When relationships to one’s colleagues or associates are strained, again, there may be physical symptoms (Ps. 102:3–4, 7, 9). Certainly, the one praying this psalm is physically ill (6:2, 6, 7). But in considering the psalm as a whole, it is clear that the problem is more than physical. The psalmist believes that God is neglecting him. The one praying lives in terror and asks the Lord, “How long can this go on?” (v. 3). The relationship to others in the community is also not what it ought to be (vv.