Psalter 190 – Trustful Entreaty and Praise

We come to a Psalter number that puts our focus on trusting in God in all our life. There are many of these in the Psalter as it seems we need frequent reminders to put our trust in God and not ourselves. The first stanza of this versification of Psalm 71 has us put our trust in God and not be ashamed of this. The world thinks this to be foolishness and wants us to be ashamed that we are not overconfident in our own abilities. We are reminded to trust that it is God’s righteousness that saves...