Weekly Sermons

Psalm 52 Worksheet

Psalm 52 is set when Doeg the Edomite went and tattled on David to Saul, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”                 1 Samuel 22

Psalm 52 is the first of 8 _________________ psalms in a row by David, going through Psalm 59.

 

Description of an _____________________ man                                                                V. 1-4

The mighty man in verse 1 is probably King Saul, who acted so viciously on this occasion by killing the priests of Nob. Their only crime was ______________________ David, who had made clear he meant Saul no harm. 

Actually, the word for goodness is actually our word Hesed, God’s lovingkindness. David was not going to stop ______________________ in God’s lovingkindness because of the evil words and actions of Saul.

There are of course times God has us fight back in a “just war” way, but never in a way where we ourselves _____________________ in evil actions.

Verse 3 is a great challenge to us today – let us love God and hate sin. Let us not love evil more than good, and lying rather than speaking what is _____________________.

 

What God will do with an evil man                                                                                       V. 5-7

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.                                                                                                   -Galatians 6:7

In verse 1 David had spoken of how God is about goodness even when evil men do evil things. Here in verse 5 we see part of the confidence behind that assertion – God will bring __________________ to those who bring evil upon others.

Rarely do evil men see judgment come upon their fellow evildoers and stop doing evil themselves. In their __________________ they think they will keep getting away with what other evil men used to.

When godly people see judgment finally come to evildoers, it reinforces that they were right to _________________ God instead.

Isn’t it interesting how Psalm 53 follows Psalm 52, where again we learn that “the fool says in his heart, there is no God.” Atheism is such folly that Psalm 53 is virtually identical to Psalm 14. Don’t be a fool!

The thought there in Psalm 53:5 (the one big difference between Psalm 14 and 53) goes right along with David’s teaching in Psalms 52-59: God will deal decisively with the wicked fool who ______________________ God and hurts God’s people.

 

Desire of a _________________ man                                                                                   V. 8-9

Instead of meeting evil with evil, David seeks God and goes to His house. The word mercy in verse 8 is also Hesed. One of the main ways we can respond to evil in the world is by ________________________ God with like-minded believers.