1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!
Prayer Focus: We often use the expression of being at “rock bottom.” It is the depths, the lowest point, the moment when suffering and pain and loss are felt most acutely and most deeply. And yet, even here the psalmist cries out to the Lord. Even here the psalmist expects that the Lord will hear and come to aid the pilgrim. Today is Commitment Sunday. Whatever moment you find yourself in as you come to worship today, “Lift up!” your voice and call upon the Lord. “Lift up!” your hands with the gifts that you have been given. The Lord hears and honors when we call.
“By setting the anguish out in the open and voicing it as a prayer, the psalm gives dignity to our suffering. It does not look on suffering as something slightly embarrassing that must be hushed up and locked in a closet (where it finally becomes a skeleton) because this sort of thing shouldn’t happen to a real person of faith. And it doesn’t treat it as a puzzle that must be explained … Suffering is set squarely, openly, and passionately before God. It is acknowledged and expressed. It is described and lived.”
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