March 12
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HE WILL TREAD DOWN OUR FOES
O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
2 You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
Repair its breaches, for it totters.3 You have made your people see hard things;
You have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.
4 You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
That they may flee to it from the bow. 5 That your beloved ones may be delivered,
Give salvation by your right hand and answer us!6 God has spoken in his holiness:
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
11 Oh, grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!
12 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes- Psalm 60:1-12
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Matthew Henry’s commentary says that this psalm is David’s jewel, and it is to be taught and passed down. The Levites must teach it to the people, and by it teach them both to trust in God and to triumph in him; we must, in it, teach ourselves and one another. In a day of public rejoicing we have need to be taught to direct our joy to God and to terminate it in him, to give none of that praise to the instruments of our deliverance which is due to him only, and to encourage our hopes with our joys.
We clearly see how much David relied on God especially in treading down his foes. He alludes all of his victories only to the one who deserves it, to his loving God.
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ADORATION: Blessed be the Lord who grants all the victories over all our enemies.
CONFESSION: Forgive me when I fail to praise you for treading over my enemies.
THANKSGIVING: Thank you for your Spirit that shows us that you are our source.
SUPPLICATION: May we never forget that without God, we are nothing.
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REFLECTION
• Why is it important to bring praise to God each time we triumph over the enemy?
• How can “forgetting the source of our victory” easily trip us up with “pride”?