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Psalm 12 – Deliverance from deception

• 1-4: Deception
• 5-8: Reality

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Psalm 11 – Faith or flight?

• 1-3: Temptation to flee
• 4-7: Foundation of faith
  • 4a: God rules
  • 4b: God sees
  • 5-6: God judges
  • 7: God reveals

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Psalm 10 – Where is your justice? (Acrostic completed)

• 1: Theme question
• 2-11: The status quo
  • 2-6: Arrogance prospers
  • 7-11: Aggressiveness pays
• 12-15: The steadfast appeal
• 16-18: The strengthening confession

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Psalm 9 – Praise for Yahweh’s justice (ACROSTIC)

• 1-12: Praise
  • 1-4: Justice in the king’s own situation
  • 5-10: Justice in all the world
  • 11-12: Join in the praise
• 13-20: Request
  • 13-14: Be gracious so I might praise
  • 15-18: Continue justice among the nations
  • 19-20: Put men in their place

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Psalm 8 – Yahweh’s majestic glory revealed in the weakness of the ruling son of man

• 1, 9: Inclusio – Majesty of Yahweh in all the earth
• 2-8: Majesty revealed in two examples of weakness
  • 2: Mouths of children that silence the enemy
  • 3-8: Weak Son of man (lower than angels) crowned to rule

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Psalm 7: When you are falsely accused

• 1-2: Cry for deliverance
• 3-5: Claim of innocence
• 6-16: Call for judgment
  • 6: Arise, O Lord
  • 7-10: Future, final judgment
  • 11-16: Present, temporal judgment
• 17: Praise for Yahweh’s righteousness

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Psalm 6: When it seems God is against you

• 1-3: Plea
• 4-5: Rationale
• 6-7: Depression
• 8-10: Response

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Psalm 5: To whom do you pray?

• 1-3: Deep trust in the God who hears prayer
• 4-6: He is holy
• 7-8: He is loving
• 9-10: He is just
• 11-12: He is generous

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Psalm 4: Will God answer?

• 1: David’s call (to God)
• 2-3: David’s contenders (to enemies)
• 4-5: David’s counsel (to friends or neighbors)
• 6-8: David’s conclusion (to God)

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Psalm 3: Is there salvation in God?

• 1-2: The question of salvation
• 3-4: The confession of salvation
• 5-6: The confidence of salvation
• 7-8: The completion of salvation