Confidence In A Crisis Series

Psalm 57:1-11 Confidence in a Crisis

I. David's Cry - A Cry of Desperation (1-3)

A. His Request -

A Personal Request - 1 Be merciful unto me, O God,

A Persistent Request - be merciful unto me: (Repeated)

A Persuaded Request - for my soul trusteth in thee.

B. His Refuge -

It's Provision - 1 yea, in the shadow of thy wings

It's Protection - will I make my refuge,

It's Prevention - until these calamities be overpast.

Psalm 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

C. His Resolve -

To Entreat - 2 I will cry unto God most high;

To Trust - unto God that performeth

To Triumph - all things for me.

D. His Reassurance -

The Assurance - 3 He shall send from heaven

The Assistance - and save me from the reproach

The Ascendance - of him that would swallow me up. Selah.

we need to allow Him to fight our battles for us.

II. David's Crisis - A Crisis of Oppression (4-6)

A. His Danger -

His Place - 4 My soul is among lions:

His Peril - and I lie even among them that are set on fire,

His Purity - even the sons of men

His Protest - whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

B. His Desire -

For God's Grace - 5 Be thou exalted, O God,

For God's Gift - above the heavens;

For God's Glory - let thy glory be above all the earth.

C. His Dilemma -

Their Subtlety - 6 They have prepared a net for my steps;

Their Savagery - my soul is bowed down:

Their Strategy - they have digged a pit before me,

Their Scrutiny - into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

D. His Dependence -

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

III. David's Confidence - The Confidence of Salvation (7-11)

A. His Witness - 7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.

Psalm 34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

B. His Worship -

It's Personality - 7 I will sing and give praise.

It's Priority - 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

It's Publicity - 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:

I will sing unto thee among the nations.

It's Persistency - Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

C. His Wonder - 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.