כ Kaf
 ⁸¹ I long for Your salvation;
I put my hope in Your word.
⁸² My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
⁸³ Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.
⁸⁴ How many days must Your servant wait?
When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
⁸⁵ The arrogant have dug pits for me;
they violate Your instruction.
⁸⁶ All Your commands are true;
people persecute me with lies—help me!
⁸⁷ They almost ended my life on earth,
but I did not abandon Your precepts.
⁸⁸ Give me life in accordance with Your faithful love,
and I will obey the decree You have spoken.

“KAF” or “CAPH” is this weeks Hebrew letter.  The image of an open hand represents this ancient letter. It’s meaning is to bend, subdue, tame or open.

 As I read this Psalm I can feel the writer’s desperation.  I like the old King James version of this Psalm because it conveys the weariness of the psalmist’s condition.

⁸¹My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
 ⁸²Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
 ⁸³For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
 ⁸⁴How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
 ⁸⁵The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
 ⁸⁶All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
 ⁸⁷They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
 ⁸⁸Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

This will be a great scripture to meditate on this week.  I printed it off on a small card to keep with me.  Working through Psalms 119 has been awesome. Looking forward to a great week.