Psalm 11

-encompasses from 16-20

-straight from a crisis, what to do when the wicked attack

-Trust the Lord

1 the Lord is our Shelter

Psalm 11:1–3 (ESV)”

-refuge = shelter

-Why did David use that word to describe the Lord?

-Naiboth, field, Ramah, etc.

-advisors: flee. Why flee to the mountain, when the Lord is his shelter

-The reason they advise to flee: wicked have bended the bow, they have planned the attack

-in the dark, in the shadow, not in the open

-when the foundations are destroyed? What foundations? Political, society structure

-Flee to the Lord

Exalting Jesus in Psalms 1–50 (Trust the Lord as Your Refuge in Times of Trouble (Psalm 11:1–3))

Charles Wesley (1707–88), writes in the hymn “Jesus, Lover of My Soul”

The Lord is Completely in Control

Psalm 11:4–6 (ESV)

-Ever heard the phrase, “The Lord is still on the throne”

-in his HOLY (sacred, set apart) temple

Isaiah 6:3 (ESV)

Habakkuk 2:20 (ESV)

-the Lord sees

Hebrews 4:13 (ESV)

-tests the children of man

James 1:2–4 (ESV)

-hates violence

Proverbs 6:16–19 (ESV)

-coals = trapping net

Genesis 19:24 (ESV)

-The judgment of the wicked will come

The Lord is Righteous

Psalm 11:7 (ESV)

-He is good, just

-The righteous Lord loves righteousness

-The Lord loves for His people to do what is right regardless of what society or others think

-Christ is our Righteousness

1 Corinthians 1:30–31 (ESV)

-Rest in Christ

-Be faithful to serve Him

-Know that God is in control and will handle the wicked