Psalm 11

Psalm 11

Verso 1

Esses versículos contêm um relato de uma tentação de desconfiar de God, with whom David, on some unknown occasion, was greatly exercised. It may be that, on the days he was in the court of Saul, he was advised to flee at a time when this flight would be accused against him as a violation of duty to the king, or a proof of cowardice guys. Your case was like that of Nehemiah, when his enemies, under the the appearance of friendship, they hoped to capture him, advising him to flee to save your life. If he had done that, they could then have found a reason for accusation. Nehemiah bravely replied: "Is it that a "How would a man like me escape?" and David, in a similar spirit, refuses to backing away, exclaiming: "In the Lord I place my trust: how do you say to my soul: flees like a bird to the mountain?" When Satan does not he can bring us down through presumption, how cunningly he will seek to ruin us for the distrust! He will employ our dear friends to defend us of our trust, and will use such a plausible logic that, unless let us affirm our lasting trust in Jehovah once and for all, he will turn us into the shy bird that flies to the mountain whenever there is danger. presents itself.

Verse 2

How forcefully the case is made! The bow is bent, the arrow is adjusted to the rope: "Run away, run away, you defenseless bird, your safety is fleeing; be gone, for your enemies will send their arrows into your heart; "hurry, hurry, soon you will be destroyed!" David seems to have felt the force from the council, for it reached his soul; but still he would not yield, but would risk the danger of showing distrust in the Lord your God. Without doubt, the dangers surrounding David were great and imminent; It was well It's true that his enemies were ready to shoot him secretly.

Verse 3

It was equally correct that the very foundations of the law and of justice was destroyed under the unjust government of Saul: but what were all these things for the man whose trust was in God? alone?

He could face the dangers, escape from the enemies and challenge the injustice that surrounded him. His answer to the question: "What do the just "What can they do?" would be the counter-question "What can ’ t they do?"

When prayer involves God by our side, and when faith assures the fulfillment of the promise, what reason could there be to flee, no matter how cruel and powerful ones who are our enemies? With a sling and a stone, David had wounded a giant before whom all the hosts of Israel trembled, and the Lord, who delivered him from the uncircumcised Philistine, certainly could deliver him from King Saul and his mirmidons. There is no such word as "impossibility". in the language of faith; this martial grace knows how to fight and conquer, but it does not knows how to escape.

Verse 4

David declares here the great source of his unwavering courage. He loans its light from the sky - from the great central orb of divinity. The God of the believer is never far from him; he is not merely the god of fortresses mountainous, but of dangerous valleys and battlefields.

Jehovah is in his holy temple. all regions of the earth, and so the Lord is always close to us in all the states and conditions. This is a very strong reason why we should not adopting suggestions leads to mistrust. There is one that invokes your precious sangue em nosso favor no templo acima, e há um no trono que nunca é surdo at the intercession of your Son. Then why should we fear? What plots do the men may imagine that Jesus will not find out? Satan undoubtedly He wished to have us sifted like wheat, but Jesus is in the temple. praying for us and how can our faith fail? What attempts can the wicked make make Jehovah not see? And since he is in his holy temple, delightingif in the sacrifice of his Son, he will not defeat all trickery, and will send us a safe liberation? "The throne of Jehovah is in the heavens"; he reigns supreme. Nothing can be done in sky, on earth or in hell, that he does not order and surpass in rule. He is the great emperor of the world. Why, then, should we flee? If we trust next king of kings, is that not enough? You cannot deliver us without our retiro covarde? Sim, bendito seja o Senhor nosso Deus, podemos saudá-lo like Jehovah-Nissi; in His name, we set up our banners and instead of to flee, once again we raise the battle cry. "Your eyes contemplate." The eternal Observer never sleeps; his eyes they never know a sleep. "Your eyelids try the sons of men:" he strictly inspects your actions, words, and thoughts. Just like the men, when they carefully and closely inspect an object very tiny, they almost close their eyelids to exclude all other objects, Thus the Lord looks at all men completely. God sees each man. so much and so perfectly as if there were no other creature in the universe.

He always sees us; he never takes his eye off us; he sees us completely, reading the recesses of the soul as readily as the sparkles in the eyes. It is not it is a sufficient ground of trust and an abundant response for the requests for discouragement? My danger is not hidden from him; he knows my end and I can be sure that he will not let me perish while I trust only him. So why should I take wings from a shy bird and flee from the dangers that surround me?

