David spoke of his well being in terms of feeling holistically connected to Gods purposes. And you see this is a kind of poetic expression as a way of pouring out his heart to God. It was not just a petition to God but David wanted to talk to God face to face. Have you ever prayed in a commanding way...Oh God do not hide Your face from me... I mean as if your well being depended upon it. Do not turn away Your servant in anger! For You have been my Saviour! You see these are paternal words from a child to a Father. Do not forsake or reject me oh God My Saviour! You see this stern demand.. a kind of desperate plea...there is more than just wanting this special favor from God. No this is a desperate demand for David to experience healing and connection to people and all of Gods creation. This is a plea for us to experience something that is healthy that we need by we cannot control it.

In this plea we find there are levels of the depth of the plea. And this comes with how we a greater understanding of receiving this mysterious meta physical connection to pleasure that God receives from His work in creation. This pleasure is like the deep calling to the deep. The weight of the pleasure is like digging for water and as we go deeper we get down to the spring. The water begins to shoot up out of the deep well. So when David has a greater understanding of this mysterious weight of Gods pleasure the cry for a face to face meeting kind of swallows him up in mystery.

Maybe I can explain it this way... I remember the movie an officer and a gentleman... when Geer had taken some clothes and belt buckle and his commander found out...the next scene the commander confronts him and demands Geer to write the letter of resignation. The commander would say...I want your dor and Geer would respond in a desperate plea... no ...and the commander repeated himself... I want your dor ... and after they go back and forth ...Geer finally breaks and then he cries... I aint got no where else to go! Then the next day he not only gets to return to his barracks but the stolen items are in his locker folded up as a gift ... and this is the way God answers our prayer but He doesnt ask for our dor.. He draws us into these desperate pleas for something good that we could never earn.