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

David has had a rough time lately, so his songs are going to reflect that. We opened today with

Psalm 3, which he wrote when he had to flee Jerusalem because of Absalom's attempt to steal the throne from him.

The people he used to lead are now speaking ill of his soul.

They're saying he's beyond saving.

Not only is that hurtful to David personally, I'm sure, but it's also an affront to God's

character.

God loves to save even the most wicked and vile.

It displays his mercy and forgiveness.

David has no idea how many people Absalom has turned against him, but it's at least in the

hundreds, if not thousands, especially given all the people Absalom won over when he was

flattering people at the city gates.

So in verse 6, when David says, many thousands of people have set themselves against me all around, this doesn't seem to be hyperbole. Despite all that, David knows who God is. He

trusts God and asks God to rescue him. These circumstances haven't dimmed the brightness of God's goodness to him.

In Psalm 4, we see a lot of the same themes repeated, except this song was written for corporate

worship, not personal worship, so it's less specific to David's life than Psalm 3 is.

This song expresses confidence in God and points out that the anger David feels for being mistreated

has to be submitted to God too. That's part of what it looks like to put your trust in God.

He knows that ultimately the nearness of God is where his peace will be found, not in circumstances.

He finds more joy in knowing God than all his enemies find in their prosperity and

abundance. God can't be taken away like wine and grain and material blessings can, so David

doesn't lie awake, anxious at night about losing everything he has. He knows that ultimately,

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