[:en]Our Daily Verse (3/17/21)[:]

[:en]SCRIPTURE:  PSALM 140

“Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;l protect me from men of violence, who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war everyday” (Psalm 140:1)

“Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet” (Psalm 140:4)

“O Lord, I say to you, “You are my God”.  Hear, O Lord, my cry for mercy.  O Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle” (Psalm 140:6-7)

“Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused” (Psalm 140″9)

“I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.  Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you” (Psalm 140:12-13)

HERE ARE THE THE ENEMIES OF KING DAVID:

  1. Evil men – devise evil plan in their hearts  (v. 2)
  2. Wicked men –  stir up troubles every day (v. 4a)
  3. Men of violence – plan to trip his feet (v. 4b)
  4. Proud men – spread cords of net to trap his path (v. 5)
  5. Slanderers – having  sharp tongues as serpents with poison of vipers on their lips (v. 11)

DAVID’S PRAYER:

  1. Rescue me, O Lord (v. 1)
  2. Keep me, O LOrd (v. 4)
  3. Hear me, O Lord (v. 6)

DAVID’S WISHES:

  1.  Do not grant the wicked their dreams O Lord.  Do not let their plans succeed (v. 8)
  2. Let the head of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused (v. 9)
  3. Let burning coals fall upon them and they be thrown into fire, into miry pits, never to rise (v. 10)
  4. Let slanderers not be established in the land and be hunt down by disaster (v. 11)

DAVID’S FINAL CONCLUSION:

  1.  The Lord secures justice for the poor (v. 12a)
  2. The Lord upholds the cause of the needy (v. 12b)
  3. The righteous will praise your name (v. 13a)
  4. The upright will ive before you (v. 13b)

David had God as his strong deliverer, who shielded his head in the day of  battle.  Today, when you encounter these kind of men in your life – evil, violent, wicked, proud and slanderous – pray to God.  Let God vindicate you.  Their own sin will come back and destroy them.  When the Lord hears you, be sure to praise His name and give thanks to Him.

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