Message Notes

SSS 4
Book 5
Psalms 107-150
9 June 2024

Psalm 109
(Part two)

21 But You, O GOD the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

23 I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.

25 I also have become a reproach to them;
When they look at me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, O LORD my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,

27 That they may know that this is Your hand—
That You, LORD, have done it!

28 Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let Your servant rejoice.

29 Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth;
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.

31 For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those [e]who condemn him.

Psalm 109:21-31

PERSONAL PRAYER OF THE PSALMIST DAVID

But You, O GOD the Lord,
Deal with me for Your name’s sake;
Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

Psalm 109:21

1. Pleading with the LORD

a) For deliverance

b) Dire circumstances of life

2. Basis:

a) The mercy of the LORD

b) For His name’s sake

CANDID ASSESSMENT OF LIFE’S CIRCUMSTANCES

22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.

23 I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.

24 My knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.

25 I also have become a reproach to them;
When they look at me, they shake their heads.

26 Help me, O LORD my God!
Oh, save me according to Your mercy,

Psalm 109:22-26

1. Personal circumstances

a) Poor and needy

b) Heart wounded

c) Life severely threatened

d) Knees weak through fasting

e) Lacking in strength because of a lack of food

2. Enemies

a) Compared to a locust

b) Shaken off

c) A reproach

d) Despised

3. A plea

a) For help

b) For mercy

A STRONG FOCUS I

27 That they may know that this is Your hand—
That You, LORD, have done it!

28 Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, let them be ashamed,
But let Your servant rejoice.

29 Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

Psalm 109:27-29

1. That the hand of the LORD was present

2. That He would bless even if people were to curse

3. That the accusers would be ashamed of themselves

4. That the servant of God may rejoice in Him

FOCUS II

30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth;
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.

31 For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those who condemn him.

Psalm 109:30-31

1. To greatly praise the LORD

2. That He stands at the right hand of the poor

3. That He will save His servant from all who condemn him