Are You Listening Lord?

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8. Are you listening Lord?  ( Psalm 88)

The emptiness and desperation of the psalmist are clear here, we get the impression that he is full of doubt.

 and yet there is a fine golden thread of faith throughout.

After all he is still praying to God!

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Are you listening Lord, are you there?’ repeat

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But I cry to you for help O Lord,

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Yes I’m crying out to you O Lord,

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Day and night, night and day,

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All I do is pray~

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‘Are you listening Lord, are you there?’

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My soul is full of trouble and my life’s a living hell,

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And I have got no strength, I am dying.

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The darkness is my friend, and all my hope is gone,

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I’ve nowhere else to go…

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so I cry to you for help O Lord,

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Yes I’m crying out to you O Lord,

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Day and night, night and day,

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All I do is pray~

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‘Are you listening Lord, are you there?’

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And I can sink no further now, I’ve reached an all time low.

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The waves close over me, I am drowning.

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And I’m all on my own, and all my friends have gone.

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There’s no-one I can turn to.

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so I cry to you for help O Lord,

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Yes I’m crying out to you O Lord,

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Day and night, night and day,

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All I do is pray~

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‘Are you listening Lord, are you there?’

©1995 Sheila Hamil