“I will say to God, ‘Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.’” (v. 2)

It is, perhaps, the most relatable human question:

“Lord, would you please just tell me why?”

Why all this pain? Why do I struggle with my guilty feelings? Why do I feel like you’re out to get me?

It’s a pretty relatable prayer.

I wish I could tell you that you’ll get an answer when you ask it. I do believe you’ll get one eventually—when His higher ways and His for-good purposes come to their full realization—but the answer might not come while you’re praying through the pain. (Job, for instance, has about thirty more chapters before it all comes together for him, by grace.)

The great comfort of the Scriptures is that it is OK to ask. The great challenge is that, in asking, you are also commanded to trust.

— Tyler