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Confidence in God (vv. 1-5)

Praise to God’s livingkindness, protection, faithfullness, (vv. 6-8)

Physical, Psychological, and Spiritual Distress, sorrow, due to others I’ve become a reproach (denial?), universally hated,(vv. 9-13)

v. 10 Iniquity = Physical Distress

v. 11 Adversaries = Psychological and Spiritual Distress (“reproach”)

Word Study on Reproach

Of the 20 occurences of this lexical form of the Hebrew noun, all but 4 convey the idea that:

The reproach was justly poured out on the subject by God (; )

The subject of the reproach was sinful and therefore deserving of the reproach (;)

The subject of the reproach and author of the Scripture, at least in part, understood why God made them a reproach ()

deserving (; ; ; ; ;

The subject of the reproach, at least in part, understood why God made them a reproach

The 4 uncommon usages of this lexical form of the noun only occur in the Psalms:

Uniquely prophetic — Jesus’ prayer and experience on the cross (; )

God is not specified as the source of the reproach

The subject appears undeserving of the reproach

Unclear why the subject was made a reproach

The reproach appears to be unjustly poured out on to David by God (, )

“For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights” ()

Even David!

For whom the LORD loves He reproves,

Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), .

David (subject) and Ethan the Ezrahite (author) don’t understood why God made David a reproach

provides an outsiders commentary on the fact that God has caused David to become a reproach

(why is suffering, why are deceitful mouths opened against him? His sin?

Hand of God (5a)

I commit my spirit

Word Study: Hand of God

Stephen

God’s Ransom (5b)

You have ransomed me

Word study: Ransom

God of Truth

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