David, the faithful:
Psalm 23
King James Version
23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
David was a great king.
His devotion to GOD made him one.
Beset by battles, he called upon the LORD always.
How did the LORD save him?
Here's his testimony:
2 Samuel 22:1
King James Version
22 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Samuel 22:2
King James Version
2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2 Samuel 22:3
King James Version
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:4
King James Version
4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
2 Samuel 22:5-7
King James Version
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
2 Samuel 22:14-15
King James Version
14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
2 Samuel 22:17
King James Version
17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
2 Samuel 22:18-19
King James Version
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
2 Samuel 22:20
King James Version
20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2 Samuel 22:30
King James Version
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
2 Samuel 22:33-35
King James Version
33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
King James Version
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
2 Samuel 22:37
King James Version
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
2 Samuel 22:38-40
King James Version
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2 Samuel 22:41-43
King James Version
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
2 Samuel 22:44-46
King James Version
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
2 Samuel 22:48-49
King James Version
48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Why did the LORD delight in David?
Why did He help him?
Here's what David said:
2 Samuel 22:21-25
King James Version
21 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness:
according to the cleanness of my hands
hath he recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me:
and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also upright before him,
and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
25 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me
according to my righteousness;
according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
But woe to the "unsavory":
2 Samuel 22:26-28
King James Version
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save:
but thine eyes are upon the haughty,
that thou mayest bring them down.
Such was David's devotion to GOD:
2 Samuel 22:29
King James Version
29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord:
and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
We can all learn from the LORD JESUS, from the anointed kings, prophets, apostles, disciples, and saints.
To GOD is always the GLORY!
Ephesians 1:16-17
King James Version
16 Cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory,
may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him:
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