Versículo 5. "O Senhor prova o justo:" ele não os odeia, mas apenas os tenta.

They are precious to him and, therefore, he refines them with afflictions. None. the sons of the Lord can expect to escape judgment, nor, in fact, in our right minds, some of us would wish to do so, for the judgment is the channel of many blessings. "It is my happiness below Not to live without the cross;" But the power of the Savior to know Sanctifying each loss.

Trials make the promise sweet; Trials give new life to prayer; Judgments lead me to your feet Lay me down and keep me there.

I didn't find any judgment here No punishment on the way Can I not, with reason, fear that I should be rejected?

Bastards may escape the rod, Sunk in earthly pleasure and vanity; But the true son of God must not - he would not be, if he could.

William Cowper.

This is not a very convincing reason for us not to strive, with suspicion, to avoid a trial? - in doing so, we are trying to avoid a blessing.

Verse 6

'But the wicked and the one who loves violence hates his own soul'; by So, shall I flee from these wicked men? If God hates them, I will not fear them.

Haman was very great in the palace until he lost favor, but when the king... he abhorred, how bold were the most wicked employees to suggest the strength for the man they used to tremble before! Look at the mark black on the faces of our pursuers and we will not flee from them. If God is in the fight as much as ourselves, it would be foolish to question the outcome or to avoid conflict. Sodom and Gomorrah perished from a hail of fire and by a rain of sulfur from the sky; so will be every wicked person. They may gather. like Gog and Magog to battle, but the Lord will rain upon them a deluge of rain and large hailstones, fire and brimstone Ezekiel 38:22. Some commentators think that the term 'storm' "horrible" has in Hebrew an allusion to that burning and suffocating wind that above through the Arabian deserts, and it is known by the name of Simoom. "A storm in flames," Lowth calls, while another great commentator reads "wrathwind"; in any of the versions, the language is the key of terrors. What storm will crush the despisers Oh God! What storm will crush the despisers of God! What storm will crush those who despise God! Oh!

What rain will that be which will pour forever over the heads defenseless of unrepentant sinners in hell! Repent, rebels, or this flood of fire will soon surround it. The horrors of Hell will be its inheritance, your accrued assets, "a porção do seu copo." Os restos daquela taça você deve torcer e beber para always. A drop from hell is terrible, but what must a cup of torment? Think about it - a cup of misery, but not a drop of mercy. O people of God, how foolish it is to fear the faces of men which will soon be fags in the fire of hell! Think of your end, your fear finally, and all their fear must be transformed into contempt for their threats, and pity for your miserable state.

Verse 7

The delightful contrast of the last verse is worthy of our observation, and offers another overwhelming reason for us to be steadfast, immovable, not led by fear, or led to adopt carnal expedients to avoid the judgment. "For the righteous God loves justice." It is not just your office to defend him, but his nature to love him. He would deny himself if he did not He defends the just. It is essential to the very being of God that He is just; do not fear, then, the end of all your trials, but "be just and do not have fear". God approves and, if men oppose, what does it matter? "His face consider the challenges". We never need to be out of tolerance, because God comforts us. He observes, He approves, He delights in the upright position.

He sees his own image in them, an image of his own style and, therefore, with complacency he considers them. Shall we dare to extend our hand to the iniquity, in order to escape from affliction? Let us fulfill the deviations and deviations, and let us keep this fair and just path along which the smile Jehovah will illuminate us. We are tempted to put our light under the bushel. to hide our religion from our neighbors? It suggests to us that there are ways to avoid the cross and avoid the reproach of Christ? Let us not pay attention to voice of the charmer, but let us seek an increase in faith, so that we can fight against principalities and powers, and follow the Lord, going completely outside of the fair, bearing your disgrace. Mammon, the flesh, the devil, all they will whisper in our ears: "Run like a bird to your mountain"; but let's go out and challenge them all. "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. "There is no space or reason to back down. I advance! Let the vanguard advance! Forward! all the powers and passions of our soul.

On! on! in the name of God, in! for the Lord of Hosts is with us; the The God of Jacob is our refuge.