Sunday Psalms;

But when I am afraid, 

I will put my trust in you.

Psalms 56:3 NLT

The intro to this Psalm is this:

For the choir director:

A Psalm of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath.

To be sung to the time of "Dove on Distant Oaks".

Love the detail of the tune. But this also gives us context, something bad happened and David responds:

"But when I am afraid, 

I will put my trust in you."

O God, 

have mercy on me, 

for people are hounding me. 

My foes attack me all day long. 

I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, 

and many are boldly attacking me.

Psalms 56:1-2 NLT

I've never been held by the Philistines or even "constantly hounded" by anyone, but there are times when it has felt like it. When my thoughts have been racing, when it's seemed that the whole world is against me...ever felt like that? 

Then this is for you:

"But when I am afraid, 

I will put my trust in you."

David is writing this song to our God, He is the "You" that we place our trust in. 

Not in my own strength or skills or resources although those things can be helpful, but my trust is in someone bigger, someone outside of me, someone bigger than my circumstances and bigger than my fear. 

"But when I am afraid, 

I will put my trust in you."

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