1st, september, 2016
PSALM 41
1)
The steadfast love of God
The psalmist exalts those who consider the poor
with steadfast love, because it's a caracteristic of God. The steadfast love of
God is the reason of his deliverance in illness and his support in suffering.
Who was the enemy ? David' son, who had a double heart, who spoke of him
in malice. In human kingdoms, there was a lot of betrayal of friends which
broke the heart. Jesus also said in John 13:18 « He who ate my bread has
liflted his heel against me ».
2) The praise of the God of Israel
When David was desperate because of enemies, he
raised his eyes to God and kept hope because it's God who judges. He trusted in
the Eternal God thinking he still delighted in him. The proof is that his enemy
will be humiliated and God will restore the situation. So David praised the God
of Israel. In the story, God went alway with Israel. When Israel was
humiliated, God restored the situation, raised them up, blessed them, covered
their fault. For exemple, Jacob and his sons in Egypt. The psalmist
prophesizes : after captivity in Babylon because of David's sins, God will
form a kindgom in Canaan.
The God of Israel was also our God. After the
time of humiliation, God raises us up, God keeps delighting in us, so that we
will be a source of blessing.
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