Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

We covered seven Psalms today. One of my favorite parts about Psalm 43 is how

David preaches the gospel to himself. He's struggling and he feels far from God

but he speaks reminders of the truth to his own soul in verse five.

Why are you downcast, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?

Hope in God! For I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

David tells his heart and mind what to do.

This is exactly the kind of thing Moses told the Israelites to do in tough times, to remember who God is and what he has done.

David is putting Moses' words into practice hundreds of years later.

In Psalm 44, we see that David is even relying on the things God has done for his ancestors, not just himself personally, as a source of praise.

He remembers that God is the one who grants victory, not a man's strong arm or sword or bow, especially since

sometimes Israel didn't even take weapons to war at all.

Remember back when Moses warned the Israelites against three kinds of sinful thinking. One was fearful thought and two were

prideful thoughts. In Deuteronomy 8, Moses addressed the second kind of prideful thought by saying,

Beware lest you say in your heart,

my power and the might of my hand have gotten me this well.

You shall remember the Lord your God,

for it is he who gives you power to get well.

That he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers

as it is this day.

Again, David is doing exactly what Moses encouraged them to do.

He's walking in humility and it leads him to praise God. But right now

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