Jim Showers, executive director of The Friends of Israel Gospel Coalition in New Jersey, reflected on Psalm 40:4, 'Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust.'
'Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust' — Psalm 40:4. This verse is from the Book of Psalms, a collection of 150 poems, songs and prayers written in ancient Hebrew, according to the website Bible Project. A little less than half these psalms are attributed to King David, about a third are anonymous, and the rest are attributed to a variety of authors. Psalm 40 was one of the psalms composed by King David, according to Jim Showers, DMin.
Showers is the executive director of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, based in New Jersey. 'David, the second king of Israel, opened Psalm 40 exalting God for delivering him from deep despair,' Showers told Fox News Digital. 'At verse 11, however, he pivoted, urgently seeking God’s compassion, mercy and protection from his enemies,' he added.
Rather than do this, believers 'must turn to God in these moments of desperation, as the beatitude in Psalm 40:4 urges.' 'Just as enemies chased David, the king of Israel, 3,000 years ago, enemies seek to destroy Israel today.' 'The war between Israel and Hamas is an outworking of a greater spiritual battle that's been raging since Adam and Eve enjoined all mankind in Satan’s rebellion,' noted Showers.
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