Behold the power of God in the Psalms!

The future proves the past.

Psalm 56:

Trust in God under Persecution

A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 Be gracious to me, O God,

for men trample upon me;

all day long foemen oppress me;

2 my enemies trample upon me all day long,

for many fight against me proudly.

3 When I am afraid,

I put my trust in thee.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust without a fear.

What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They band themselves together, they lurk,

they watch my steps.

As they have waited for my life,

7 so recompense them for their crime;

in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8 Thou hast kept count of my tossings;

put thou my tears in thy bottle!

Are they not in thy book?

9 Then my enemies will be turned back

in the day when I call.

This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 in God I trust without a fear.

What can man do to me?

12 My vows to thee I must perform, O God;

I will render thank offerings to thee.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

yea, my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.

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Behold the power of God in the Psalms!

The future proves the past.

Psalm 41:

Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing

A Psalm of David.

41 Blessed is he who considers the poor!

The Lord delivers him in the day of trouble;

2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;

he is called blessed in the land;

thou dost not give him up to the will of his enemies.

3 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;

in his illness thou healest all his infirmities.

4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;

heal me, for I have sinned against thee!”

5 My enemies say of me in malice:

“When will he die, and his name perish?”

6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,

while his heart gathers mischief;

when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

7 All who hate me whisper together about me;

they imagine the worst for me.

8 They say, “A deadly thing has fastened upon him;

he will not rise again from where he lies.”

9 Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted,

who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

10 But do thou, O Lord, be gracious to me,

and raise me up, that I may requite them!

11 By this I know that thou art pleased with me,

in that my enemy has not triumphed over me.

12 But thou hast upheld me because of my integrity,

and set me in thy presence for ever.

13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

from everlasting to everlasting!

Amen and Amen.