Hurting with God: Learning to Lament with the Psalms

by Glenn Pemberton

Overview

A persuasive case for restoring the biblical language of lament in the church and in the lives of believers

How do believers live out faith in prolonged seasons of pain and loss? How can we live with God when it hurts-and continues to hurt? Drawing from his own daily struggle with, chronic pain and years of reading and teaching the Psalms, Pemberton leads readers on a quest to recover a lost ancient resource for people of faith-the language of lament.

This rich volume calls attention to the loss of lament in our churches, what this loss is costing us, and what might happen if we spoke and prayed the full spectrum of biblical faith languages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780891124009
Publisher:	Abilene Christian University Press
Publication date:	07/01/2012
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	694,585
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Preface 11

1 Life on the Sea 13

2 The Book of Praises 27

3 My God, My God, Why? 43

4 The Contours of Lament 61

5 Have Mercy on Me, O God, a Sinner 77

6 Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul? 89

7 There Is No Health in My Bones 103

8 How Long, O God, Is the Foe to Scoff? 117

9 Like a Snail Dissolves into Slime 133

10 Will You Hide Yourself Forever? 147

11 Where Is Your Steadfast Love of Old? 161

12 You Have Turned My Mourning into Dancing! 175

13 Learning to Lament 191

Appendices

I Works Cited 209

II Discussion Guide 213

III For Further Reading 233

IV Psalms According to Type 241

V Causes for Lament in the Psalms 247

VI Metrical Psalters, or Hymnals Containing Psalm Sections 251