Psalms 142:3-4, 6-7a CEB

When my spirit is weak inside me, 

you still know my way. But they've hidden a trap for me in the path I'm taking.

Look right beside me: See? 

No one pays attention to me. 

There's no escape for me. 

No one cares about my life.  

Pay close attention to my shouting, 

because I've been brought down so low! Deliver me from my oppressors because they're stronger than me.

Get me out of this prison...

Psalms 142:3-4, 6-7a CEB

David shares his heart with us - I doubt he would've imagined people reading his words, hearing his heart several thousand years later...but here we are - he says he is;

Weak.

Trapped

Unheard 

Sad

Powerless

If that has ever been, or currently is your experience, then you have an ally in David. 

He knows.

And he's making a ruckus about it, about injustice, about what's not right.

It's easy to misinterpret the ruckus, the noise people make about injustice, when they feel weak, trapped, voiceless, sad or powerless. There's a story beneath David's prayer, just as there's a story beneath ours.

It's OK to cry out. 

David shows us the way, and notice the first sentence, that he acknowledges that our God does know him; "when I am weak imside me, 

you still know my way".

Even when we feel unheard, the Eternal knows us, knows our way. 

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