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Psalm 61 – The King’s prayer

• 1-4: His prayer for himself
• 5-8: His prayer for you

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Psalm 60 – Unforeseen discipline

• 1-4: The misery of ambush
• 5-8: The promise of God
• 9-12: The hope of salvation

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Psalm 59 – How to ambush the ambushers 

• 1-5: Verse 1: When they rise up, meet the God who is higher
  • 6-10a: Chorus 1: Watch for God’s steadfast love
• 10b-13: Verse 2: Seek retribution not annihilation
  • 14-17: Chorus 2: Sing a song of strength

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Psalm 58 – Four things that should not be

• 1-2: Violence in the seat of judgment
• 3-5: Deafness in the place of confession
• 6-9: Justice that goes unrequited
• 10-11: Society without a clear view of God’s justice

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Psalm 57 – God’s glory in the King’s distress 

• 1-5: The glory of mercy
• 6-11: The glory of a steadfast heart

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Psalm 56 – Three truths for oppressed Christians

• 1-4: You can trust God’s word
• 5-11: God is for you
• 12-13: God will grant the light of life

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Psalm 55 – The paranoia of betrayal

• 1-2a: First response is to pray
• 2b-5: Inner paranoia
• 6-8: Temptation to flee
• 9-11: Prayer for destruction
• 12-14: Unbelievable horror of betrayal
• 15: Prayer for destruction
• 16-19: Persistence in hopeful prayer
• 20-21: the worst kind of enemy
• 22-23b: Last response is to pray
• 23c: This God is worth trusting

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Psalm 54 – When neighbors become enemies

• 1: What God will do for David
  • 2: What David does with God
    • 3: What Ziphites and Saul do with God
      • 4: God is my helper and upholder
    • 5: What God does to the enemies
  • 6: What David does with God
• 7: What God will do for David

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Psalm 53 – The inspection of humanity—reboot

• 1: Rejection
• 2-3: Inspection
• 4-6: Self-Destruction (in Ps 14, this was more about Interrogation)
• 7: Salvation

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Psalm 52 – God’s man vs. mighty man

• 1: steadfast love vs. evil boasting
  • 2-4: the mighty man: destruction & deceit
    • 5: the God who uproots
  • 6-8a: the righteous man: derision & durability
• 8b-9: waiting for steadfast love