GOD OUR REFUGE AND DEFENSE

Psa_11:1-7; Psa_12:1-8



The first of these is a debate between fear and faith, and dates from Saul’s persecutions. Timid friends, anxious for David’s safety, urged him to flee to the mountains. Such counsels of expediency are frequently given to the servants of God, Neh_6:1-19. Luther’s diaries are full of such references. But unless our duty is performed, we must stand our ground; we “can do no other.” We must remember that God’s love is with us, and that He always exchanges glances of love with His suffering ones. Compare Psa_11:7 with Exo_3:7.

The opening words of the next psalm appeal for help in bad and evil days. See Mic_7:2. A double heart is literally “a heart and a heart,” Psa_12:2. Let us be true in act and speech, else we forfeit the Spirit of truth, Eph_4:25; Col_3:9. Our sighing will make God arise, Act_7:56. We shall be helped and kept, Psa_12:7 and Isa_54:17.