1 Lord, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!
2 Don’t turn away from me
in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
and answer me quickly when I call to you.
3 For my days disappear like smoke,
and my bones burn like red-hot coals. NLT
The ancient title added to this psalm states that it was written as “a prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the Lord.” How do these sorts of psalms make the Bible an authentic source of truth for our lives?
Look at the urgency of verses 1-2. What does it say about God that we can begin prayer with this sort of immediacy?
Describe the imagery of God “bending down” his ear in verse 2. What could you compare this to?
Describe the intensity that the writer of this psalm has in verse 3.
::::: APPLICATION CHALLENGE :::::
Some people believe that they must “have it together” when they pray. What would the writer of this psalm have to say about that idea?
::::: EQUIPPING CHALLENGE :::::
Respond to this psalm. Either 1) run into prayer with your own raw troubles or 2) run into prayer with the raw troubles of people you know. Take this opportunity to pour out problems before the Lord.
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