Psalm 11 - For the Lord is Righteous - 4/23/25

Intro Thoughts:

• An individual lament

• Persecution of the righteous by the wicked

• Being people who have Confidence in the Lord as we embrace…

  • His righteous rule.

  • His gracious provision

• We need to remember WHO GOD IS. It is GOD in whom we place our confidence. In who He is and what He has done.
  

For the Lord is our Refuge– vv. 1-3

I will take refuge in the Lord

How then can you say

• David’s advisors.

• Embrace or doubt

• In our soul

  • Doubt, worry, anxiety

The plan of the wicked

• Bend the bow

• Shot in the dark

  • Preparing to attack

  • In the background

• Target is upright of heart

• Foundations are destroyed

  • All appears lost
    

For the Lord Reigns in His Holy Temple – vv. 4-6

DO NOT WORRY OR LISTEN THE DOUBTERS

BECAUSE GOD IS ON HIS THRONE.

The Lord is on His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in Heaven

• He is our ruling King

• His presence and power. His rule and authority

  • He sees

  • He tests

    • examines

  • He sends

    • His response to sin.  Judgment
      

For the Lord is Righteous – v. 7

He can shake of the voice of the doubters because He understands who God is.

• He is righteous

• He loves righteous deeds

  • He sees and tests, so therefore He knows and loves those that “trust and obey”

• The upright shall behold His face

  • Upright – Right living

    • Not perfect, but continuing.

    • One day at a time, one foot in front of another

  • Behold His face

    • Closeness, Intimacy

    • Realizing His presence even in the midst of adversity