Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? ... Fix my eyes on God -- soon I'll be praising again.
Psalm 42:5, The Message
David, who lived exuberantly, also lamented fiercely. ...
Seventy percent of the Psalms are laments. These laments either originate or derive from the praying life of David. David repeatedly faced loss, disappointment, death. But he neither avoided, denied, nor soft-pedaled any of those difficulties. He faced everything and he prayed everything. David's laments are part and parcel of the craggy majesty and towering dignity of his life."
Leap Over a Wall
Eugene Peterson, God's Message for Each Day
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