When The World Is Just Crazy
Hugh Hewitt > Blog
Sunday, August 30, 2026
It has not been a happy week. We began the week looking at the negative effects the advance of some Islamic expressions is having. We turned to looking at how our politics rob us of our happiness and our mourning. We looked at the apparent poor mental health of so many and then – California. To put a cherry on that sundae, Dolly Parton died – and where I live, where she grew up, that is simply a bright light extinguished. As I have reflected on this week just passed, a Psalm came to mind and I reflect on how the psalmist seems to have something for every time and place.
Be gracious to me, God, for a man has trampled upon me;
Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.
When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
All day long they distort my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They attack, they lurk,
They watch my steps,
As they have waited to take my life.
Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them?
In anger make the peoples fall down, God!
You have taken account of my miseries;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call;
This I know, that God is for me.
In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can mankind do to me?
Your vows are binding upon me, God;
I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.
For You have saved my soul from death,
Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the living.
