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The Darkest Psalm: Honest Faith in Despair, Doubt, and Our Fleeting Days | Psalms 88–90
Episode Overview
What do you do with faith when the darkness doesn't lift? In this episode we walk through Psalms 88 through 90. Psalm 88 is the bleakest song in the Psalter, ending without comfort, yet the psalmist never stops crying out to God. Psalm 89 holds God's covenant with David up against the painful reality of apparent abandonment and leaves the tension unresolved.
Psalm 90, a prayer of Moses, lifts our eyes from our short, fragile lives to the eternal God and asks Him to teach us to number our days and gain a heart of wisdom. Together they show a faith honest enough for despair and…
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