16 Psalmen voor angst en vrees

The Psalms name anxiety, fear and distress directly and set them beside words of trust in God. Some verses are spoken to God, as in Psalm 139:23-24; some are spoken by the psalmist to his own soul, as in Psalm 42:11; and some are instructions to others, as in Psalm 55:22 and Psalm 31:24. Psalm 46 speaks for a whole people facing an earth that gives way, and Psalm 4 and Psalm 130 place the fear at night or in…