Filed under: The Psalms as Prayer, The Psalter

Is God out to lunch?

What’s going on here? Is God out to lunch? Nobody’s tending the store. The wicked get by with everything; they have it made, piling up riches. I’ve been stupid to play by the rules; what has it gotten me? A long run of bad luck, that’s what — a slap in the face every time I walk out the door.
— Psalm 73:11-14, The Message

We’ve been through the mill over the past year or two, because of collapsing financial empires, home foreclosures, scandals from Washington to Wall Street, and in the Governors’ Mansions in more than one state. Fraud, deceit and downright lies have been perpetrated on the American citizenry from government officials at all levels, captains of industry, and criminals of all descriptions. Foreign dictators and terrorists spew venom we can’t imagine and it makes the world a more dangerous place than it was just yesterday.

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