Following up from Sunday's message on Psalm 13 here are some further Psalms of lament. Twenty Complaints Laments contain various complaints expressing struggle, questions, outrage, and frustration. The following passages are examples of the unique complaints found in the psalms of lament: Why? · Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? (Ps. 10:1) · Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? (Ps. 10:13) · My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? (Ps. 22:1) · I say to God, my rock: “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” (Ps. 42:9) · For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (Ps. 43:2) · Awake! Why are you sle