Why Hidest Thou Thy Face

The Fog

This psalm is worth noticing for what it does not do, resolve into confident hope by its final verse, ending instead in genuine darkness, worth holding as scripture’s own permission for this exact, unresolved question, castest thou off, hidest thou thy face, without requiring tidy resolution here.

This is worth examining against whatever pressure you have felt to move quickly from honest questioning toward comfortable, resolved faith, rather than this psalm’s own honest example, remaining genuinely, unapologetically in this described darkness, without forcing premature, artificial peace.

Notice this psalm is still, genuinely, prayer, addressed directly to LORD, worth holding as needed correction against assuming genuine prayer requires confident resolution, rather than this psalm’s own testimony, honest, unresolved questioning still counting, genuinely, as legitimate prayer.

Whatever unresolved darkness currently characterizes your own faith, receive today this psalm’s own permission, praying honestly, without forcing premature resolution, trusting that this kind of genuine, unresolved prayer is included in scripture, worth holding as legitimate as any confident psalm of praise.