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Psalm 6—Why did you let this ruin root itself and gnash me to bone?
Don’t press me any harder. I am scraped low, slung out, And strung hard between bitten hours And bent, bated minutes. I haunt from room to room. People…
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Psalm 3—Give us the shelter of your strange light.
My enemies are a storm of seas.
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Psalm 75—The stacked pillars of the earth stand steady because you hold them even when the plain world slides all askew.
Rendition of Psalm 75Let the last word be thanks. Walk us in wonder to the brink Of your unfurling works— The long, last, true Tallest tale of your…
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May 2025

Psalm 13—How long will I be left with only the quiet wonderings inside myself as I carry my grief from day to day?
A Note from Andy
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Three Psalms for When the Walk with God Is Harder than You Thought It Would Be
Psalm 23—When I meet the shadow falling between the way I wanted and the way I went—I will fear no evil.The Lord is my shepherd. With him, I lack…
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Psalm 39—What is the line of my life beside the light's long walk between stars?
Rendition of Psalm 39I promised myself: I will watch all my ways And my words will not go wrong. I will muzzle my mouth When the wicked wag their…
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Three Psalms for When You Can’t Find Words to Make Your Praise Big Enough
A Note From Andy
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April 2025

Psalm 40—Pierce me straight through, and scrawl your lines on the paper walls of my living heart.
I waited longer for the glimmer Of the Lord than I thought I could, Or would, or should, but waiting Inside the waiting, I was answered.
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Three Psalms for When You Need New Words to Pray for Help
Psalm 20—We will know the silent sky can speak, and holy heaven ring like struck bells.May the Lord hear you And answer with strong wings Beating on…
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Psalm 43—Send your word out like prowling cats that hunt the wide world home again.
Rendition of Psalm 43You were never supposed To let any of this happen. Why did you allow that dog grief Bound me down and Stripe my body ragged? All…
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Three Psalms for When It Seems that Enemies Only Walk from Strength to Strength
Psalm 9—We were never meant to rule a praiseless worldThe Lord has all the thanks my heart holds. Wherever he walks, the rumor Of him rouses awe, Stuns…
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