You Saw My Affliction

A prayer for grief, from Psalm 31:7

One of grief's quiet cruelties is feeling unseen, like the anguish happened and nobody was watching. This psalm says otherwise: you saw my affliction, you knew the anguish of my soul. A prayer for being known in the worst of it.

I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. Psalm 31:7 (NIV)

The prayer

Father, I will be glad and rejoice in Your love, for You saw my affliction. You knew the anguish of my soul. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

Make it yours: change any words that don’t fit, or stop at the one line that’s true today. Amen can wait until you mean it.

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Grace Sufficient

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You Saw My Affliction

The prayer

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A Living Hope

Comfort in All Troubles

Hard Pressed But Not Crushed

Grace Sufficient