Psalm 55 - "Cast Your Burden Upon the LORD"

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · May 17, 2023 · 4m

Psalm 55 is another of the “Maschil Psalms”. Or what is also called here a “Contemplation of David. There seems little doubt that David wrote this psalm when Absalom's rebellion was coming to a head in Jerusalem. As a Maschil Psalm, it was written for instruction. It was as much a sermon as a song. One of my favorite verses in the entire book of Psalms is found in this chapter in verse 22: “Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.”

This is another one of the Psalms that David wrote when he was fleeing for his life because his son…