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

Today we have a trio of songs written by David. The first one,

Psalm 108, has a lot of overlap with two chapters we've already covered,

Psalm 57 and Psalm 60. David opens by saying his heart is steadfast and that God is to be praised.

In verses 7 through 9, he lists a bunch of places with names you've probably never heard or seen before but that may not really

stick out to you as significant in any way so here's what you need to know these

places form a circle around Jerusalem and these verses are pointing out that God owns all that space around Jerusalem. And these verses are pointing out that God owns all that space around Jerusalem. Tribal

allotments, enemy territory, it's all his. Some of it he uses for reputable purposes, and some of it, like Moab, he uses but as his wash basin.

He owns it, but it's not his most prized possession.

And Edam is his footstool. Then after David declares God's dominion over all these

places, he expresses his feelings that God has rejected Israel and isn't

fighting on their behalf anymore. And he knows he needs God's help, so he cries out for it,

trusting God will come to their rescue. Psalm 109 is tough. These are the words of David

in his lament to God. He's being honest about how he feels and it's pretty clear he's not holding back. There are a few things we want to remember here. First, David is not personally retaliating. He's lamenting to God and asking God to act.

In verse 4, David says, in return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. He's lamenting to God

and asking God to act. God can be trusted to do what is right even when our

feelings are wrong. So David is taking his problem to the one place where it will be

resolved in righteousness. The fact that this prayer is in scripture doesn't mean God

agrees with it or answers it with a yes. It just shows us that God can handle receiving the honest outpouring of all

our emotions, even the ones that don't honor him or align with his plan. He is the

safe space. Second, even though these words are primarily describing offenses toward David, those offenses are against God as well, since David is God's anointed over this unique nation state.

David had treated Saul with respect. as God's anointed over this unique nation state.

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