Sermon Outline:

What should believers do in times of afflictions? (Psalm 129:1-8, ESV)

• Persevere through the afflictions (Psalms 129:1-4)

​¹ “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”—
let Israel now say—
² “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
³ The plowers plowed upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”
⁴ The LORD is righteous;
he has cut the cords of the wicked.

• GOD's Presence is Merciful (Psalms 129:5-8)

⁵ May all who hate Zion
be put to shame and turned backward!
⁶ Let them be like the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up,
⁷ with which the reaper does not fill his hand
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
⁸ nor do those who pass by say,
“The blessing of the LORD be upon you!
We bless you in the name of the LORD!”