{"id":884,"date":"2012-04-15T14:38:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T21:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=884"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:35:49","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:35:49","slug":"psalm-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/15\/psalm-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%2020&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Psalm 20<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> (cf. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Timothy%202.1-8&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Timothy 2.1-8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/03\/06\/psalm-21\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">see our study Psalm 21<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/14\/2-samuel-10\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">our study of 2 Samuel 10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> for possible background to this psalm)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Verses 1-3-Trouble is coming in warfare. The priest is offering a sense of peace to David before the battle. Because of David\u2019s faithfulness to God, God will bring him support. Pause (Selah). Are your sacrifices to God the kind that He celebrates and honors? Or, are they merely tokens you throw at Him, hoping to appease Him?\u00a0 <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search;_ylt=A0oGdSfp0IpPIgkA0CBXNyoA?p=The%20term%20in%20the%20superscription%2C%20%E2%80%9CAltaschith%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">See our study on Psalm 50<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Verses 4-6-Triumph of God\u2019s answers are evident. Notice the change from &#8220;your&#8221; to &#8220;we&#8221; to &#8220;I.&#8221; All are involved.<\/p>\n<p>Verses 7-9-Trust and confidence in the God who gives victories and allows defeats.<\/p>\n<p>Notice the bookend of &#8220;Lord answer&#8221; in verse one in the day of trouble and in verses nine in the day we call. Notice how the name of God is invoked in each stanza (1, 5, 7). Notice the abundance of\u00a0desire in the first five verses with each beginning with &#8220;may.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a short psalm that reminds us to pray for those over us. Are you praying for your leaders, whether you like them or not? The psalm also shows us that true worship gets God\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a short psalm that reminds us to pray for those over us. Are you praying for your leaders, whether you like them or not? 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