'A threefold cord is not quickly broken'. (Eccl 4.12)
I. David's petitions (verses 1-3)
A. In prayer, believers should remember that the Lord is the Rock of our salvation (verse 1)(Psalm 61)
B. In prayer, believers should approach with listening adoration. (verse 2)(Numbers 7.89)(1 Peter 4.10-11).
C. In prayer, believers should seek preservation from the ways of the wicked. (verse 3)(Psalm 37.35-37)
II. David's cry for the wicked's punishment (verses 4-5)
A. David's 'prayer' that impenitent sinners receive their just deserts (verse 4)
B. David's 'persuasion' of Divine justice. Note verse 5 (Psalm 73.2-6,15-17; Psalm 37.1-3).
C. David's 'prophecy' of the destruction of the wicked (verse 28.3b)(see v.4)(Ps 28.5).
III. The believer's praise and profession
A. The believer's praise (v.6)
(1) Our prayers are always heard (2 Cor 12.7-10)
(2) We are not to neglect praise. (Jn 11.41-43; 1 Cor15.52-54).
B. The believer's profession. Verses 7-8 give 3 words of testimony: (1) 'the Lord is my strength' (2 Tim 1.12). (2) 'the Lord is their strength'. (3) the Lord is 'the saving strength of his anointed'.
Conclusion: Let us make David's prayer our prayer (verse 9).
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Pastor Roy Mohon MA, Dip. Theol. is the minister of the Presbyterian Reformed Church at Stockton-on-Tees. The subordinate standard of the Church is the Westminster Confession of Faith. He has served as Treasurer and committee member for the Trinitarian Bible Society and has...