Psalm 44: A Song for the Persecuted Church

Psalm 44 says that I am innocent – and I don’t deserve what has happened to me.

Can people really say this?

On November 6, 2012, the Rev. Jose Dilson and his wife, Zeneide, were arrested in Senegal. They are missionaries of our sister church, the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. They had been working for 22 years in Africa, and had been arrested because of hostility from the majority Muslim population against their efforts to bring the gospel to the street children of Senegal.

They were arrested for showing the love of Christ to the poorest of the poor.

Psalm 44 is their song.