A Psalm of Confidence

I shared psalm 25 this morning.

1.It's basically a personal lament.Yet the end points to prayers for the whole nation.
2.It's a confessing hymn for three times at least it mentions the needs v.2,3,20
3.It's from an old aged or middle aged man.
4.It's an acrostic psalm,that means it adopts the Hebrew alphabets for construction.
(Ps 9-10/Ps 25/Ps 34/Ps 37/Ps 111/Ps 112/Ps 119/Ps 145)
13 times on prayers
4 times on guidance v.4,8,12,14
3 times on waiting for the Lord v,3,5,21

The simple structure for memory is as follows:

1-7 Prayer for remembrance
8-10 Meditate on God's Goodness
11 Confession
12-14 Meditate on how the Lord treats those who fear Him
15 Look upon God
16-22 Prayer for deliverance

The lessons: Compared with Psalm 1

1. Life is complex and enemies are with us
2. The Lord has His guidance
3. Our guilt
4. Our trust