Prayer Pairs:

I Will Trust You in the AMPsalm 3:1-8

Prayers or Songs?

• The Psalms pair heart language with worship activities. (40% prayers)

• This pair of psalms are probably intended for a soloist to pray or sing publicly.

• They are 2 of 38 individual prayer psalms in the 150 piece collection.

Is that stuff inspired?

• Usually, the superscriptions were extra information added by later collectors.

• These notes highlight the purpose and use of these words.– morning prayers– of David

• The title of Ps 3 mentions a flight from Absalom. (2 Sam 15:13-17, 29)

What is a selah?

• Selah is a technical, musical term. • Is occurs in 71x in 39 psalms in a variety of

patterns. • Almost always in psalms inscribed with

David’s name.• It is an “addition” word.

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• three “Selah Stars” as markers• two similar units on the ends, function as bookends/brackets

• beautifully balanced, symmetrically spaced

= the beauty of a new day?• “peaking” in the middle,

= a rising of the sun?

Structure

• O LORD, adversaries rising against• “No salvation for him”• O LORD, a shield, glory, lifter of head• Crying out, He answered• Laying down, rising up, LORD• No fear, armies gathered around• O LORD, save me, God rising against • Salvation belongs to LORD, blessings

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Jehovah points

In a prayer psalm, it makes sense that Jehovah is prominenced

Structure

• O LORD, adversaries rising against• “No salvation for him”• O LORD, a shield, glory, lifter of head• Crying out, He answered• Laying down, rising up, LORD• No fear, armies gathered around• O LORD, save me, God rising against • Salvation belongs to LORD, blessings

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rising points

In a morning psalm, it makes sense that rising is prominenced

Structure

• O LORD, adversaries rising against• “No salvation for him”• O LORD, a shield, glory, lifter of head• Crying out, He answered• Laying down, rising up, LORD• No fear, armies gathered around• O LORD, save me, God rising against • Salvation belongs to LORD, blessings

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salvation points

In a prayer psalm, it makes sense that salvation is prominenced

Look at it …?

…or eat it?

“The psalms were hammered out over generations of living with God. We moderns

should not impose upon the Psalms our assumptions that individual, private

experience is to be valued more highly than the experience of God reflected in a

corporate identity.”Craig Broyles

8 Truths About Trust

Trust must increase as the troubles increasefor trust is the antidote to panic, anxiety, & worryand YHWH is able to handle even an overload

8 Truths About Trust

Trust increases only as truth increasesour trust relies on truth, not popular opinion or powerful voices, as its foundation;yet our lying enemy, delights in undermining those foundations

Selah.

8 Truths About Trust

Trust rides quietly on God’s shouldersit personalizes the promises of protectionit acknowledges the need for Divine perspective and assumes that the end of this episode will be better by His intentional intervention

8 Truths About Trust

Trust waits totally on God’s answersTrust puts all of its eggs in one basketTrust does not put any more energy into solving the problem, b/c God is in charge

Selah.

8 Truths About Trust

Trust rests peacefully in God’s shadowwhen one is trusting, he is able to relaxand he rises refreshed, ready to advance againthis strength comes directly from God, not the bed

8 Truths About Trust

Trust is not stolen by a majority votewhen one trusting, he is unable to fear meneven if their attacks are highly personal or painful

8 Truths About Trust

Trust increases as the enemies are rendered harmless

God, the almighty, will strike them in the jawtheir teeth will fall out and they will become silentthe psalmist doesn’t even lift a finger in defense

8 Truths About Trust

Trust increases as the blessings of rescue increase

if salvation is to come, it is only through our Godthese blessings of rescue are the gifts of a Father

Selah.

What have you learned?What will you do?

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