Concerning the Wicked

Text: Psalm 31
8 April 2019

CONCERNING THE WICKED

1. Many Psalms written about the wicked

2. Psalms 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21,2 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31

COPING WITH THE PROBLEM OF ENEMIES

1. Trust

a) In You, O LORD, I put my trust   (Psalm 31:1)
b) I trust in the LORD   (Psalm 31:6)
c) But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD   (Psalm 31:14)

2. Trusting the LORD

a) As a rock of refuge   (Psalm 31:2)
b) As a fortress of defence   (Psalm 31:2)
c) Rock and fortress   (Psalm 31:3)

3. Trusting the LORD for the following

a) His leading   (Psalm 31:3)
b) His guiding   (Psalm 31:3)
c) For His strength   (Psalm 31:4)
d) For His redemption   (Psalm 31:5)
e) For His mercy   (Psalm 31:7)
f) His knowledge of our problems   (Psalm 31:7-8)

PRAYING FOR DELIVERANCE

1. Pulling out of the net laid by the wicked   (Psalm 31:4)

2. Deliverance from the hand of the enemy   (Psalm 31:15)

PRAYING AGAINST THE WICKED

1. Let the wicked be ashamed   (Psalm 31:17)

2. Let them be silent in the grave   (Psalm 31:17)

3. Let the lying lips be put to silence   (Psalm 31:18)

a) They speak insolent things
b) They speak proudly
c) They speak contemptuously
d) They speak against the righteous

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