Psalm 55

“I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted” (v2).  The psalmist was distressed because of the pressure of constant conflict (v3).  A friend, someone with whom he had enjoyed “sweet fellowship” (v14), was now his enemy.  He wanted to escape: “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!  I would fly away and be at rest” (v6).  But instead, he brought his pain to God: “Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain … and He will hear my voice” (v17).

God doesn’t reject our honest “complaint.”  Instead, “He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me” (v18).