LentDay 29

A prayer from the cave

Week 5 · Monday · Psalm 142: No One Cares for My Soul

For today

David prayed this from a cave, feeling that no one noticed him. Loneliness is a real place to pray from, and the psalm names God as refuge and portion there.

Begin with these verses

^{verse 1}I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. ^{verse 2}I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

Psalm 142:1–2BSB

^{verse 4}Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. ^{verse 5}I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Psalm 142:4–5BSB

Read all of Psalm 142 Pray it back to Him

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