Psalms 17, 35, 54, 63 (18th April) - Ivy

I need to apologise for the delay. I have been sick. Let’s take a look at the Psalms which David wrote.

Psalms 17

From this prayer which David made, we can see the fear of the Lord in David. We can see David’s confidence that he will not sin against the Lord with his mouth in verse 3. This is because he has ‘resolved’ and made the decision that he will not sin against the Lord with his mouth.

We can see thanksgiving and prayer of protection from the David’s prayer too. From David’s prayer, we can see that it is intimate and full of confidence in God. He is assured God will answer him when he calls out to God’s name. He also fears losing favour from the Lord. He asks for protection against the influence and harm of the world. What’s beautiful is that he ends with

15 And I—in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

From this verse we can see that David longs for a life of holiness.

Psalms 35

David continues to ask God for protection against men who plot against him and wants to harm him. We see also that David asks for rescue from God so that he would not be a laughing stock to others. From this we know that David yearns to honour and glorify God with his life. He wants his life to be a testimony for God and not a laughing stock to others.

24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, O LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me.

David longs to be righteous.

28 My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.

Are any of us in situations where our friends of family mocks at us? Cling onto God for He will rescue you and lift you up so that others will praise our Father in heaven! God is our refuge!

Psalms 54

Again, we can see that David cries out to God for mercy and protection. How many of us will continuously cry out to God for help? Sometimes when we face a challenge, we turn to God once. Blow after blow, we may just turn away and thinks that God don’t care and don’t answer our prayer. However we can see how faithful David is in crying out to God for help always. Let’s take a look at these verses

4 Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
5 Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.
6 I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD,
for it is good.

In verse 6 we see that David sacrifices to the Lord what? His freewill! Isn’t this amazing? Instead of exercising his freewill and wanting to do things his own way, he sacrifices them to the Lord and praises His name. How many of us are like David? This is just so amazing!

David is always so certain that God will deliver him. What a man of faith!

Psalms 63

Here is another beautiful psalm by David when he is in Desert of Judah. David continues to be on the run away from his enemies. (Please correct me if I am wrong)

From the previous few psalm, I really admire David’s spirit in praising God and giving thanks to God in all situations. David has gone through some very great moments of facing his giants, hunt down by king Saul etc but he trusts in the Lord to bring him through every situation. I guess we should learn from David.

Let us give our Lord God our total trust and confidence and He will see us through every situation!

Summary of Summary
- Fear the Lord
- Refuge in the Lord
- Confide in the Lord
- Trust the Lord
- Praise the Lord in all situations

Proverbs 3:5-8
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. [a]
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.