Seven Statements of Trust and Confidence

1. The Lord hears in time of trouble (Psalm 20:1; Psalm 34:15,17-19; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 59:16).
2. His name will defend you (Psalm 20:1; Psalm 82:3).
3. He will send help from the sanctuary (Psalm 20:2; Psalm 77:13; Psalm 96:6; Hebrews 8:2).
4. He will strengthen you out of Zion (Psalm 20:2; Psalm 50:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 59:20).
5. The Lord fulfill all thy petitions (Psalm 20:5; Psalm 34:9-10; Psalm 84:11; Matthew 21:22).
6. He will hear from heaven (Psalm 20:6).
7. God is our trust (Psalm 20:7; Psalm 125:1).

The “day of trouble” is found 14 times (Psalm 20:1; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 59:16; Psalm 77:2; Psalm 86:7; Psalm 102:2; 2 Kings 19:3; Isaiah 22:5; Isaiah 37:3; Jeremiah 51:2; Ezekiel 7:7; Nahum 1:7; Habakkuk 3:16; Zeph. 1:15)

• Psalm 20:1 (NKJV)  May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you;
• Psalm 50:15 (NKJV)  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
• Psalm 59:16 (NKJV)  But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble.
• Psalm 77:2 (NKJV)  In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.
• Psalm 86:7 (NKJV)  In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.
• Psalm 102:2 (NKJV)  Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline Your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily.
• 2 Kings 19:3 (NKJV)  And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
• Isaiah 22:5 (NKJV)  For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision– Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain.
• Isaiah 37:3 (NKJV)  And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
• Jeremiah 51:2 (NKJV)  And I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around.
• Ezekiel 7:7 (NKJV)  Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land; The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And not of rejoicing in the mountains.
• Nahum 1:7 (NKJV)  The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
• Habakkuk 3:16 (NKJV)  When I heard, my body trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered my bones; And I trembled in myself, That I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with his troops.
• Zephaniah 1:15 (NKJV)  That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness,
  

The “time of trouble” 15 times (Neh. 9:27; Job 38:23; Psalm 9:9; Psalm 10:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 37:39; Psalm 41:1; Proverbs 25:19; Isaiah 33:2; Jeremiah 2:27-28; Jeremiah 11:12; Jeremiah 14:8; Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 12:1).

• Nehemiah 9:27 (NKJV)  Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, Who oppressed them; And in the time of their trouble, When they cried to You, You heard from heaven; And according to Your abundant mercies You gave them deliverers who saved them From the hand of their enemies.
• Job 38:23 (NKJV)  Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
• Psalm 9:9 (NKJV)  The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
• Psalm 10:1 (NKJV)  Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
• Psalm 27:5 (NKJV)  For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
• Psalm 37:39 (NKJV)  But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in the time of trouble.
• Psalm 41:1 (NKJV)  Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
• Proverbs 25:19 (NKJV)  Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.
• Isaiah 33:2 (NKJV)  O LORD, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
• Jeremiah 2:27-28 (NKJV) ²⁷  Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ And to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
  ²⁸  But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.
  Jeremiah 11:12 (NKJV)  Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
• Jeremiah 14:8 (NKJV)  O the Hope of Israel, his Savior in time of trouble, Why should You be like a stranger in the land, And like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night?
• Jeremiah 30:7 (NKJV)  Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.
• Daniel 12:1 (NKJV)  “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.
  

The last two passages refer to the future great tribulation during which Rev. 11-19 will be fulfilled.

Three Blessings of the Name of the Lord:

1. A defense
2. A standard around which to fight (Psalm 20:5)
3. A trust and means of deliverance (Psalm 20:7)

This title is found 22 times in Scripture (Psalm 20:1; Psalm 46:7,11; Psalm 75:9; Psalm 76:6; Psalm 81:1,4; Psalm 84:8; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 114:7; Psalm 146:5; Exodus 3:6,15; Exodus 4:5; 2 Samuel 23:1; Isaiah 2:3; Micah 4:2; Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:32,46).

• Psalm 20:1 (NKJV)  May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you;
• Psalm 46:7 (NKJV)  The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
• Psalm 46:11 (NKJV)  The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
• Psalm 75:9 (NKJV)  But I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
• Psalm 76:6 (NKJV)  At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
• Psalm 81:1 (NKJV)  Sing aloud to God our strength; Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
• Psalm 81:4 (NKJV)  For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob.
• Psalm 84:8 (NKJV)  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
• Psalm 94:7 (NKJV)  Yet they say, “The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob understand.”
• Psalm 114:7 (NKJV)  Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
• Psalm 146:5 (NKJV)  Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
• Exodus 3:6 (NKJV)  Moreover He said, “I am the God of your father–the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
• Exodus 3:15 (NKJV)  Moreover God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’
• Exodus 4:5 (NKJV)  “that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
• 2 Samuel 23:1 (NKJV)  Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; Thus says the man raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet Psalmist of Israel:
• Isaiah 2:3 (NKJV)  Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Micah 4:2 (NKJV)  Many nations shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Matthew 22:32 (NKJV)  ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
• Mark 12:26 (NKJV)  But concerning the dead, that they rise, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
• Luke 20:37 (NKJV)  But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
• Acts 7:32 (NKJV)  saying, ‘I am the God of your fathers–the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look.
• Acts 7:46 (NKJV)  who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
  

This is the God who met Jacob when he had nothing and deserved nothing (but wrath), and who gave him everything.  It is the equivalent of “the God of all grace” in the N.T.  (1 Peter 5:10).

To this day among some tribes, it is said that calling out the name of a chief or person of rank can bring protection to one in danger of violence from an enemy.

Finis J. Dake, Dake Topical Index, WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “Trust and Confidence, Seven Statements of”.