In Psalm 108 David put some parts of
two of his previous Psalms together, just making minor changes to the wordings.
Verses 1-5 are taken from Psalm 57:7-11, while verses 6-13 are taken from Psalm
60:5-12. In this Psalm, David’s confidence of victory could be seen with a very
minor reference in verses 12-13 to the national lament over their existing
enemies.
There are clearly two parts to this
Psalm. In verses 1-5, David personally expressed his praise to God. In verses
6-13, he was determined to exalt God and to give thanks to Him. His words showed
his resolute steadfastness to exalt God. He would sing and would come
worshipping Him early before dawn with the harp and lyre. David also would worship
God publicly among the people. He provided two reasons for his open and
unabashed worship. It’s because of the Lord’s great mercy and enduring truth.
In
verses 6-13, David expressed his personal confidence in Him. While verses 11-12
give the impression that they felt deserted by God, but nonetheless they were
also aware that God truly loved them and would grant them the victory. In verse
6 David prayed and was confident of deliverance. David’s confidence stamped
from remembering the promises of God made to them as a nation. God had
promised them Shechem, Succoth, Gilead, Manasseh, Ephraim and Judah, and even
enemies’ territories such as Moab, Edom, and Philistia. With that confidence,
David reminded everyone that through God they would do valiantly for He would
help them to fight their enemies.
Like David we must cultivate a life of
praise as well as a life of prayer. He praised God for what He had done, but he
prayed and trusted God for things he was presently encountering. Let’s praise and
thank Him for who He is, and let’s trust Him for what He would do for us. Prayer
and praise should not just be functional activities, let us make them relational
activities with the Lord as well!
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