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🗓️ 16 May 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
| 0:13.2 | David has had a rough time lately so his songs are going to reflect that. |
| 0:18.0 | We open today with Psalm 3, which he wrote when he had to flee Jerusalem because of Absalom's |
| 0:22.3 | attempt to steal the throne from him. |
| 0:24.9 | The people he used to lead are now speaking ill of his soul. |
| 0:28.6 | They're saying he's beyond saving. |
| 0:31.2 | Not only is that hurtful to David personally, I'm sure, but it's also an affront to God's |
| 0:36.2 | character. |
| 0:37.3 | God loves to save even the most wicked and vile. |
| 0:41.0 | It displays his mercy and forgiveness. |
| 0:44.6 | David has no idea how many people Absalom has turned against him, but it's at least in |
| 0:49.0 | the hundreds, if not thousands, especially given all the people Absalom won over when |
| 0:53.1 | he was flattering people at the city gates. |
| 0:55.5 | So in verse 6, when David says, many thousands of people have set themselves against me |
| 1:00.2 | all around, this doesn't seem to be hyperbole. |
| 1:04.0 | Despite all that, David knows who God is. |
| 1:07.0 | He trusts God and asks God to rescue him. |
| 1:09.6 | These circumstances haven't dimmed the brightness of God's goodness to him. |
| 1:14.0 | In Psalm 4, we see a lot of the same themes repeated, except this song was written for corporate |
| 1:19.0 | worship, not personal worship, so it's less specific to David's life than Psalm 3 |
| 1:23.8 | is. |
| 1:25.0 | This song expresses confidence in God and points out that the anger David feels for being |
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