Karsten T. Voskuil

Psalm 85 was likely composed and used in worship after the Israelites came home from their captivity in Babylon. In other words, it is a psalm of people well acquainted with death. These former captives tasted death. They lived death. Now, they are now seeking some answers. I understand what they were feeling. I am still grated by death's grasp as my wife and I grieve the loss of another pregnancy. This is the second one--and the second time on…