When the vulnerable cry out—whether those caught in sudden violence, those facing displacement, those denied accountability, or those systematized into harm—the Psalmist reminds us that the Lord attends to their desire. The news today shows us a world where institutions fail, where power operates without restraint, and where the defenseless are exposed. Yet the ancient prayer holds: God prepares his ear to listen not because we deserve comfort, but because the oppressed matter to him. We are invited to sit with both the weight of what is happening and the strange, stubborn hope that such cries do not fall into silence.