Why Not Say It Aloud? Learning Honest Prayer From the Psalms

The Psalms assume something many of us forget: if God already knows our hearts, why hide them? Their prayers are startlingly honest — full of praise, doubt, gratitude, grief, confession and longing. The psalmists speak freely because they trust they are fully known and still welcomed. In teaching us to bring our whole selves before God, the Psalms reveal that honest prayer is not irreverence. It is intimacy.