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O God, Why? – Psalm 74

4/18/2013

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Outlines in Psalms

“Maschil of Asaph”

What is the difference between complaining at God and crying unto God?  The difference is rooted to our attitude – whether or not we have a spirit of confident faith in Him.

  I.  The Complaint of a Troubled Heart

      Psalm 74:1-11 – “O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?  Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep
      of thy pasture?  Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance,
      which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.  Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual deso-
      lations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.  Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy
      congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.  A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes 
      upon the thick trees.  But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. 
      They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to
      the ground.  They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues
      of God in the land.  We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that
      knoweth how long.  O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?  Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for
      ever?  Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?  Pluck it out of thy bosom.”

 II.  The Turning Point of a Confident Faith

      Psalm 74:12-17 – “For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.  Thou didst divide
      the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.  Thou brakest the heads of
      leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.  Thou didst cleave the
      fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.  The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast pre-
      pared the light and the sun.  Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.”

III.  The Cry of a Trusting Heart

      Psalm 74:18-23 – “Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people
      have blasphemed thy name.  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget
      not the congregation of thy poor for ever.  Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth
      are full of the habitations of cruelty.  O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise
      thy name.  Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.  For-
      get not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.”

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