listening to ourselves—listening to the killing worries and anxieties that fuel our negative imaginations like a windblown forest fire. The psalmist, however, attempting to fight off the fear that has become epidemic in his heart and mind, speaks to himself instead of listening to himself. In the process, he asks himself a significant question: “Why are you in despair, O my soul?” If most men today were to answer that question, I believe their answer would center in a fearful giant named “Uncertainty.” This