Timeless Biblical Truth.
Believers can pray for deliverance, guidance, and forgiveness as they live a godly life in a hostile world.
- In times of crisis, believers may pray to the LORD for His deliverance, guidance, and forgiveness (1-7).
- Believers may pray to be delivered from their enemies (1-3).
- Believers may pray for the LORD’S guidance in His truth (4-5).
- Believers may pray for forgiveness from God because of His faithfulness and compassion (6-7).
- Believers may continue to pray with confidence in the LORD’S deliverance, guidance and forgiveness (8-22).
- Believers may continue to pray for forgiveness because God will teaches the way to live because He is kind and fair (8-11).
- Believers (those who fear the LORD) will receive an inheritance and knowledge of how to live (12-14).
- Believers may continually pray for deliverance and protection from their enemies (15-21).
- Believers may pray for their complete redemption (22).
Questions for Second Milers
- Having read the entire psalm and David’s petitions, what can you infer about his circumstances and spiritual experience? How far can you make these petitions your own?
- List the ways in which David shows his dependence on God. How does his dependence relate to God’s guidance?
- To what qualities of God’s character does David appeal? How important is it for you to know God’s character or attributes?
- What does God do for the humble? For the obedient? Why?
- Does David see himself as humble? Is this the basis upon which you ask for forgiveness?
- What does verses 11-15 teach us about the one who fears God?
- Summarize the thoughts of verses 12-14 and then contrast them with David’s need in verses 16-21.
- Which of David’s words are familiar to your experience?
- What requests does David make of God in the closing verses? Which of these do you consider most important?
- Give your own short title to this psalm.
Lanny Tanton is the Pastor at The Bible Church of the Lakes in Horseshoe Bay, Texas – just outside of Marble Falls. Pastor Tanton welcomes you to our website and hopes that you’ll enjoy reading these insightful blog posts. Please contact us if you have further questions!!



