David’s pain and confusion here is great. His words are no exaggeration. If anything, I suspect, they’re understatement. And in such a whirlwind, God doesn’t tell him, and us, to just grit our teeth, put on smile, and sing a happy song. God says tell me all your sorrows, even when we may be partially at fault. He sees and knows our disorientation, and doesn’t sweep it under the rug, but acknowledges it with the most common type of psalm in his inspired songbook. And he calls us to more than just rehearsing our pain. He wants us to move beyond the disorientation that prompted our lament.
