This painful search leads to six pointed rhetorical questions: 1. “Will the Lord spurn forever?” (v. 7). 2. “Will [he] never again be favorable?” (v. 7). 3. “Has his steadfast love forever ceased?” (v. 8). 4. “Are his promises at an end for all time?” (v. 8). 5. “Has God forgotten to be gracious?” (v. 9). 6. “Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” (v. 9). Does the psalmist really believe God isn’t loving, doesn’t keep his promises, and is unfaithful? I don’t think so, and the rest of the psalm