Let Us Exalt His Name | Psalms in the Key of Life
Wolves in the Pasture
Psalms 34:1-22
“Both from the mercy of Heaven, and the malice of hell, the afflictions of the righteous must be many.” (Psalm 34; Matthew Henry)
When the community that is supposed to love you is hurting you, and you’re tempted to seek refuge in enemy territory, take a deep dive into Psalm 34.
Five long term lessons for short term crises...
1. Praise needs to precede the taking of any action—rest is much better than running (Ps. 34:1-3)
Instead of going to God, David ran to Gath!
2. Although you feel all alone, you are never alone (4-7)
“This poor man called...”
3. Make the change sanity, and you won’t have to feign insanity. (8-14)
“Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Fear God
...and your temptation to be an agent of sin will give way to being an ambassador of righteousness. The longer you shun the people of God (and God), and seek the solace of the secular, the more you become like who you are with. (27:8,9,10)
4. Promise of Divine rescue is not a promise of immediate rescue (15-18)
“...all his troubles.”
“Many are the evils against the righteous,”
5. God’s deliverance isn’t temporary or partial—it is complete and eternal (19-22).
Evil will ultimately destroy the wicked; troubles lead the righteous to refuge in Christ.
“Yahweh redeems...”
“unbroken bones” (Gen. 50:25; Ex. 12:46: Num. 9:12; Ezek. 37; Jn. 19:36)
In affliction You bring wisdom
That my comforts can displace
How my true and greatest treasure
Is in You, the God of grace.
(Getty Music 2023)
“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To Him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” (1 Peter 5:10-11)
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