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When Pain Is Real and God Seems Silent: Finding Hope in the Psalms is unavailable, but you can change that!

In dark times, God can seem silent. We feel isolated, confused, and alone. Everyone experiences suffering—even the biblical writers express similar feelings in the Psalms. Through brief meditations on Psalms 88 and 89, Ligon Duncan points to hope in the midst of the pain of feeling abandoned by God. These examples of crying out to God show readers how to respond to their own suffering, and assure...

Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (Ps. 88:10–12) In these words, the psalmist is asking, “How can I live for your glory, O God, if I’m dead?” This question shows us quite a bit about Heman. He knows he was put on this earth to glorify God; he knows
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