Here is our most recent devo for our women's study:



Individual Lament – Jen (13, 22, 88)
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 64, 69, 70, 71, 77, 86, 88, 89, 120, 139, 141, 142
Psalms of lamentation or complaint cry out for help in a situation of distress or frustration. Psalmists protest their innocence or confess their sins. They vow to praise God and give thanks for deliverance. Such psalms show prayer as an honest communication with God in life's worst situations.
1. Introductory Cry to God
a. Address
b. Cry for Help
2. Lament
a. Foes
b. I
c. Thou
3. Confession of Trust
4. Petition
a. Hear!
b. Save!
c. Punish!
d. Because. . .
5. Conclusion
a. Vow of praise or expression of praise (even Lament psalms were prayers of great confidence in the Lord which often turned to praise before the answers actually came – Ps.57).
b. Assurance, Trust/Praise “heard”


1. When you were a child, how did you respond to situations of stress or frustration? How did people-parents-guardians respond?
2. There are more lament psalms than any other kind.
3. Read Psalm 142 (David in the Cave).
4. What do you think of-what is your first response to hearing this psalm? (this type of psalm)
5. What movements do you see within this psalm? (Talk about the different movements.-format of this psalm.)
6. Most of the psalms of lament are nonspecific about the cause of the lament. Why do you think it is this way? How do you lament?
7. Read Psalm 22. What is your response? This is the psalm that Jesus was quoting when he died.
8. Read Psalm 88. What do you notice different here? This psalm (which is similar to Job) does not end in hope. Why is it included here?
9. What kind of songs do we most often sing when we come together as Christians? What kinds dominate our songbooks? Where do you hear songs of lament? What kind of genres? (There is great value in all types of psalms, this is not a knock of the kinds that we do have – or that we should only have songs of lament – rather all should have a voice.
10. What is the value of this kind of psalm?
11. When we are in a difficult situation, do we talk differently to people around us than how we pray?
12. Ends in a vow or expression of praise ‡ (respond. . . how-why-importance). We are moved from complaint to an expression of trust to praise.