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. 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 Edom 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 four, 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,

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