We are stuck in the losing game of comparisons. The temptation to compare our lives to others is ever-present, and the envy and jealousy it creates makes us miserable. And since it is hard enough to fight comparison when things are going well, how much harder is it when we experience unfair difficulty and suffering?

David's praying in Psalm 17 helps us to learn how to play the Comparison Game a completely different way. In this prayer David cries out to the Lord for justice, favor, and deliverance as he is suffering unjustly at the hands of his enemies.