Finding Yourself in the Psalms

Psalm 62

A Psalm When All You Have is God Alone

Psalm 62 also from the time of Absalom’s Rebellion
3 stanza’s of 4 verses each

circle v. 1-2 circle v. 5-6 “God Alone”

I. God Is There When People Attack me. 62:1-4
2 Samuel 16:5-14
II. God is There When Life Overwhelms Me. 62:5-8
III. God Alone is All I Ever Need.
A. Man’s Life is nothing. 62:9
B. Man’s wealth is nothing.
C. God’s Character is Everything.
1. God is strong
2. God is Loving
3. (Rabbi Kushner)
D. Things That Will Fail
1. RICHES
a. Psalm 62:10 "10)Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them."
b. Proverbs 11:28 "28)Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf."
c. Luke 12:18 "18)“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods."
2. SELF
a. Proverbs 28:26 "26)He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe."

3. OTHERS

a. Jeremiah 17:5 "5)This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the Lord."
b. Psalm 108:12 "12)Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless."
4. HEALTH
a. Psalm 71:9 "9)Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone."
b. Psalm 73:26 "26)My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
5. RIGHTEOUSNESS
a. Job 29:2-6
b. Job 29:14-20 c. Job 30:16-19 d. Job 31:35-37

6. WISDOM

a. Ecclesiastes 1:17 "17)Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind."