David's Prayer
Questions for Study 10
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I. The Lord is My Salvation (1-3)
1. When did David sing this? How was Saul not his enemy? Who is the subject of the song?
2. Who was the Lord to David as described in verses 2 and 3? How is Jesus all these? (1 Peter 2:4; Matt. 7:24; 2 Sam. 5:6-7; Acts 2:38-39; and 1 Cor. 15:22) Is your relationship to the Lord Jesus as personal as it was to David?
II. I Called to the Lord (4-7)
3. Note the nouns and verbs in verses 5 and 6? What did he do in such peril? (4, 7) How did the Lord respond? What can we learn? (Matt. 28:20)
III. The Lord Thundered From Heaven (8-16)
4. Why did everything shake? (8-9) What angers the Lord? (Num. 14:17-18, 32:13; Matt. 17:17; Mark 3:4-5)
5. What was the scene as the Lord came down? (10-12) How is the Lord's presence described? (13) How is the Lord's voice described? (14-16) How does this compare to Jesus' second coming? (Matt. 24:29-31; Rev. 1:10-16, 19:11-16, 21)
IV. I Have Kept Myself From Sin (17-30)
6. What did the Lord do for him? (17-20) Who is our enemy? (Eph. 6:10-12) How does this remind of the Lord's Prayer? (Matt. 6:13; and 2 Cor. 1:8-11)
7. How does the Lord deal with the righteous? (21; James 5:13-16) What is evil? (22-24; John 15:9-10) When and why will the Lord reward us? (25; Matt. 16:27; Rev. 22:12-13)
8. How does the Lord show himself? (26-27) How is his treatment different to the humble and haughty? (28)
9. What would it be like fighting a battle in total darkness and how does the Lord change that? (29-30) How does this refer to Jesus? (Matt. 4:16-17; John 8:12) How can we be like him? (Matt. 5:14-16)
V. Praise Be to the Rock! My Savior! (31-51)
10. How is God described? (31-32; John 1:1-2, 14; 1 Cor. 10:4) Who did David acknowledge gave him fighting skills? (33-37) What can we learn? (Matt. 10:32; 1 John 4:3)
11. Who made victory possible? (38-46) How does David praise the Lord, his Rock? (47-51) How can we follow his example? (Mark 16:15; Acts 1:8)
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