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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Psalms 28:1-9
The supplications which we hear in this psalm are in no way comparable to the confident prayers that a Christian can address to his God and Father today. Fear of not obtaining an answer, terror in the face of death, fear of being drawn away with the wicked, and then calling for judgment upon those men, such are the feelings expressed here by the faithful Israelite at the time of the end. But this intense distress only serves to highlight the answer he receives and the joy he derives from it (vv. 6-9). "The LORD is my strength", he declares in v. 7. And in v. 8, "The LORD is their strength". The experience is individual before being collective. We may recall an incident in the story of David, the author of our psalm. Returning to Ziklag, he finds the town burnt to the ground and all its inhabitants taken captive; his companions speak of stoning him; he is in great distress. Then it is that he "encourages himself in the LORD his God" (1 Samuel 30:6). It is sometimes necessary for us to experience, as he did, our total weakness, so as to realise that all our strength is in the Lord (2 Corinthians 12:10). Notice also that God’s answer produces praise in the heart of the believer. And let us never forget to praise Him (Isaiah 25:1)!
