Day 105.  Reading Psalms 7, 27, 31, 34, 52.

 

David has been anointed as the future king, but he’s a fugitive with a band of misfit soldiers who love him. King Saul in his madness desperately searches for David to kill him.  The Sweet Psalmist of Israel takes comfort in his relationship with and trust in the LORD God.

• O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.  
• O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust.
• My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
• I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the Name of the LORD, the Most High.

Psalm 27.

• The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
• The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
• Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
• You have said, “Seek my face,” My heart says to You, Your face, LORD do I seek. Hide not your face from me.
• Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
• Wait for the LORD: be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord.

I love how David “preaches” to himself in the psalm.

Psalm 31.

• In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me!
• Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily!
• Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me!
• You ARE my rock and my fortress; and for Your Name’s sake You lead me and guide me; You take me out of the net they have hidden for me; for You are my refuge.
• I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction; You have known the distress of my soul, and You have not delivered me into the hand of my enemy: You have set my feet in a broad place.
• I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” 
• My times are in Your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
• Blessed be the LORD, for He has wondrously shown His steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city. I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from Your sight,” But You heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to You for help.
• Love the LORD, all you His saints!
• Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

Psalm 34.

• I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear of and be glad.
• O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His Name together! 
• I sought the LORD and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
• The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and delivers them.
• Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
• Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
• The LORD redeems the life of His servants; NONE of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Psalm 52.

This psalm was written when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul “David has come to the house of Abimelech.”

• Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
• Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
• You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right.
• You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
• But God will break you down forever; He will snatch and tear you from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living!
• The righteous shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him saying, “See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches.”

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****FATHER, may I learn from these psalms of David to take refuge in You in all situations, to trust in You for deliverance, and to rejoice in You in whatever situation I am in.  YOU will make all things RIGHT in Your time.