The Psalms are songs that we sing but also prayers to God. The Psalms show you how to respond to God when you are happy, sad, angry, facing tragedy, etc. The Psalms are special because they are God's Word given to us to respond to Him. Most of the Psalms are laments to God. God gives us the Psalm Book full of laments to show us this world is a world of suffering. This world is sick with sin. Our hymnals and praise songs tend to paint a far rosier, optimistic picture. There is a hypocrisy in church where every one pretends everything is okay, that no one has marriage problems, etc. We should not get rid of lament songs from our worship. Yet, the whole book of Psalms is called "praise songs." This is because they always end with David and others trusting God in their trials and tribulations. The laments are to God, indicating that the authors of Psalms know that only God can alleviate their trials and sufferings. ***When we hurt, we can cry ou...
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