#11 of 15 songs of ascent: the penitential psalm is prayed from a place of drowning, not because of illness or homesickness or persecution, but drowning because of guilt. At the end of one’s rope. In need of help beyond self. And awed at God’s answer to that need, the clean slate offered, the lifeline, the rope lowered down to rescue! May we hope for Jesus like we hope for the dawning of a new day!
