The Trials of the Godly in Israel. Psalm 3

 

Psalm 3. The Trials of the Godly in Israel

 

Trials and sorrows are shared by all godly people, regardless of who they are or in what period of history they live. The comfort given in these Psalms is for all of God’s children.

This is a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. He was in a difficult situation. He had become an outcast and a fugitive from his own city Jerusalem.

Absalom, his son, was in rebellion against David and was seeking his life.

 

As David fled, the enemy was on the sidelines cursing him. In 2 Samuel 12:11 it says, “Nathan said to David, “Thus said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take your wives and give them to your neighbor.” This was when he was with Bathsheba.

 

God has graciously forgiven David and restored him, but David must reap the results of his sin; and it is in his son’s rebellion that he does it. God did not forsake him. Despite all the problems and troubles that David had, he trusted in the Lord.

 

Even though the whole world was against him, David said he would not be afraid. If you fear God, then you have no man to fear.

 

The Lord is the author of salvation. It is a gift from God. His blessings are upon His people.

 

David believed in the presence of God. We may be down, but God will lift us up.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible.