Now, I am not offering this psalm as a one-size-fits-all script for handling setbacks (after all, we have many different psalms of lament, contoured to the complexities of suffering); nevertheless, it may help to outline the structure of Psalm 13 as an example of a biblical script for handling adversity: • Honest, full disclosure of suffering; including impatience with God. • Facing the worst; desperate cry for light and hope. • Remembering the metanarrative. (“Covenant faithfulness” evokes God’s promises to Abraham and to David, among other references; “salvation” connotes God’s interventions
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