Prayer through Persistent Trouble: Psalm 56-Supplication through the Scriptures
Prayer through Persistent Trouble Psalm 56 Thus in this short Psalm, we have climbed from the ravenous jaws of the enemy into the light of Jehovah's presence, a path which only faith can tread. Charles Spurgeon I am loving going through the Psalms this year. How kind of God to give us so many comforts in one book. The Psalms give vocabulary to the expression of our emotions. They face the reality of our humanness while then directing us to truth. Today’s psalm is no different. David is again the author and is again facing his enemies. The “chorus of this psalm” is the repeated truth, “in God I trust; I shall not be afraid” (56:4). We also see the trouble which led David to remind himself to trust the Lord, we see: men trample him, oppress him, attack him, injure his cause, their thoughts are against him for evil, they stir up strife, lurk, watch his steps, and wait for his life. And David repeats three times that these men and their evil deeds are against him “all day long” (56:1,2...