It is surprising that the psalmist trusts and calls on the LORD (verses 1-2), because he seems to have little evidence of the LORD at hand (verses 3-18). Some say this psalm writer describes the condition of his soul's "dark night," a time of unknowing, bereft of any spiritual senses, and isolated from others. How can the soul continue in faith and hope without some feedback, some encouragement from God? What can the soul learn, become, lay aside, or take up in such an inky nothingness? How long will the seemingly imprisoned soul content itself in pitch black shadows, longing for liberty and light?
Some Christian mystics say when the soul breaks through its "dark night," then it is well-prepared for total union with God. How do you sense a breakthrough coming in your "cloud of unknowing," reader?
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