As I read this, I'm reminded that it's alright to have an off day. It's alright to cry out to God, heck, even Jesus cried out to the God in Gethsemane. Here we have David just crying his heart out in this Psalm, we don't have a joyful song, we have a song full of lament. Again at the end of the Psalm there is the knowledge that YES God hears my cry, and you evil doers better run, because God has listened to my prayers.
I like that these Psalms aren't always about the 'good times' that they are honest to whatever David is feeling, or the Psalmist is feeling in relation to David. Sometimes we aren't as honest with ourselves or each other as believers, and yet here we have the King of Israel, the annointed one of God crying out to him. We need to be honest to God, and the neat things about God is that he's so into having a relationship with us that sometimes he breaks us down to where we need to cry out to him.
In your lowest low, don't run away from God, run to Him knowing that He is the God that answers prayer and does see our tears, and He is a God of compassion and unfailing love.
Here's not a 10 stringed lyre by as this Psalm was meant to be done, with a choir, but a couple good rabbis who's music actually reminds me of this Psalm... times of joy, and crazyness that life brings. Thought it was kinda cool :)
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