{"id":999,"date":"2012-04-28T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T22:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=999"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:26:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:26:29","slug":"psalm-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/28\/psalm-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%2028&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 28<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This psalm is like the other <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/11\/introduction-to-the-psalms\/\"><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;\">lamenting psalms<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> we have looked at (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/28\/psalm-13\/\"><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 of Psalm 13 for an example<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">). David makes his plea to God, describes what is happening, and praises God for the answer. The circumstances do not determine\u00a0our joy, it is He to whom we look that determines our joy. This psalm could have been written\u00a0during David\u2019s fleeing from Saul or from Absalom. As with Psalm 13, I look at it as an attempt to escape his son Absalom, thus the placement in our studies. Verse two implies that David has been in Jerusalem and has established the Tent of Meeting as the sanctuary. If he were fleeing from Saul, neither of these would have occurred. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first five verses sound like Absalom\u2019s words in 2 Samuel 15 (<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/25\/2-samuel-15\/\"><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<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>)<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">. Absalom was undermining the authority of\u00a0David with words that caused others to deem David as weak.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>What does the silence of God mean to you (1)? When you pray, does He seem distant? When you read His Word, does it seem hollow? Why? Sometimes it is because we have sinned. Other times it is because He wants us to rely and trust in a greater way on Him. Can you think of other reasons?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does the silence of God mean to you (1)? When you pray, does He seem distant? When you read His Word, does it seem hollow? Why? Sometimes it is because we have sinned. Other times it is because He wants us to rely and trust in a greater way on Him. 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