Psalm 3 - Save Me, O My God

Using different genres and invoking an array of emotions, Psalms is a book for the whole person. Psalms are for the intellect, will, and emotions. Each week a new Psalm will be added for reflection and contemplation. Pray it will deepen your affections for God and help you express your feelings to God. Psalms are made up of different genres. Each genre highlights different emotions. Lament, Thanksgiving, Royal, Wisdom, Messianic, Remembrance—just to name a few.

  • Acknowledge your emotions. The Psalms call readers to acknowledge and name emotions, encouraging us to empathize with the author. They express joy, sadness, love, anger, and thanksgiving, reminding us we are not alone in how we feel.

  • Pray through the Psalm. Learning to pray through Scripture calls us to slow down and see God’s heart, truth, and posture towards us in the midst of our experiences and feelings.

  • Reflect. Take time to review the Psalm for the week. Answer the reflection questions. Don’t rush. Your purpose is not to accomplish something, but spend time with someone (Jesus).

  • Take your time. This is not a race! Intentionally make space each day to read and reflect on the Psalm. We will spend a week on each Psalm. The goal is to learn how to linger and enjoy a relationship with God through the reading of His Word.

Day 1: Read the Psalm. Just read it. Maybe read it twice. 

Day 2: Answer the Reflection Questions.

Day 3: Personally Reflect on the Psalm. Note your thoughts and questions. What is your favorite verse, why? 

Day 4: Write a Prayer for yourself based on the Psalm

Day 5: Slowly Reread the Psalm.  
 

Psalm 3 -Save Me, O My God

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

1 O Lord, how many are my foes!
    Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying of my soul,
    “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah

3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
    my glory, and the lifter of my head.
4 I cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

5 I lay down and slept;
    I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
    who have set themselves against me all around.

7 Arise, O Lord!
    Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
    you break the teeth of the wicked.

8 Salvation belongs to the Lord;
    your blessing be on your people! Selah

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Reflection Questions

  1. In times of struggle, do you believe God is for you? 

  2. Do you believe if you rest God is in control?  Or do you live by the mantra, If it is going to be it is up to me? 

  3. How often do you go to God with your worries? Do you wait until you are in over your head or do you go to God early and often? 

  4. Do you really believe that salvation is in the Lord or do you find your hope in salvation from others (loved ones, friends, boss, teachers)?