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Saying Yes in the Dark ness
PSAL MS
And bite the hand that feeds them.
me? I’m singing your prowess,
shouting at cockcrow your largesse,
For you’ve been a safe place for me,
a good place to hide.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it,
I can always count on you—
God, my dependable love.
11 Soar high in the skies, O God!
Cover the whole earth with your glory!
16-17 And
The story behind this psalm may be one you’ve heard, or it may not. Don’t go flipping around in
your Bible yet. Based on this passage alone, what can you take from David’s situation?
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When I’m worried about something, I often grasp the worst-case scenario and dwell on what’s
unfolding in front of me—before remembering that our Heavenly Father is bigger than all of it.
Do you think that’s what David did here? Why or why not?
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This psalm is divided into several parts. I’ve heard some say there are two separate sections within
this chapter. Do you agree? How do you think these two sections could be divided and summed
up?
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Look back at your circling and underlining in the passage. While we do see David go back and
forth between complaining and praying, praying and complaining, I feel like that’s not all it is.
Charles Spurgeon sees this passage broken apart even further.vii Fill out this chart to see if we can
discover the bigger picture of what’s going on:
What is David doing in…
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