{"id":13006,"date":"2020-10-25T21:33:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T01:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=13006"},"modified":"2025-10-09T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:48:14","slug":"psalm-of-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=13006","title":{"rendered":"Psalm of Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m working on a book about Psalms, and using the forms found in the Book of Psalms to write your own prayers.<\/p>\n

While I’m doing that, I’m writing my own example psalms. They aren’t meant to be very good, but they are meant to come from the heart. And to show that you can use the Psalms as an example for prayer.<\/p>\n

The current chapter I’m working on is about Psalms of Trust, which is what I’m calling Psalms 7, 11, 16, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 31, 46, 57, 62, 63, 71, 91, 108, 121, 123, 125, 131, and 141. Those Psalms are beautiful and comforting, and I never was trying to match them. But in writing a psalm of trust in a difficult time, I tried to remind myself that I do trust God. When I ran out of things to say, I quoted a favorite Psalm of Trust to finish up.<\/p>\n

Here’s my offering:<\/p>\n

A Psalm for Perilous Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lord, you’ve always been the Rock in my life.
\nWhen everything around me falls apart,
\nyou’re still there;
\nyou’re firm ground beneath my feet.<\/p>\n

I’m writing this during uncertain times.
\nWe thought the pandemic would end months ago,
\nand now we’re afraid to hope it will ever end.
\nA presidential election is coming up
\nand we worry about conflict and fraud.
\nThere are fires on the west coast,
\nhurricanes in the south.
\nMy library is open,
\nbut instead of welcoming patrons,
\nencouraging all to linger,
\nwe kick them out after thirty minutes,
\nput our programs online,
\nand hide our faces behind masks.
\nWe cringe when people don’t follow the rules
\nand hope they aren’t carrying disease.<\/p>\n

Lord, we’re trying to protect ourselves,
\nand we’re trying to do our part.
\nBut ultimately, we have to trust you to care for us,
\nWe need your protection.
\nWe trust in your care.<\/p>\n

Lord, be my refuge and my rock,
\nwhether or not I stay healthy,
\nno matter who wins the election,
\nno matter what disasters strike.<\/p>\n

May I learn to be loving and faithful
\nlike the one I follow.
\nAnd may I never think that my hope and security
\nrest in a certain outcome.<\/p>\n

For you are with me, Lord.
\nYou show me I have resources I never knew I had
\nand with your help I can withstand difficulties
\nI never thought I could handle.<\/p>\n

I remain confident of this:
\nI will see the goodness of the Lord
\nin the land of the living.
\nWait for the Lord;
\nbe strong and take heart
\nand wait for the Lord.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m working on a book about Psalms, and using the forms found in the Book of Psalms to write your own prayers. While I’m doing that, I’m writing my own example psalms. They aren’t meant to be very good, but they are meant to come from the heart. And to show that you can use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-praying-with-the-psalmists","category-psalms-of-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14249,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13006\/revisions\/14249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}