Pre Game Proverb

Psa 13:3  Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

Psa 13:4  And my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

Psa 13:5  But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

Psa 13:6  I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

As David is dealing with his enemies, it would seem that they have the advantage and David is quite discouraged as we read in our Psalms today: 

Psa 13:1  For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psa 12:7  Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,

Psa 12:8  even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.

Psa 12:6  The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. 

Psa 12:4  They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”

Psa 12:5  The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”

Psa 12:1  For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument. Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!

Psa 12:2  Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.

Psa 12:3  May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.

Psa 11:5  The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates.

Psa 11:6  Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

Psa 11:7  For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.

Psa 11:1  For the choir director: A psalm of David. I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

Psa 11:2  The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.

Psa 11:3  The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”

Psa 11:4  But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.

Psa 10:17  LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.

Psa 10:18  You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.