Psalm 139:1–12: When You Don't Feel God
David does not argue his way out of the dark. He says the darkness cannot hide him from God, and that the one who searches and knows him is already there.
Psalm 13:1–6: When God Feels Distant
Psalm 13 teaches that honest complaint belongs inside covenant prayer, not outside it. The psalmist tells God plainly that he feels forgotten, keeps calling him my God, and rests in God's loyal love before his circumstances change.