The Rock That Saves

October 26, 2015
Psalm 18:1-9 KJV 

1 [[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,]] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower. 3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Under what circumstances did David (the psalmist) write this psalm? (v.1a-1b)
2) What had the Lord become to psalmist and what did David commit to the Lord, as a result? (v.1c-3)
3) What sorrows compassed the psalmist? (v.4-5)
4) What did David do in his distress and how did the Lord respond? (v.6)
5) How was the Lord's wrath made evident within Himself, on the earth, and in heaven, in response to David's distress?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
6) What has the Lord done for you when you were distressed?

LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord will always move the heavens and the earth to deliver those, who are intimate with Him, from their distress.