Resolved without Resolution
This is a Psalm of lament. It seems to have Messianic undertones to it. The Psalmist is crying out to God day and night. He is full of troubles, shunned by his friends, facing death, and he feels as though God has abandoned him in darkness and wrath.
An interesting element of this particular Psalm is that within the Psalm itself, there is no resolution to the problem. Now, reading it within the larger context of Scripture, we can come up with ways to think about how this suffering could have been resolved. But standing alone, the Psalmist offers us no conclusion or resolution to the trouble he was undergoing.
What are we to take from this? One thing I think we can learn from this Psalm is that we can remain resolved without a resolution. What I mean is that we can remain faithful to the Lord, and we can continue to trust Him even when the troubles we face don’t immediately dissipate when we pray for help.
The hours of suffering seem long indeed. Cry out to God and remain resolved in faith even when there is no immediate resolution.
