The first section of Psalms has been called the Genesis Psalms.

They help us to realize that every good thing begins with God.

The Psalms provide a roadmap for the journey ahead.

In them, we learn to bring every emotion and experience of life into the presence of God.

Join Scott Pauley now as we study God's Word together.

How do you like to end your day? You know, the world's philosophy is the evenings are for me, but I want to

suggest to you today that the evenings belong to God. In fact, the whole day belongs to God,

but the way you end every day is very, very important. We're walking through the Psalms,

and we've come now to Psalm 4. It's a beautiful Psalm, listen to it. It's only eight verses long. David prays, hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness.

Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.

O ye sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and seek

after leasing, Celah? But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.

The Lord will hear when I call unto him, stand in all, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord. There be many that say,

Who will show us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart more than in the time

that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for thou

Lord only makeest me dwell in safety. Now this particular Psalm, Psalm 4, has been referred to as an

evening Psalm for obvious reasons. David's talking about

staying on his bed, being still upon his bed, thinking upon his bed, and then finally saying,

all right, I'm just going to leave it with God and go to sleep. The fascinating thing about the

placement of Psalm 4 is that it is sandwiched between two morning psalms.

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