Introduction: II Samuel 8:13, I Chronicles 18:12,15
1. Recounting what God had done with prayer (1-5).
2. Remembering what God has said with hope (6-8).
3. Realizing what God will do in the near future (9-12)
Application
1. Is there a pattern that we can follow in this Psalm?
2. What do we learn about God?
3. What do we learn about difficulties in life?
4. What does this Psalm encourage us to do by example?
Title. The Valley of Salt. The ridge of Usdum exhibits more distinctly its peculiar formation; the main body of the mountain being a solid mass of rock salt… We could at first hardly believe our eyes, until we had several times approached the precipices, and broken off pieces to satisfy ourselves, both by the touch and taste. The salt, where thus exposed, is everywhere more or less furrowed by the rains. As we advanced, large lumps and masses broken off from above, lay like rocks along the shore, or were fallen down as debris. The very stones beneath our feet were wholly salt… The position of this mountain at the south end of the sea, enables us also to ascertain the place of The Valley of Salt mentioned in Scripture, where the Hebrews under David, and again under Amaziah, gained decisive victories over Edom. This valley could have been no other than the Ghor south of the Dead Sea, adjacent to the mountain of salt; it separates indeed the ancient territories of Judah and Edom. Edward Robinson’s “Biblical Researches in Palestine,” 1867.
Magnify! 