Optimist or Pessimist?

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‘Big Questions from the Psalms’

‘Big Questions from the Psalms’

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?

Psalm 2:1 NLT

O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I need you the most?

Psalm 10:1

‘Big Questions from the Psalms’

Why do the wicked get away with despising God?

Psalm 10:13 NLT

My God, my God! Why have you forsaken me? Why do you remain so distant?

Why do you ignore my cries for help?

Psalm 22:1

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‘Big Questions from the Psalms’

Today

How should I respond when life gets tough?

Psalm 11

Give in to your frustration

Flee like a bird to your mountain

Psalm 11:1b

Give in to your fear

for look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot

from the shadows at the upright in heart

Psalm 11:2

Give in to your failure

When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?"

Psalm 11:3

We can trust the LORD

In the LORD I take refuge Psalm 11:1

In the LORD put I my trust (AV)

Take refuge – Psalm 46:1

Lean on – Prov 3:5

Roll upon – Psalm 22:8

The LORD who prays for us

The LORD is in His holy temple

Psalm 11:4a

Therefore He is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because He

always lives to intercede for them

Hebrews 7:25

The LORD who reigns supreme

the LORD is on his heavenly throne

Psalm 11:4a

The LORD who watches over us

He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them.

The LORD examines the righteous

Psalm 11:4b-5

The LORD we will see

For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face

Psalm 11:7

We can trust the LORD

In the LORD I take refuge Psalm 11:1

In the LORD put I my trust (AV)