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Series: Psalms Teaching
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Scripture: Psalm 54
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Psalm 54 Worksheet

Psalm 54 is another Trouble and Trust Psalm within the series of 8 ________________ Psalms from 52-59.           

You will remember that Psalm 52 was a complaint against Saul and Doeg’s evil actions that led to the death of the Priests of Nob. Here in Psalm 54 David complains about another group that meant him harm – the Ziphites.

1 Samuel 23:14-29

David recounts his ___________________ to the LORD                                          V. 1-3

Note David’s use of 4 imperatives in verses 1-2 to sum up his request.

Notice the parallel of God’s name and strength in verse 1. To the Jews, a name represented the person _______________________. To invoke God’s name was to invoke the person.

Vindicate me could be translated “__________________ me.”

There are 5 ______________________ for trouble in the Psalm – two in verse 3; One in verse 5; and two in verse 7.

What does David say the Ziphites real problem is in verse 3?

They are ___________________ – they have not set God before them.

We think again of how Psalm 53 is between these two Psalms about those who have troubled God’s man David.

David states his ______________________ in the LORD                                         V. 4-7

In 1 Samuel 23 David actually delivered the Kenites from the Philistines, and then they too betrayed him into the hands of Saul, but after getting divine guidance in ________________ David and his men got out of there before Saul got there.

And there’s the greatest promise in the Bible there in verse 4 – The Lord is _____________ you. David knows God is with him, and that since his cause is just, God is with those who help him stay alive rather than assist paranoid King Saul.

Sometimes all we can do is turn our situation over to God. We need to trust God to take care of those who unjustly cause us ____________________. 

Notice David does not say that ___________________ his troubles clear up he will sacrificially worship the Lord. He says He will do it even as he trusts God to deliver him this time, even as God has done in past times!