The many struggles our communities face often seem insurmountable - homelessness, depression, substance abuse, neglect and compounding societal trauma. All offer a bleak outlook that is echoed in the raw pleas issued by David in his Psalm 143. The entire depth and breadth of human emotion are offered up to God, and the psalmist draws strength in

The many struggles our communities face often seem insurmountable - homelessness, depression, substance abuse, neglect and compounding societal trauma. All offer a bleak outlook that is echoed in the raw pleas issued by David in his Psalm 143. The entire depth and breadth of human emotion are offered up to God, and the psalmist draws strength in the remembrance of God's goodness. Let this song remind us that in the midst of suffering, God is with us always.