When disaster strikes, what we see often depends on who decides what to show us—and the suffering of the poor and vulnerable frequently disappears from sight long before the danger passes. The psalmist addresses this silence directly, insisting that the Lord’s ear is attuned to the voiceless, the displaced, and those cut off from the world’s attention. Today’s news reminds us that hundreds remain missing or unseen, trapped not only by geography and circumstance but by the gatekeepers of information. To pray this psalm is to acknowledge both the reality of hidden suffering and a God whose concern cannot be censored or contained by earthly power.