A Soul Cries

From Psalm 119:145–152, we see the blessed saint hemmed in as his enemies draw near. Yet his response to such dire circumstances is neither merely human nor ordinary, but deeply spiritual—his soul cries out to Yahweh. What unfolds before us in the Qoph stanza is a beautiful portrait of how a blessed saint responds to crisis in a way that honors the Lord and sustains the soul. A soul that cries—shaped by the promises of God’s Word—finds the nearness of God sustaining it, even when the nearness of enemies presses hard.