Emphasis: Praying properly moves heaven, revives us and drives back the evil one.

• LORD, REPLY US (vv.1&7) - 7 Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
  LORD, REPLY US (vv.1,7,9&11)
  • Praises of David
    • - “O Lord” (vv. 1,7,9&11)
  • Realization of David
    • “From his enemies” (vv. 3,9&12)
  • Anxiousness of David
    • – “Answer me quickly” (v.7)
  • Yearning of David
    
    • “My soul longs for You” (v.6)
    • “I take refuge in You” (v.9)
• LORD, RULE US (vv.8&10)
  • To Discover Your Way
    • “Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.” (v.8)
  • To Do Your Will
    • “Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” (v.10)
• LORD, RELEASE US (vv.5,9&12)
  9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I take refuge in You.
  12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant.
  • From Selfishness
    • “I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land.” v.5
  • From Iniquities
    • - “Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.” (v.10)
  • From Nemesis
    • - Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I take refuge in You. (v.9)
• LORD, REVIVE US (v.11)
  11 For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
  • We Recall Our Memories
    • “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands.” (v.5)
  • We Realign Our Motives
    • “For the sake of Your name, O Lord, revive me” (v.11)