Psalms 27:7-14 says:

7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

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Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by His Spirit, by His word, by His worship, and by special providences, merciful and afflicting. When we are foolishly using the courts to satisfy our dishonest excessive pride, God is, in love to us, calling us to seek our own mercies in Him. The call is general, “Seek ye my face;” but we must apply it to ourselves, “I will seek it.”

The word does us no good, when we do not accept this command ourselves: a gracious heart readily answers to this call of a gracious God, being made willing in the day of His power. The psalmist requests the favor of the Lord; the continuance of His presence with him; the benefit of Divine guidance, and the benefit of Divine protection.

God's time to help those that trust in Him is, when all other helpers fail. He is a surer and better Friend than earthly parents are, or can be. What was the belief which supported the psalmist? That he should see the goodness of the Lord.

There is nothing like the believing hope of eternal life, the looking forward to that glory, and samples of those pleasures, to keep us from fainting under all tragedies. In the mean time we should be strengthened to bear up under our burdens.

Let us look unto the suffering Saviour, and pray in faith, not to be delivered into the hands of our enemies. Let us encourage each other to wait on the Lord, with patient hope, and fervent prayer.