O LORD, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me. Psalm 35:1 NLT Psalm 35 I find such a Psalm hard. I don’t feel like I have many enemies and I really want to love my enemies, bless them that curse me, do good to them that hate me, and pray for them which despitefully use me, and persecute me ( Matthew 5:44 KJV). I see this evidence of being a believer one of the greatest evidences to my own heart that Jesus is living in me. I know only He can love His enemies. It feels to me that David is often in the vengeance business and that he is quite sensitive and he doesn’t want people talking behind his back and making fun of him. Main Point: We are welcome to cry for justice if we trust God to be the judge. David wanted the injustice against him to stop but he was compassionate and cried to God for justice. When I read Psalm 35:12-15 I took notice of David’s genuine compassion. 12 They repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul. 13 But...
Viewing all the Psalms as Messianic, I will read the Psalms consecutively for 150 days and try to write a outline for teaching with thoughts about the day's Psalm's unique contribution to the revelation of Jesus Christ our Messiah the Word of God and King of kings, the eternal Son of David.