Now granted, if you do this aloud, it may cause some around you to question your sanity. But don t overlook how useful this is. The psalmist preached to himself. He took the truths he d heard before, and spoke them to himself. The suffering saint asks, Why are you so downcast.
Some perspective is in order.
At times, we may even think that we have it worse than anyone else in all of human history. At times, we may even believe the lie to ourselves saying that we are the only ones suffering, but that is not the case. We must learn to fight back, even if despairing. We can never surrender to untruth. Sometimes that may help clarify.