# Psalms of Confidence

**Psalms of confidence** include a lament, but the ideas of security, peace, joy, and confidence predominate. 

(psalms 3, 4, 11, 16, 23, 27, 62, 115, 121, 125, 129, 131)

## National Confidence

(psalms 115, 125, 129)

### Psalm 115

- "Not Unto Us" ... 

- Useless Idols -- "the work of men's hands"

> Psalm 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
 
- vs. 12 "The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us;"

### Psalm 125

- the title: "A Song of Degrees"

This psalm is a part of a "Pilgrim's Song Book" or "Songs of Degrees or Ascents". This a title given to fifteen of the Psalms, 120–134, each starting with the ascription Shir Hama'aloth.

### Psalm 129

The Heathen vs. the Righteous. Essential to the Psalms of Confidence is the belief that God has a people and that he acts as Protector of this convenant People. (Psalm 23; Exodus 14 "the Exodus")

### "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus", Dudley Tyng & George Duffield, Jr.

An omitted stanza five to "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus":

Stand up!—stand up for Jesus!
Each soldier to his post;
Close up the broken column,
And shout through all the host!
Make good the loss so heavy,
In those that still remain,
And prove to all around you
That death itself is gain!

## Individual Confidence

(psalms 3, 4, 11, 16, 23, 27, 62, 121, 131)

### Psalm 3

- "A Psalm of David" The Darkest Days of David’s Life (2 Samuel 15:1 — 19:8)

> 2 Samuel 15:13 — And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. 

- "No Help for him in God"