YOU HAVE REJECTED US … YOU HAVE BEEN ANGRY / PSALMS 60:1-12

(KJV) Psalms 60:1-12

Have you ever felt like God has completely abandoned you?

In Psalm 60, King David starts with a raw, agonizing cry: “You have rejected us, O God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!”

David was facing military crisis and national heartbreak. He openly admits that God’s people were suffering. Yet, this tragic situation carries a profound spiritual truth: God allows us to reach the end of our own strength so that we learn to depend entirely on Him.

When we stop listening to the Holy Spirit, we drift. We let pride take the driver’s seat. We conform to the patterns of society and forsake Biblical standards of truth.

When this happens, defeat inevitably follows. We see it manifest as:

• Spiritual stagnation in our local churches.
• Brokenness and division within our families.
• Anxiety and emptiness in our personal lives.

The enemy wants you to believe that your failure isolates you from God forever. You might feel too ashamed or afraid to approach Him for help. But that is a lie.

Psalm 60:4 reminds us that God raises a banner for those who fear Him. The solution to spiritual defeat is always a desperate, humble return to the Father.

Our greatest need—and God’s greatest desire—is for us to turn back to Him. When we ask the Lord to forgive us and renew a right attitude in our hearts, He responds. As Psalm 51:17 promises, a broken and contrite heart God will not despise. He will accept you, restore you, and give you victory in the end. With God, your story does not end in defeat.

Heavenly Father,

We come to You today acknowledging the times we have wandered from Your truth. Forgive us for the pride that makes us depend on our own strength rather than Your Holy Spirit. Forgive us for conforming to the world and ignoring Your Word.

Lord, if any area of our churches, families, or personal lives feels defeated and rejected right now, we ask for Your restoration. Renew a right attitude within our hearts. Wash away our shame and give us the courage to run to You instead of hiding from You.

We thank You that Your mercy is greater than our failures. We plant our feet under Your banner of truth and trust that You will lead us into ultimate victory.

