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All right, guys, let's buckle up for a depressing week, because we're going to be covering

the Psalms a lament. Okay, I know you've been waiting your entire life for this moment, right?

But I'm just going to go ahead and admit to you right from the jump that for whatever reason,

I am drawn more towards the darker and sadder side of things. God put me on this planet to equip men to push back darkness, men like

you to push back darkness. And that's what we do day in and day out at undaunted life. So I reckon it

makes sense that I spend a good deal of time being familiar with darkness so I can recognize it

when I experience it. But here's what I love about the lament Psalms that we see in the Old

Testament. They're incredibly raw and honest.

These Psalms express grief and sorrow and distress and duress, but they very often culminate

in a hunger for and a trust in our holy, mighty, powerful, and loving God. So we're going to

look at five different Psalms of Lament this week. Today we're going to look at five different Psalms of lament this week.

Today we're going to hit Psalm 13. I'll read it here in its entirety. To the choir master,

a Psalm of David. How long, O Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart

all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Lord, my God.

Light up my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Lest my enemies say, I have prevailed over him.

Lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken. But I have trusted in your steadfast love.

My heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because he has dealt bountifully

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