Sermon Outline:

Four Marks of One Who Perseveres in Times of Trouble (Psalm 63)

• Passionate Craving for God's Glory. (vv.1-2)

​¹ O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
² So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.

• Perfectly Content with God's Loving Kindness. (vv.3-5)

³ Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
⁴ So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands.
⁵ My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, 

• Persistent Concentration on the Faithfulness of God. (vv.6-8)

⁶ when I remember you upon my bed,
and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
⁷ for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
⁸ My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.

• Prevailing Confidence in the Sovereignty of God. (vv.9-11)

⁹ But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;
¹⁰ they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be a portion for jackals.
¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.