In Jesus’ name, Amen

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1. RIGHTEOUS WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY ARE AVENGED / PSALMS 58:10
2. IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS / 57:1
3. LIST MY TEARS IN YOUR SCROLL / PSALMS 56:8
4. WHOSE WORD I PRAISE / PSALMS 56:4
5. CAST YOUR CARES ON THE LORD / PSALMS 55:22
6. WINGS OF A DOVE … I WOULD FLY AWAY / PSALMS 55:6
7. MY HEART IS IN ANGUISH WITHIN ME / PSALMS 55:4
8. GOD IS MY HELP / PSALMS 54:4
9. A BROKEN AND CONTRITE HEART / PSALMS 51:17
10. RESTORE TO ME THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION / Psalms 51:12
11. OR TAKE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME / PSALMS 51:11
12. CREATE IN ME A PURE HEART / PSALMS 51:10
13. I WAS SINFUL AT BIRTH / PSALMS 51:5
14. AGAINST YOU … HAVE I SINNED / PSALMS 51:4
15. MY SIN IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 51:3
16. HAVE MERCY ON ME / PSALMS 51:1-19
17. A PSALM OF DAVID / PSALMS 51
18. WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO RECITE MY LAWS? / PSALMS 50:16-23
19. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
20. HEAR THIS / PSALMS 49:1-20
21. OUR GUIDE EVEN TO THE END / PSALMS 48:14
22. THE CITY OF OUR GOD / PSALMS 48:1
23. BE STILL / PSALMS 46:10
24. THERE IS A RIVER / PSALMS 46:4
25. OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH / PSALMS 46:1-2
26. YOUR THRONE OF GOD WILL LAST FOR EVER AND EVER / PSALMS 45:6-7
27. FOR YOUR SAKE WE FACE DEATH ALL DAY LONG / PSALMS 44:22
28. YOU HAVE REJECTED / PSALMS 44:9
29. MY SOUL IS DOWNCAST / PSALMS 42:5-6
30. MY SOUL THIRSTS FOR GOD / PSALMS 42:2
31. THE SONS OF KORAH / PSALMS 42
32. LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME / PSALMS 41:9
33. BLESSED IS HE WHO HAS REGARD FOR THE WEAK / PSALMS 41:1
34. I DESIRE TO DO YOUR WILL – YOUR LAW IS WITHIN MY HEART / PSALMS 40:8
35. SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU DID NOT DESIRE / PSALMS 40:6
36. MY LIFE’S END / PSALMS 39:4-6
37. I WILL WATCH MY WAYS / PSALMS 39:1-13
38. BE NOT FAR FROM ME / PSALMS 38:21
39. NO HEALTH IN MY BODY / PSALMS 38:3
40. DO NOT REBUKE ME / PSALMS 38:1-22
41. WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM / PSALMS 37:7
42. MAKE YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS SHINE LIKE THE DAWN / PSALMS 37:6
43. DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD / PSALMS 37:4
44. DO NOT FRET / PSALMS 37:1-40
45. DOES NOT REJECT WHAT IS WRONG / PSALMS 36:4
46. DISGRACED AND PUT TO SHAME / PSALMS 35:4
47. FIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST ME / PSALMS 35:1-28
48. HAVE MANY TROUBLES / PSALMS 34:19
49. THOSE WHO FEAR HIM LACK NOTHING / PSALMS 34:9
50. ANGEL OF THE LORD ENCAMPS / PSALMS 34:7
51. I WILL EXTOL THE LORD / PSALMS 34:1-22
52. ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 33:18-19
53. THE WORD … THE BREATH / PSALMS 33:6
54. I WILL INSTRUCT YOU / PSALMS 32:8
55. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN / PSALMS 32:5
56. WHEN I KEPT SILENT MY BONES WASTED AWAY / PSALMS 32:3-4
57. DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST HIM / PSALMS 32:2
58. BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSIONS ARE FORGIVEN / PSALMS 32:1
59. MASKIL / PSALMS 32
60. INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT / PSALMS 31:5
61. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 31:1-24
62. FELT SECURE / PSALMS 30:6
63. IF YOU REMAIN SILENT / PSALMS 28:1-9
64. I AM STILL CONFIDENT / PSALMS 27:13
65. ONE THING I ASK / PSALMS 27:4
66. I LOVE THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE / PSALMS 26:8
67. GOD IS SO GOOD – ALL THE TIME!
68. FEAR HIM / PSALMS 25:14
69. HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM / PSALMS 25:12
70. FORGIVE MY INIQUITY / PSALMS 25:11
71. SHOW ME YOUR WAYS / PSALMS 25:4
72. KING OF GLORY / PSALMS 24:7
73. HE WILL RECEIVE BLESSING / PSALMS 24:5
74. CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART / PSALMS 24:4
75. GOODNESS AND LOVE / PSALMS 23:6
76. PREPARE A TABLE / PSALMS 23:5
77. YOU ARE WITH ME / PSALMS 23:4
78. HE RESTORES MY SOUL / PSALMS 23:3
79. HE MAKES ME LIE DOWN / PSALMS 23:2
80. MY SHEPHERD – I SHALL NOT BE IN WANT / PSALMS 23:1
81. THE LORD / PALMS 23:1-6
82. FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL BE TOLD ABOUT THE LORD / PSALMS 22:30-31
83. TO MY BROTHERS / PSALMS 22:22
84. DIVIDE MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM / PSALMS 22:18
85. PIERCED MY HANDS AND MY FEET / PSALMS 22:16
86. THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP / PSALMS 22:11-17
87. HE TRUSTS IN THE LORD / PSALMS 22:8
88. SHAKING THEIR HEADS / PALMS 22:7
89. I CRY OUT … YOU DO NOT ANSWER / PSALMS 22:2
90. MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE OU FORSAKEN ME? / PSALMS 22:1
91. MY GOD / PSALMS 22:1-31
92. ANSWER YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN DISTRESS / PSALMS 20:1 – 21:13
93. MOUTH … HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT – O LORD MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER / PSALMS 19:14
94. FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS / PSALMS 19:12
95. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT / PSALMS 19:7-11
96. THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD / PSALMS 19:1
97. I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50
98. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
99. THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE / PSALMS 17:8-9
100. HEAR O LORD / PSALMS 17:1
101. NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE / PSALMS 16:9-10
102. SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 16:8
103. ASSIGNED ME MY PRTION AND MY CUP / PSALMS 16:5
104. APART FROM YOU I HAVE NO GOOD THING / PSALMS 16:2
105. WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS / PSALMS 15:4
106. WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR SANCTURARY? PSALMS 15:1
107. THE FOOL / PSALMS 14:1-7
108. MY HEART REJOIES IN YOUR SALVATION / PSALMS 13:5
109. WILL YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? / PSALMS 13:1
110. HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8
111. THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
112. IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
113. FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
114. IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
115. DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
116. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
117. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
118. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
119. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
120. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
121. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
122. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
123. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
124. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
125. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
126. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
127. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
128. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
129. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
130. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
131. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
132. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
133. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
134. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
135. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
136. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
137. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
138. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
139. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
140. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
141. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
142. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
143. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
144. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
145. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
146. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
147. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
148. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
149. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
150. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
151. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
152. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
153. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
154. Guided By Grace About

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