How can we be confident of God’s forgiveness and blessing when we individually or as a church have sinned? Hope is to be found, first in how God has acted in mercy in the past (v1-3). This is something the sons of Korah who wrote this Psalm would resonate with. Their ancestor Korah, rebelled against Moses and the Lord (Numbers 16), and suffered God’s judgment in his death. His family though were not destroyed and his descendants continued as Levites involved in the worship of the Lord.

The Sons of Korah pray for restoration, perseverance and revival (v4-7). This prayer is done humbly and with a listening ear (v8-9). In days of trial we need to listen to what God has to teach us.

Their great confidence comes from the character of God, marked with steadfast love, faithfulness, righteousness and peace (v10-11). Their awareness of God, assures the Sons of Korah that God is the abundantly giving God who always acts righteously.

Have you a view of God that is similar to the Sons of Korah? Have you a view of God that causes you to seek to draw closer to God?