PSALMS 43 OUR COMFORT OUR CRY OUR CURIOSITY

OUR CRY AGAINST OUR ENEMY V.1-2

   THE REQUEST V.1

       DETERMINATION                        Judge me, O God,

       DEFENSE                                         and plead my cause against 

       DECADENCE                                  an ungodly nation: 

       DELIVERANCE                             O deliver me from

       DECEPTION                                   the deceitful and unjust man.

   THE REALIZATION V.2

      TRUE STRENGTH                         For thou art the God of my strength: 

      TURBULENT SITUATION          why dost thou cast me off?

      TRAGIC STATE                               why go I mourning

      TYRANNICAL SUPPRESSION  because of the oppression of the enemy?

OUR COMFORT AMID OUR ENVIRONMENT v.3-4

   DIRECTION V.3     O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me

   DEDICATION          let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

   DELIGHT V.4

       IN THE GLORIFYING OF GOD Then will I go unto the altar of God,

       IN THE GRATITUDE OF GOD  unto God my exceeding joy

       IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD    yea, upon the harp will I praise thee,

       IN THE GREATNESS OF GOD  O God my God.

OUR CURIOSITY AROUND OUR EMOTION v.5

    ANGUISH   

        MY DEPRESSION               Why are you cast down, O my soul?

        MY DISCOURAGEMENT and why are you disquieted within me?

    ANTICIPATION                       hope in God:

    ADORATION                            for I shall yet praise him, 

    APPEARANCE                         who is the health of my countenance,

    ATTACHMENT                        and my God.