W. Robert Godfrey

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2,522 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 31 Jul

W. Robert Godfrey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Renewing Your Mind · Does Prayer Change Things? · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

But it's not how the psalm ends.

The psalmist then says—

Look away from me, that I may smile again before I depart and am no more."

Wow!

The Lord is so close to me, and His presence is a misery.

I wish He'd go away, and then maybe I could smile once before I die.

I want some preacher to come and help me figure out how I preach this."

But what I do know is the psalmist is being honest with how he feels.

The psalmist is being honest in saying, I'm not sure I can take your presence anymore, Lord.

I'm not sure that I can continue under the disciplinary work of your hand.

I need help.

I need help, and the help I need is go away.

Give me some breathing room."

Now is God going to go away?

Is God his problem?

No, I don't think so, but you see the honesty of the psalmist pouring out the feelings of his heart.

It turns out the Psalms are not English.

There's no stiff upper lip in the Psalms.

There's no grinning and bearing it.

There's a pouring out of the heart before God to say what I really feel and what I really want.

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