When the News Gets You Down

Are you sickened by the news? Try reaching for the Psalms more often instead and see how your perspective changes.

Don’t fret because of evildoers,
    neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
    and wither like the green herb.
3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good.
    Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to Yahweh.
    Trust also in him, and he will do this:
6 he will make your righteousness go out as the light,
    and your justice as the noon day sun.
7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him.
    Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way,
    because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.
    Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh.
    He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

Psalm 37:1-8, 39 (World English Bible)