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 road map 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.

Let me begin our study of God's Word today with an apology and an assignment.

We've come to Psalm 31, it's 24 verses long, and I must tell you right up front,

this is one of the most rich, wonderful, profound Psalms you'll ever study.

So I want to apologize in advance to tell you right up front,

there's no way I can cover all of this Psalm. So the assignment grows out of my apology,

and the assignment is this, read and meditate on Psalm 31 for yourself today. I promise you

you'll be rewarded for doing so. The reward is the passage itself, and all that God has to say to us in it.

Psalm 31 was written by David, perhaps when David was on the run, but at least when he was being

attacked. Some have surmised that David wrote it when Absalom rebelled and lots of people were

criticizing him and talking against him.

And you certainly get that sense, that tone, if you will.

You know, we do not know the tune that all of these Psalms

were sung to, but we do know the tone.

And the tone of some of them is jubilant, celebratory.

The tune and tone of some of them is reflective. but the tone of Psalm 31, I would say,

is mournful. For example, listen to the opening words. In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust?

Let me never be ashamed, deliver me in thy righteousness, bow down by an ear to me, deliver me speedily, be thou my strong rock

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