The following activities borrow heavily from the book Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy – Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop, used with permission. For a more in-depth exploration of biblical lament, we highly recommend this book. Around a third of the psalms in the Bible are prayers of lament – people crying out to...
Category: Lament
Praying Difficult Emotions
The lament psalms show us that the best thing to do with difficult emotions is to run to God. In the laments, we see that God welcomes us to express our hearts honestly to him and to look to him for help. In this activity, we use the psalms of lament to help us express...
Lament Psalms Sorted by Emotion
Sorrow and Grief: 102 – Languishing away in sorrow, feeling God opposes me.I mingle tears with my drink… For you have taken me up and thrown me down. 6 – Moaning because of opposition and personal sin.My eye wastes away because of grief. 13 – Mourning and oppressed, feeling God is distant.How long, O Lord, shall...
Lament Passages Sorted by Type
Jump to lament component: 1. Turn to God Hear And Answer Me! Have Mercy I Seek the Lord In Anger Remembering Previous Faithfulness Turning with Complaint 2. Bring Your Complaint Why? How long? Complaints against God Voicing Troubles Abandoned or Betrayed The Attack of Enemies Against the Wicked My Emotions and Distress My Sin Injustice...
Learning-to-Lament Worksheet
Use this template to gather phrases and verses from the lament psalms that connect to your heart and situation. Then, use these excerpts to help you express and write your own prayer of lament to God. Click here for a printable PDF version of this worksheet. Movements of Lament Psalm _______ My Lament Turn to...