Psalms of Ascents: Out of the Depths I Cry to You, O LORD

The language of the psalms expresses a stunningly wide range of human experience: rage, sorrow, hope, joy, desperation, and much more. What prayers do we pray when the weight of what’s broken is way beyond what we can carry on our own? The Psalms give us a way forward from these depths - we cry out for mercy; we cry out for forgiveness; and we give our whole selves over to waiting in hope for God.…