Sunday Psalms;

Listen to my prayer, 

O God. 

Do not ignore my cry for help! 

Please listen and answer me, 

for I am 

overwhelmed 

by my troubles. 

My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. 

They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down.

Psalms 55:1-3 NLT

This is quite a song, and the instructions to the choir director are that it's to be accompanied by stringed instruments, not sure if that's because of the content?

The plea, the demand to God, David's feeling of being overwhelmed, the noise of the voices that are against him...if you've ever experienced any of these things then you're not alone, it's expressed here in the middle of the Bible. 

David desperately wanted God to intervene, to show that He heard, that it all seemed too much. 

If nothing else, this Psalm, this song tells us that when we feel overwhelmed, it's OK to cry out to God, to express just how it is for us, just what is pressing in. 

We don't have to be stoic, press it down, bury how we're feeling, but speak it, sing it, express how things really are. 

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