Psalms

¹ I yell out to my God, I yell with all my might, I yell at the top of my lungs. He listens.

² my life was an open wound that wouldn't heal. When friends said, "Everything will turn out all right," I didn't believe a word they said.

³ I bow my head—then wring my hands.

⁴ I can't even say what's bothering me.

⁵ I ponder the years gone by.

⁶ wondering how to get my life together.

⁷ Will he never smile again?

⁸ Has his salvation promise burned out?

⁹ Has he angrily stalked off and left us?

¹⁰ just the moment I need him."

¹¹ lay out on the table the ancient wonders;

¹² and give a long, loving look at your acts.

¹³ No god is great like God!

¹⁴ you showed everyone what you can do—

¹⁵ rescued the children of Jacob and Joseph.

¹⁶ saw you and trembled with fear; Deep Ocean was scared to death.

¹⁷ Sky exploded with thunder, your arrows flashing this way and that.

¹⁸ Lightning exposed the world, Earth reeled and rocked.

¹⁹ walked straight through roaring Ocean, but nobody saw you come or go.

²⁰ You led your people like a flock of sheep.