me?" But the question "why me" does not bring us back out of exile; it keeps us in exile. In the exile of "why me" there is no acceptance and no action. This psalm tells us to let ourselves be gathered up out of exile and into God's mercy.
Lord, bring me out of the exile of depression and the "perversity and obtuseness" of asking, "Why me?" Gather me into your mercy. Amen.
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