Outline

(1) Desperate predicament poured out to God (v 1-9 ,11b-12 )
- (a) Drowning from overwhelming problems (v 1-2 )
- (b) Crying for want of deliverance (v 3 )
- (c) His enemies threaten to destroy him wrongfully (v 4 )
- (d) He felt unworthy of God's mercy, he too is sinful (v 5 )
- (e) Yet it is for God's righteousness that his enemies are persecuting him (v 6-7 )
- (f) His loved ones and brethren forsake and persecute him (v 8-9 )
- (g) His name ruined (v 11c )
- (h) Blasphemed (v 12a )
- (i) Even a song to the drunkard (v 12b )
(2) Desperate acts of piety stated (v 10-11 )
- (a) Wept (v 10a )
- (b) Afflicted his soul by fasting (v 10b )
- (c) Doing so willingly to search his own heart(v 10c )
(3) Reason for God to answer his prayer (v 13
- (a) For His time of deliverance (v 13a )
- (b) According to His abundant mercy (v 13b )
- (c) According to the truth of His faithfulness (v 13c )
- (d) Enemies hated him is overwhelming with shame and dishonour (v 14-15 ,18 )
- (e)According to His loving-kindness & tender-mercies (v 16 )
- (f) He serves his God as servant (v 17 )
- (g) He is broken and with no other help (v 20 )
- (h) No kindness of food and drink given me (v 21 )
(4) Imprecatory Plea for God's Vindication (v 22-28 )
- (a) Curse their very meals (v 22 )
- (b) Let them perish in their falsehood (v 23 )
- (c) God's wrath upon them (v 24 )
- (d) Curse their habitation (v 25 )
- (e) They pity not the afflicted (v 26 )
- (f) Let their sins accumulate (v 27 )
- (g) Take their name from the book of life (v 28 )
(5) Devotion to God undiminished despite affliction (v 29-34 )
- (a) Confession of poverty before God (v 29a ,33 )
- (b) Need of deliverance (v 29b )
- (c) He will praise Him with a song (v 30 )
- (d) Praise is more comely than sacrifice (v 31 )
- (e) Humbled in spirit (v 32 )
- (f) Let all the earth praise Him (v 34 )
(6) Faith that God will give final victory (v 35-36 )
- (a) God saves His representatives (v 35 )
- (b) and establishes them on earth who upholds His name (v 36 )

This is a prayer a desperate prayer for God's deliverance. The psalmist shared of his dire predicament. He has wept and waited long for God's deliverance yet, help seemed not forthcoming. However, he knew his God and will not give up although all external help has ceased. Even his friends and loved ones have become his enemies.

The psalmist walked according to God's righteousness and God's truth therefore he has the confidence in his heart of God's deliverance. Do we?

NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME LIKE JESUS

Words and Music by C.F. Weigle

I would love to tell you what I think of Jesus,

Since I found in Him a friend so strong and true.

I would tell you how He changed my life completely;

He did something no other friend could do.

Chorus

No one ever cared for me like Jesus;

There's no other friend so kind as He.

No one else could take the sin and darkness from me;

O how much He cared for me.

All my life was full of sin when Jesus found me;

All my heart was full of misery and woe,

Jesus placed His strong arms about me

And He led me in the way I ought to go.

Chorus

No one ever cared for me like Jesus;

There's no other friend so kind as He.

No one else could take the sin and darkness from me;

O how much He cared for me.

Ev'ry day He comes to me with new assurance;

More and more I understand His word of love.

But I'll never know just why He came to save me,

Till someday I see His blessed face above.

Chorus

No one ever cared for me like Jesus;

There's no other friend so kind as He.

No one else could take the sin and darkness from me;

O how much He cared for me.