There is a quiet comfort here for believers. If you feel out of place in a world that loves exaggeration, division, and manipulation, that is not a strange thing. It may be a sign that the Lord has given you a taste for truth and peace.
Some days it feels tiring to live around half-truths, spin, and constant friction.
“In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.” (Psalm 120:1, ESV)
There is a plain honesty in that verse. The psalmist does not pretend he is unaffected by what he hears and sees. He calls it distress. He does not romanticize it, and he does not numb himself to it. He brings it to the Lord.
Psalm 120 is not only about other people’s lies. It is also about the pressure a noisy world puts on the soul. When deception is normal, you can start to doubt what is good and true. The psalmist refuses that path.
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